A tech-infused mini golf concept from the founders of Topgolf is gearing up for an expansion after raising $60 million in fresh funding.
Puttshack, a Chicago-based company with offices in the U.K., announced this week that it's bringing its high-tech mini golf courses to more cities after raising $60 million in funding led by Promethean Investments. The company, founded in 2017, operates three venues in the U.K. and opened its first U.S. location in Atlanta last month.
The company is planning to open a location in suburban Oak Brook this fall, along with new courses in Miami, Nashville and other U.S. cities.
Puttshack has redesigned the mini golf experience, bringing a more modern approach to a game that's been around for more than a century. Puttshack uses its patented technology, called Trackaball, to keep score for you as you play, allowing you to ditch the pencil and paper scorecard. Courses also feature interactive leaderboards and a digital prize wheel.
Its courses are designed with unique, custom-themed holes, like a beer pong table and a skee-ball machine. Puttshack venues also offer food and a full bar.
It's an experience not unlike Topgolf, which brought food, drinks and a high-tech approach to the driving range. Topgolf was acquired by Callaway this year for $2.6 billion.
Topgolf's founders, Steve and Dave Jolliffe, are behind Puttshack, along with fellow co-founder Adam Breeden, who co-founded Flight Club, Ace Bounce and All Star Lanes.
The company said it will expand into multiple new U.S. locations in 2022.
