Overplay, a New York-based provider of a user-generated gaming platform, raised $1M in funding.
The round saw participation from retail investor. It is in addition to the $1.8M already raised from Village Global, Sound Media Ventures, Plus Eight Equity Partners, Gaingels, Red & Blue Ventures, Band of Angels, Stampede Ventures, and Outlander Capital.
The company intends to use the funds to expand its team and accelerate product development and user acquisition.
Founded by Dan Projansky and Caroline Strzalka, Overplay is a user-generated gaming platform that empowers creators to build their own games from short videos and share them with the world. The platform has generated over 1 million games played and 150,000 alpha app downloads, and has a waitlist of over 7,000 creators eager to use its beta version game maker.
