Online gaming services provider Curse has raised $16m to expand its gamer voice service.

Curse, a US-based online gaming services company backed by Allianz, has raised $16m in a series B round featuring venture capital firm GGV Capital and Multiplier Capital.

GGV invested $10m in equity funding, while Multiplier provided the $6m debt component. Curse’s past investors include Idinvest Partners, the private equity firm backed by insurance company Allianz, which took part in the company’s $5m series A round in 2007.

Curse provides services including tutorials, statistics and online forums for more than 45…