Treehouse Games, a new development studio based out of Los Angeles, has announced that it has secured $2.6 million in seed funding to get up and running. The studio was co-founded by Michael Chu, formerly product lead at Riot Games, who said that Treehouse’s focus will be on cooperative, collaborative gaming experiences.

“As lifelong gamers, cooperative gaming has been the source of some of our best memories with friends, and our favorite way to spend quality time together,” Chu, who serves as CEO at Treehouse, told GameDaily. “Now we see people all over the world, who would never call themselves gamers, spend hours playing games with their friends as a way to hang out. There’s so much opportunity in building new cooperative experiences to serve the millions of people who want to play games as an everyday social activity.”

Leading the funding was London Venture Partners, an investment firm that specializes in the games industry. In the past, LVP has invested in studios like Supercell, Unity, and Playfish, among many others. Chu said that working with LVP has been a very positive experience.

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