Turnip, a mobile-first gaming community platform, announced that it has raised $12.5 million in a Series A funding round co-led by Greenoaks and Elevation Capital.
The round also saw participation from SEA Capital, Vibe Capital, and leading founders and angels, including Andrew Chen (Partner, a16z); Harshil Mathur and Shashank Kumar (Razorpay); Akshay Kothari (Notion), Geige Vandentop (Streamyard); Vidit Aatrey and Sanjeev Barnwal (Meesho); Gaurav Munjal and Roman Saini (Unacademy); Lalit Keshre, Ishan Bansal, and Harsh Jain (Groww); Kalyan Krishnamurthy (Flipkart); and Sujeet Kumar (Udaan). Elevation Capital led the seed round of $1.6 million in the Bengaluru-based startup last year, with participation from Better Capital.
The capital will be utilised for strategic hiring and for scaling its presence across key geographies.