The e-sports platform has added Kraft to its shareholders and increased its total capital to approximately $28m.
US-based mobile e-sports platform Skillz raised a $15m series B round yesterday featuring diversified conglomerate Kraft and led by Wildcat Capital Management.
Sequoia Capital, Marc Lasry and a range of unnamed existing shareholders participated in the round.
Established in 2012, Skillz enables users to compete in online gaming tournaments. The company claims to have hosted more than 40 million such tournaments to date, paying out about $1m in cash prizes every fortnight, and has partnered with some 1,100 gaming studios.
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