Skillz

Skillz is a marketplace offering a platform for competition-based mobile games. The company also assists developers with commercialization by enabling the maintenance of social competition in their chosen games. Utilizing patented technology, the company hosts tournament entries for mobile players around the world and distributes prizes to the winners each month.

The following are some of the company's integrated games:

• Block Blitz, by Free Addicting Games
• Solitaire Cube, by Tether Studios
• Blackout Bingo, by Big Run Studios
• Pool Payday, by Hidden Pixel games
• Dominoes Gold, by Grey Square Games
• Two Minute Football, by igamebank
• Strike! by Bowlero

On March 23, 2022, in a bid to combine eSports competition with sports and entertainment, Skillz announced a multi-year partnership with UFC, a mixed martial arts organization. The licensing deal will allow Skillz's developers to develop UFC-branded competitive mobile games that will be co-marketed by UFC and Skillz. The partnership was revealed at the Game Developers Conference (GDC) held in San Francisco.

Andrew Paradise, CEO of Skillz said:

“Skillz’ partnership with UFC is part of our winning strategy that aligns Skillz’ disruptive competitive mobile games platform with the business of sport. We’re delivering an enticing opportunity for developers to create the most innovative, branded mobile games for UFC’s millions of loyal fans worldwide. The popularity of the UFC brand, which represents one of the fastest- rising sports globally, combined with Skillz’ mobile gaming expertise, is a huge win for developers seeking to monetize and grow their games through the power of competition.”