Quizlet today announced it has raised $20 million in Series B funding. The round was led by Icon Ventures, with Union Square Ventures, Costanoa Ventures, Owl Ventures and Altos Ventures participating in follow-on investments. According to the company, Quizlet is the largest user-generated consumer learning platform
Hyper-reality escape room experiences provider Glo Station closed $3 million in financing. Five investors participated in the round, including Alibaba Group, CRCM, Presence Capital, and MindWorks Ventures. Glo Station can be used for team-building activities for employees, coworkers, schools, clubs, or other groups where everyone must
Manticore Games completed $15 million in financing, led by Benchmark Capital. SV Angel, Macro Ventures, CrunchFund, Correlation Ventures, and Bitkraft Esports Ventures also participated. Located in San Mateo, California, Manticore Games is an independent developer of multiplayer PC and console games and services. It was
Hash Heroes is an in-browser Ethereum lottery game where players click on a tile and claim it by paying 0.005 ETH. There is no limit to the number of tiles individual players can claim. Once all the tiles are claimed, a winner is randomly determined
Picolo is an Android and iPhone drinking game app. As a group or one by one, players answer questions and follow instructions – such as, “Each person must read their last text message out loud to the room,” and “The next person you look in
Git is the de facto standard for version control systems, and getting to know it is an important skill for every developer. But learning new technologies can be overwhelming, so git:deck playing cards allow users to learn while playing. Each card in git:deck features a
Blue Canoe Learning announced the completion of $1.4 million in financing from Kernel Capital. Blue Canoe Learning has created mobile games based on established curriculum and machine learning to help non-native English speakers improve their pronunciation and English communications skills. Users simply speak into the mobile
Ludo provides fun online team building games to help people bring teams and people together. Users can learn about coworkers they don’t usually talk to, find common interests, make new connections, and improve team communication. The beta release of Ludo comes with two starter games,
HQ Trivia is an iPhone gaming product that offers a live trivia game show by Rus Yusupovthe, serial app entrepreneur and founder of Vine. The show is on every day at 9 pm EDT, as well as weekdays at 3 pm EDT. The app periodically
Shark is an iPhone and iPad augmented reality app that allows users to see sharks everywhere. Users can find and feed virtual sharks, place bait anywhere and everywhere, witness sharks’ epic jaws up close, and share videos of their favourite shark moments. The Shark app