Google’s corporate venturing unit has helped SCVNGR, maker of the eponymous mobile game, and LevelUp, an app which lets you pay with your phone, raise $12m.
Google Ventures was joined in the round by venture firms Highland Capital Partners, Balderton Capital, Continental Investors and Transmedia Capital.
The company’s LevelUp now has 200,000 users which are spending $2m per month with the app.
Last year Scvngr raised $15m in its second round led by venture capital firm Balderton Capital and repeat investors Highland Capital Partners and Google Ventures. Google Ventures and Highland had provided $4m in December 2009.