Faceit, a growing competitive gaming platform founded in 2012 in London by Italians Niccolo Maisto, Alessandro Avalloneand Michele Attisani, announced a 15 million dollars funding round un round by ventur capital funds (see here the press release).
Investors are Anthos Capital, Index Ventures and United Ventures, with tha latter who was already a shareholder in Faceit capital as it had invested 2 million dollars in a previous funding round last June (see here a previous post by BeBeez).
The new cash will enable Faceit to grow its team and continue to build out its technology and platform, which currently serves hundreds of tournament organizers and over 3 million users. Faceit also opened a Los Angeles office in January this year, establishing a North American presence to further strengthen relationships with U.S.-based developers, publishers, and other partners.