Play Hard Sports said to pull in $8M in VC round

By Galen Moore

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Play Hard Sports Inc. has raised $8 million in Series B funding.

The funds, led by Valhalla Partners with additional support from TriplePoint Capital and existing investor New Enterprise Associates, bring the Foxborough-based startup, which makes massively multi-player online sports video games, to a total investment of $13 million.

As part of the investment, Scott Frederick of Valhalla Partners will join Play Hard's board of directors.

Play Hard was founded in April by Jeffrey Anderson, former CEO of Westwood-based online game developer Turbine Inc. Harry Weller, a partner at Maryland-based New Enterprise Associates, has a seat on the Play Hard board.

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