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Jest Emerges With $7M Seed Round

2026-03-03
SAN FRANCISCO, CA, Jest, the company building the world's first marketplace for messaging games, today announced it has emerged from stealth with $7 million in seed funding led by Innovation Endeavors.
The company is also announcing its Jest Games Fund, which offers up to $1 million per title, to accelerate the ecosystem and help developers build the next generation of instant, high-retention titles.

Founded in 2025, Jest is building the first marketplace for messaging games, creating a new way for developers to reach players instantly through the world's most familiar communication surface. Built for the texting era, Jest enables frictionless, no-download gameplay designed for high retention and scale.
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