Poolhouse has raised $34 million to reinvent pool with tech and good food.
Poolhouse has raised $34 million to reinvent pool with tech and good food.
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Poolhouse raises $34M for gamified pool from the creators of Topgolf

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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Poolhouse, an effort from the Topgolf founders to build entertainment clubs around the game of pool, has raised $34 million.

Much like Steve and Dave Jolliffe revolutionized golf with Topgolf, they plan to do the same by revolutinizing pool. Not only do they plan to create fancy clubs with quality restaurant food, they also plan to incorporate augmented reality technology to broaden the appeal of the pool-playing experience, said Andrew O’Brien, CEO of Poolhouse, in an interview with GamesBeat.

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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.