Raptr is a central hub for people to connect, share and discover content about the games they play. With your permission, Raptr links to your online gaming accounts — Playstation Network, Xbox Live, Steam, Nintendo — and mobile accounts. Then it gathers data and helps you build a gamer profile that you can share with friends and use to find people who like the same games that you do.
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The Mountain View, Calif.-based company was founded in 2007 and has raised $27 million in funding from investors Accel Partners, Founder’s Fund, DAG Ventures, and Tenaya Capital. That large funding amount has enabled Raptr to explore how to get lots of users without worrying so much about monetization. Dennis Fong, founder and chief executive of Raptr, said in past interviews that he wants to get the service right and accumulate users before introducing monetization. That tactic is very Zuckerberg-like, since Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg did the same thing to turn his company into the dominant social network. It’s no surprise that Facebook and Raptr share Accel as a common investor.