{"id":3392,"date":"2021-05-11T10:12:55","date_gmt":"2021-05-11T17:12:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gamesround.com\/blog\/?p=3392"},"modified":"2021-10-24T04:41:42","modified_gmt":"2021-10-24T11:41:42","slug":"bigbrain-secures-4-5-million-to-launch-a-trivia-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gamesround.com\/blog\/bigbrain-secures-4-5-million-to-launch-a-trivia-game","title":{"rendered":"BigBrain Secures $4.5 Million To Launch A Trivia Game"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>BigBrain is all set to launch its own trivia game, BigBrain Trivia and has raised $4.5 million for the development. FirstRound Capital led the seed funding round and was joined by Ludlow Ventures, Box Group, and Golden Ventures, among others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p>&#8220;What sets BigBrain apart is a focus on players&#8217; areas of expertise, rather than just general knowledge,&#8221; Bonaddio said. &#8220;Questions are created and fact-checked by teams of experts and protected from cheating using proprietary technology developed specifically for the platform.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p>&#8220;Trivia is the biggest skill game there is and we&#8217;re applying that business model to trivia. You buy into it, and if you win, you could win a lot of money. We spent the last year in lockdown building it, and now we&#8217;re launching. It&#8217;s super exciting,&#8221; Bonaddio commented.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>BigBrain Trivia allows players to win real money prizes up to thousands of dollars depending on how many people play in a match. Players can decide which games they want to play based on their favorite topics. However, there is a $1 minimum entry fee to play. Initially, only iOS users will be able to play the game. The Android version is expected to be released in a few months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>BigBrain CEO Nik Bonaddio said that what sets BigBrain Trivia from other trivia games is that it focuses more on the players&#8217; areas of expertise instead of general knowledge. He also reiterated that the questions on the platform are created and fact-checked by experts. Bonaddio also said he&#8217;s eagerly waiting for the day where millions of people will play the game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bonaddio founded the New York-based startup in 2019 as &#8220;a company of trivia lovers, for trivia lovers.&#8221; The company currently has about 15 staff.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BigBrain is all set to launch its own trivia game, BigBrain Trivia and has raised $4.5 million for the development. FirstRound Capital led the seed funding round and was joined by Ludlow Ventures, Box Group, and Golden Ventures, among others. &#8220;What sets BigBrain apart is a focus on players&#8217; areas of expertise, rather than just [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":3397,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2],"tags":[637,638],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gamesround.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3392"}],"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\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gamesround.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3392"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.gamesround.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3392\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4652,"href":"https:\/\/www.gamesround.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3392\/revisions\/4652"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gamesround.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3397"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gamesround.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3392"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gamesround.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3392"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gamesround.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3392"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}