Skillz (company)

Skillz Inc.
Company typePublic company
NYSE: SKLZ
Founded2012; 12 years ago (2012)
HeadquartersLas Vegas, Nevada, U.S.
Key people
Andrew Paradise
(Chairman & CEO)
Ian Lee (CFO)
RevenueIncrease US$73.335 Million (Skillz Announces Q2 2022 Results)[1]
Decrease –US$54.111 Million (Skillz Announces Q2 2022 Results)[1]
Decrease –US$60.611 Million (Skillz Announces Q2 2022 Results)[1]
Total assetsIncrease US$858.903 Million (Skillz Announces Q2 2022 Results)[1]
Total equityIncrease US$55.649 Million (Skillz Announces Q2 2022 Results)[1]
Number of employees
252 (April, 2023)[2]
Websitehttp://skillz.com/
Skillz
Launch dateMarch 2012
Platform(s)iOS and Android
StatusActive
Websiteskillz.com

Skillz is an online mobile multiplayer video game competition platform that is integrated into a number of iOS and Android games.[3][4] The Skillz platform helps developers create franchises by enabling social competition in their games. Skillz has over 14,000 game developers who launched a game integration on the platform. Skillz hosts billions of casual esports tournaments for millions of mobile players worldwide.[5]

The company is headquartered in Las Vegas and has offices in San Mateo, Seattle, Vancouver and Los Angeles. Skillz organized over 2 billion tournament entries for 30 million mobile players worldwide, and distributes over $60 million in prizes each month. In 2020, the company became the first publicly-traded mobile esports platform.

  1. ^ a b c d e "Skillz Announces Q2 2022 Results". 3 August 2022. Retrieved 15 June 2023.
  2. ^ "Skillz Number of Employees 2019-2021". macrotrends. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
  3. ^ Heitner, Darren (July 25, 2015). "The Development Of eSports Arenas Makes Economic Sense". Forbes. Skillz has partnered with more than 1,100 game studios, helped launch roughly 550 games (about 100 of which are running cash competitions), hosts over 150,000 daily tournaments across over 180 countries and has paid out in excess of $13 million to players.
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