Homestretch Bet is a web game.

2weeks raises $1.25M for Homestretch Bet on the open web

2weeks has raised $1.25 million for its experimental bite-size game Homestretch Bet on the open web.

The goal is to make open web games for you and your friends. A16z Speedrun is the lead investor and 2weeks will be joining the firm’s A16z Speedrun accelerator program.

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Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.