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General Information

Websitescvngr.com
Blogscvngrblog.com
Twitter@scvngr
CategoryMobile/Wireless
Email
Employees60
Founded2008
Descriptionpart game, part game platform

Offices

SCVNGR
175 Second Street
Cambridge, MA, 02142
USA

People

Founder, CEO
Chief Rockstar/COO
Director
SCVNGR Guru & Recruiter
Director

Former People

Senior Brand Alchemist

Funding

TOTAL $19.8M
VENTURE FUNDING TOTAL $19.8M
Seed, 6/08
DreamIt Ventures
$35k
Series A, 8/09
Highland Capital Partners
$750k
Series B, 1/10
Google Ventures
Highland Capital Partners
$4M
Venture Round, 1/11
Balderton Capital
Google Ventures
Highland Capital Partners
$15M

Tags

SCVNGR

SCVNGR is part game, part game platform. Playing SCVNGR is all about going places, doing challenges and earning points. Players discover cool new places, find fun new things to do, share their activity with friends and can even earn virtual (and sometimes real-world) rewards! Individuals and institutions can build on SCVNGR by adding custom challenges at their favorite places!

Start playing SCVNGR now at www.scvngr.com.

Milestones

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    SCVNGR added Anish Kattukaran as Senior Brand Alchemist. (6/6/11)
    Posted 3/26/12 at 7:39pm
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    SCVNGR added Michael Hagan as Chief Rockstar/COO.
    Posted 11/2/10 at 12:20pm
  • Check
    SCVNGR added Nick Herbold as SCVNGR Guru & Recruiter.
    Posted 11/2/10 at 7:47am
  • Check
    SCVNGR added Rich Miner as Director. (12/24/09)
    Posted 12/24/09 at 11:39am
  • Check
    SCVNGR added Peter Bell as Director.
    Posted 12/24/09 at 11:39am
  • Check
    SCVNGR added Seth Priebatsch as Founder, CEO.
    Posted 3/23/09 at 1:10pm
  • Dollar
    SCVNGR received $15M in Venture Round funding. (1/4/11)
    Posted 1/4/11 at 8:18pm via techcrunch.com
  • Dollar
    SCVNGR received $4M in Series B funding. (1/11/10)
    Posted 12/24/09 at 11:36am via dowjones.com
  • Dollar
    SCVNGR received $750k in Series A funding. (8/13/09)
    Posted 8/13/09 at 3:22pm via techcrunch.com
  • Dollar
    SCVNGR received $35k in Seed funding. (6/1/08)
    Posted 3/23/09 at 1:10pm via techcrunch.com
  • Check
    SCVNGR — announced a deal with American Express and Levi’s (5/10/11)
    Posted 5/10/11 at 9:25am via masshightech.com
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    SCVNGR — announced a pilot project that puts it in the race to follow Groupon Inc. for a piece of the daily deals market. (3/10/11)
    Posted 3/10/11 at 9:58am via masshightech.com
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    SCVNGR — Dunkin Donuts has teamed up with Scvngr Inc. to bring the Cambridge company’s mobile game platform to Dunkin locations (3/2/11)
    Posted 3/2/11 at 8:42am via masshightech.com
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    SCVNGR — has raised $15 million in a round of financing led by new investor Balderton Capital, a European private equity firm (1/4/11)
    Posted 1/5/11 at 7:09am via masshightech.com
  • Check
    SCVNGR — SCVNGR Launches the Social Check-In (7/20/10)
    Posted 7/27/10 at 8:45am via marketwire.com
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    SCVNGR — Google I/O and Top Brands Begin Building on SCVNGR (5/19/10)
    Posted 7/27/10 at 8:45am via marketwatch.com

Videos

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Product Description

Added: 8/24/09
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SCVNGR | The Social Check-in

Added: 7/27/10
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A new challenge for location-based services: scvngr.com

Added: 7/27/10

Screenshots

SCVNGR screenshot
Above: SCVNGR Home Page
Uploaded: 12/12/09

Traffic Analytics

Compete

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Sources

  1. DreamIt Incubator Holds Funding Day To Commemorate First Graduating Class (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  2. SCVNGR Lets You Build Awesome Scavenger Hunts For Any Mobile Phone (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  3. Geo-Gamer Scvngr Tracks Down $4M From Google Ventures, Highland (fis.dowjones.com) [edit]
  4. SCVNGR Raises $15 Million At $100MM Valuation (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  5. SCVNGR, a Google Ventures-Backed, Location-Based Mobile Gaming Company, Launches Into the Consumer Market (marketwire.com) [edit]
    Google I/O and Top Brands Begin Building on SCVNGR (marketwatch.com) [edit]
    SCVNGR Launches the Social Check-In (marketwire.com) [edit]
    Scvngr finds $15M funding in London (masshightech.com) [edit]
    Scvngr lands Dunkin' Donuts as game client (masshightech.com) [edit]
    Scvngr chases Groupon market with new service (masshightech.com) [edit]
    Scvngr's LevelUp teams with AmEx, Levi's on paperless daily deals (masshightech.com) [edit]
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