On the heels of Roblox hitting it big with its platform for user-created gaming content, another startup has landed a major round of funding to build out its own user-generated platform aimed at immersive experiences. The platform has become a place where people can come together to form meaningful connections, build communities, and share their creativity,” said Rec Room co-founder and CEO Nick Fajt, in a statement. The company is not disclosing any revenue figures today but back in March it said it was paying out some $1 million to games creators on its platform.“We love the world Rec Room has created for friends to build and play together,” said Matt Mazzeo of Coatue Management in a statement. “From phones to VR, millions of players are hanging out in Rec Room, and we’re excited to partner with the team as they make the digital world more fun and immersive. Unlike a lot of other social gaming companies — which relied on other platforms like Facebook to carry out the social aspect of their gaming experiences — Rec Room says it’s already been used for virtual weddings, business meetings and more casual meetups, all activities that have most likely been given an extra virtual boost as a result the Covid-19 pandemic and the dampener that it has had on in-person social meetings and travel. That Rec Room provides a variety of experiences catering both to novices and more experience gamers gives it and its “Rec Life” concept a very low barrier to entry with both demographics of users. There are some 12 million rooms on the platform already, Rec Room said. Although it’s not clear how many active users there are out of that 37 million figure, Rec Room said that monthly user count has grown by almost 450% in the last year (since November 2020), and that mobile users are driving some of that growth, up tenfold in that period.“It’s been amazing to watch Rec Room grow from a tiny collection of mini-games into a global platform with millions of experiences built by the community. Rec Room is a “social gaming” company in a couple of regards: the key to its growth, interestingly, has been not just the ability to create games and play those created by others and to join in rooms to play together (which is perhaps the most obvious “social” aspect), but the ability to provide a well-used, virtual social space for users to hang out in beyond gameplay.