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Bunch is the most thoughtful experience we&#8217;ve seen that tackles this problem &#8211; and we are looking forward to working together closely.&#8221; <\/em><\/p><cite>                               Supercell head of developer relations and strategic finance Jaakko Harlas   <\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> The funding round was led by companies including <strong>Supercell<\/strong>, <strong>Tencent, Riot Games, Miniclip, and Colopl Next<\/strong>, and will be used to expand the company&#8217;s partnerships and integrations, as well as to continue development of the <strong>Bunch <\/strong>app. In total, <strong>Bunch <\/strong>has raised $8.5 million in funding to date. <br>   <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mobile group chat and partying app Bunch has announced it raised $3.85 million in funding from several major gaming companies. &#8220;At Supercell, we believe that the social experience has a crucial role in making games that players keep playing for years. 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