Board Raises $20 Million Series A Led by Union Square Ventures

Board, a three-year-old New York startup, closed a $20 million Series A round led by Union Square Ventures. General Partner Michael Mignano made his first investment since joining the firm and will join Board’s board of directors. Angel investors Biz Stone, Tim Ferriss, and Scott Belsky also participated.

The company builds hardware and software it calls “together tech,” designed to bring people physically into the same room. Its device is a 24-inch touchscreen in a wood-finish frame that uses proprietary technology to recognize physical game pieces.

Board is now in tens of thousands of homes, schools, hospitals, and restaurants across all 50 states, with 85 percent of customers averaging 30 or more play sessions per month.

Founder Brynn Putnam previously sold the connected-fitness startup Mirror to Lululemon for $500 million. She unveiled Board publicly at TechCrunch Disrupt in October 2025. Board had previously raised $15 million led by Lerer Hippeau, the same firm that led Mirror’s $3 million seed round.

Alongside the new funding, Board announced Board Studio, an AI-powered creation platform scheduled to launch later in 2026. The platform will let anyone build original games using natural language prompts, moving from idea to playable prototype in under an hour.

Ben Lerer, managing partner of Lerer Hippeau, said late last year that he was more excited about consumer technology than he had been in a long time.

He noted a high-quality group of founders returning to the sector because new capabilities had become possible in recent months.