Blast lets you save money every time you hit an achievement in games.
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Blast bumps seed round to $12 million to help gamers save money

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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Blast lets gamers save a little bit of money every time they hit an achievement in a game like Counter-Strike: Global Offensive. And that simple idea for “micro savings” has enabled the company to raised $12 million in funding.

The Newport Beach, California-based Blast is also announcing that its app is now available on the Google Play store for saving money in mobile games, and it also said that one of its new investors is Tony Robbins, the inspirational “life coach” and self-help promoter.

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Dean Takahashi

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.