Skillz $75m Developer Accelerator
Skillz Announces $75 Million Developer Accelerator for Skill-Based Mobile Games
Accelerator will provide financial backing, operational resources, and expert guidance to bring competitive games to market
Company Profile
Skillz
Website
skillz.com/
About
Skillz is the only place where you can play your favorite mobile games to win bragging rights and real money.
Skillz is a leading mobile gaming platform that connects players and developers through fun and fair competition.
Their platform empowers game developers to monetize their content by building multi-million dollar franchises and enabling social competition in their games.
Leveraging its patented technology, Skillz hosts billions of casual mobile gaming tournaments for millions of mobile players worldwide and distributes millions of dollars in real-world prizes each month.
Articles featuring Skillz
Page 1 of 2
Next »
Page 1 of 2
Next »
Battle Over Bots
Skillz files lawsuit against rivals Voodoo over alleged "straight-out lies", bots, and rigged tournaments
Their latest suit claims Voodoo has falsely advertised Blitz - Win Cash and harmed Skillz market share
Lawsuit Triumph
Jury delivers Skillz a $42.9 million victory in AviaGames patent lawsuit
"We’re very pleased with the verdict. It’s a step in the right direction to promoting fairness in our industry," said Andrew Dahlinghaus, general counsel of Skillz
Stock Buyback
Skillz announces $65 million share repurchase program
The move follows the foundation of a new office in Las Vegas in June
Mobile Martial Arts
Skillz signs multi-year partnership with UFC to license branded mobile games
UFC-branded mobile games to arrive in 2023
Announcing Award
Skillz awards Play Mechanix as its first Developer of the Year at GDC
Following success of Big Buck Hunter: Marksman
Charity With Coaches
Skillz games to host charity tournaments for three consecutive Sundays
Games include 21 Blitz, Blackout Bingo, Dominoes Gold and Solitaire Cube
Four Finalists
NFL & Skillz Game Developer Challenge finalists revealed
Brainstorm Games, iGamebank, Play Mechanix, and Session Games in for a chance to have NFL-themed title officially published on the App Store and Google Play
Buzzing
Drone Racing Arcade launches on Skillz
The official game of the Drone Racing League is live
Cash Up
Skillz sees sales jump 70% to $102 million
This is its 23rd consecutive quarter of revenue outperformance
New Hire
Skillz appoints Vatsal Bhardwaj as chief product officer
Will aid in scaling the teams, operational practices, and systems
A New Way To Pay
The slow inexorable rise of Skillz
Andrew Paradise on a decade to the tipping point
Best Shot
Big Buck Hunter: Marksman launches on Skillz platform
There's also a $5,000 competition
Take A Crack
Skillz partners with Etermax for new Trivia Crack game
Real-money platform signs new partnership
New Skills Acquired
Skillz partners with multiplayer tech company Exit Games, invests $50 million
"Expanding into these new areas will grow our total universe of players..."
Data Is Power
Skillz acquires Aarki for $150 million
First move since joining the New York Stock Exchange
Tasty
Big Run launches Big Cooking, including Skillz integration
Includes real-money competitive elements
Upsell
Skillz's Q1 FY21 revenues jumps 92% to $84 million
Raises full year guidance
Kick-off
NFL and Skillz's Game Developer Challenge is now live
Developers must submit proposals by 31 May
Women's Week
Miriam Aguirre: "Without support, a scenario can emerge where many women won’t even try to join the industry"
Skillz CTO Miriam Aguirre on making the industry accessible from leadership roles
Money Bags
Skillz continues to grow having seen revenues of $230m in 2020
“Our first quarter as a publicly-traded company was our twentieth consecutive quarter of revenue growth"
Welcome To The Family
Jerry Bruckheimer joins Skillz board of directors
"Jerry has a unique ability to create blockbuster experiences that captivate global audiences"
Touchdown!
Skillz secures multi-year deal with the National Football League
The pair will host a global game developer challenge
Going Public
Skillz becomes the first public mobile esports platform
"We stand at the intersection of mobile gaming and esports, perhaps the two most exciting growth opportunities of the next decade"
Podium Finnish
Chip Ganassi Racing teams up with Skillz for mobile title
“Partnering with Skillz is an amazing opportunity to engage our fans with immersive digital experiences"
Money Money Money
Skillz experiences a successful quarter with $60 million in revenue
"These are exciting times at Skillz. During the quarter, we achieved an important milestone by entering into a business combination agreement with Flying Eagle Acquisition Corp"
Put 'em Up
Skillz teams up with Floyd Mayweather Jr. for branded tournaments
"The best of the best, with the best. Who's ready to make some money in my tournaments?"
Going Public
Skillz is going public on NYSE via merger with SPAC Flying Eagle
At a valuation of $3.5 billion
What A Relief
Skillz teams up with Comic Relief US for fundraising tournaments
As part of the Red Nose Day campaign
For Charity
Skillz is hosting tournaments to raise money for the NAACP
From June 19th till June 20th
Helping Charity
Updated: Skillz raises $40,000 from charity tournaments to help the American Red Cross
Competitions will held between March 28th and 29th
Esports Competition
Skillz reveals its top-earning mobile esports players of the decade
Seven of them a female
2019 In Review
Skillz CEO Andrew Paradise on why 2020 will be faster, better and more accessible
5G will underpin a technical shift
More Cash
Skillz raises funding from NFL's 32 Equity investment arm
Former Airbnb chief financial officer Laurence Tosi has also been appointed to the board of directors
A Good Cause
The American Red Cross and Skillz team up to aid US wildfire victims
The competition platform is holding a tournament
Casual Competition
Big Run Studios gains funding for its partnership with Skillz
Exclusive games planned
New Friends
Skillz partners with IGDA to aid game developers
“Game makers are the unsung heroes of esports designing the engaging content that drives a growing multi-billion dollar industry forward”
New Competition
Skillz reveals $25,000 Global Game Development Challenge
First competition was won by the CodeCube Brothers
Breaking Out
Patents, platforms and IPO: How mobile-first esports platform Skillz is planning for bigger things
CEO Andrew Paradise explains
Skin In The Game
How real-money competition platform Skillz is riding the wave of mobile esports for all
Hits $400 million annualised run-rate
Skilled
Mobile esports company Skillz doubles revenue to $200 million run-rate in less than nine months
Revenue run-rate up by 125 per cent thanks in-part to player involvement in over one million tournaments per day
Good Cause
Esports platform Skillz partners with breast cancer organisation for $100,000 charity tournament
"By supporting Susan G. Komen the Skillz platform will contribute to change"
Big Winners
Esports platform Skillz doled out $2.7 million to top 10 players in 2017
Biggest earner takes home more than $420,000
Winning
Mobile eSports company Skillz raises $25 million
Funding round led by Telstra and Liberty Global
Mad Skillz
Skillz brings cross-game, cross-platform chat system to 12 million users on its service
Revenues per player apparently increasing for apps using the chat
Pays The Billz
Skillz named fastest growing company in the US after growing revenues by 50,000% over three years
First eSports company to top Inc. Magazine's list
Paying The Billz
Former Kabam COO Kent Wakeford joins eSports platform Skillz's board of directors
Also co-owns an Overwatch eSports team now, apparently
Color Switch Esports
Color Switch becomes an eSport through partnership with Skillz
Bearing down on 200 million downloads
Esports Fighter
Capcom partners with Skillz to bring competitive play to new mobile Street Fighter game
Publisher sets eye on the eSports scene
Mad Skillz
Skillz doubles revenue run-rate to $100 million in eight months as mobile eSports scene gains steam
Increased users by 32% in the same period