{"id":2556,"date":"2020-11-19T10:00:27","date_gmt":"2020-11-19T17:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gamesround.com\/blog\/?p=2556"},"modified":"2020-11-19T08:53:34","modified_gmt":"2020-11-19T15:53:34","slug":"lila-games-raises-2-8m-in-seed-funding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gamesround.com\/blog\/lila-games-raises-2-8m-in-seed-funding","title":{"rendered":"Lila Games raises $2.8m in seed funding"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The funding will be used to open an office in Bangalore and hire more staff across all disciplines, including game design, art, development and product management.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">India-based mobile game studio Lila Games was founded by: Joseph Kim, a former chief product officer at Sega; alongside former FunPlus lead game designer Paul Leydon, and Y Combinator alum Avinash Pandey. 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