{"id":2560,"date":"2020-11-20T10:00:06","date_gmt":"2020-11-20T17:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gamesround.com\/blog\/?p=2560"},"modified":"2020-11-20T02:05:47","modified_gmt":"2020-11-20T09:05:47","slug":"queens-gaming-collective-raises-1-5m-in-seed-funding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gamesround.com\/blog\/queens-gaming-collective-raises-1-5m-in-seed-funding","title":{"rendered":"Queens Gaming Collective raises $1.5m in seed funding"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Following the seed funding secured, Queens Gaming Collective has officially announced its launch, represented by 18 content creators, players and streamers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p>Gaming is a lifestyle, and Queens is a global movement built for and led by diverse women dedicated to radical representation, economic inclusion, and collaboration over competition.<\/p><cite>Alisa Jacobs, co-Founder and CEO of Queens Gaming Collective<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>A new female-led gaming lifestyle company Queens Gaming Collective is focused on promotion of diversity in an industry which has been traditionally male-dominated. The organisation will provide female competitors, content creators, and streamers with the tools they need to build sustainable careers in gaming and esports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now Queens announces it has secured $1.5 million during a seed round of financing. The seed round has been led by esports venture capital fund BITKRAFT Ventures, with additional strategic investors included the likes of Assia Grazioli-Venier and Rachel Springate, Rosie O\u2019Neill, Amy Finnerty, Dre Hayes, and among other women business leaders and entrepreneurs. The Queens has also arranged a deal with Razer, which will be the company&#8217;s official peripheral and equipment partner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Following the seed funding secured, Queens Gaming Collective has officially announced its launch, represented by 18 content creators, players and streamers. Gaming is a lifestyle, and Queens is a global movement built for and led by diverse women dedicated to radical representation, economic inclusion, and collaboration over competition. Alisa Jacobs, co-Founder and CEO of Queens [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":2563,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gamesround.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2560"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gamesround.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gamesround.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gamesround.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gamesround.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2560"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.gamesround.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2560\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2564,"href":"https:\/\/www.gamesround.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2560\/revisions\/2564"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gamesround.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2563"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gamesround.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2560"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gamesround.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2560"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gamesround.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2560"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}