Kooply taps into $18M from Microsoft and more for a mobile games dev platform still in stealth

An Israeli startup called Kooply is announcing funding from key investors to build out a mobile games development platform.

The company is still in stealth mode — it hopes to have a soft launch later this year — but in the meantime it has picked up $18 million in a seed round co-led by Microsoft (via its M12 fund), TPY Capitial and Israeli mobile casino games giant Playtika — with Aleph Venture Partners, Entrée Capital, Glilot Capital Partners and Samsung Next also participating. The money will be used for hiring, and to continue investing in R&D and building out Kooply’s platform ahead of its launch.