Mobile Ticketing Company Gametime Closes On $4M Series A Venture Capital Round

S.F.-based mobile ticketing company Gametime has closed on a $4M Series A venture capital round, led by Silicon Valley private equity firm Accel Partners. The company is known in part for its extensive investment in SB Nation and parent company Vox Media. Also participating in the Gametime funding round were NBA Kings Managing Partner Vivek Ranadive, and Jeff Mallett, a partner in the MLB Giants and co-Owner and Dir of the Whitecaps and English soccer club Derby County FC. Gametime specializes in last-minute ticket purchases, with its entire resale marketplace optimized for mobile devices. "We're really in an on-demand world now, and impulse purchasing is really working its way through all of commerce, including live entertainment," said Gametime Founder & CEO Brad Griffith. Colin Evans, a founding StubHub exec, has also joined the company as Chief Revenue Officer, and participated in the funding round.