Bloxlink
Acquisition in 2024
Bloxlink is a software company that offers a Roblox bot for Discord. The bot allows users to connect their Roblox account to their Discord account, providing a seamless integration between the two platforms. It also enables users to verify their identity, sync their group to their server, and link multiple Roblox groups to their Discord server. The bot is designed to be user-friendly, with commands such as /setup and /bind to assist in the setup process. Bloxlink also offers a management service for Discord, providing a comprehensive solution for users looking to integrate their Roblox and Discord accounts.
Speechly
Acquisition in 2023
Speechly is a company that specializes in developing voice interfaces for professional tools and services through the application of deep learning and natural language processing technologies. Their automatic speech recognition software is designed to convert spoken words into actionable tasks, enhancing the functionality and user experience of various applications. By employing advanced techniques such as audio processing, speech recognition, and voice activity detection, Speechly enables developers to integrate efficient command recognition capabilities into their products, ultimately improving usability and accessibility.
TriplePlay
Acquisition in 2022
TriplePlay is a Toronto-based company founded in 2020 that offers a virtual social network designed to facilitate connections among users through interactive gaming and video-based communication. The platform allows individuals to engage in one-on-one or group conversations, participate in workshops, panel discussions, and live demonstrations, as well as enjoy games together. With features that support private conversations and customization options, TriplePlay aims to create a more natural and engaging social experience for its users.
Clockwork Labs
Series A in 2022
Clockwork Labs is a game studio focused on massively multiplayer, socially oriented experiences that emphasize collaboration over combat. It develops a role-playing gaming platform that enables players to participate in expansive online worlds and earn rewards. The platform incorporates blockchain technology to offer personalized land ownership within its worlds, allowing players to engage with a crypto ecosystem and receive cryptocurrency tokens as incentives.
Hamul is a San Francisco-based company established in 2019 that specializes in creating innovative social tools for gamers. The company has developed a video and voice chat application that allows users to enhance their gaming experience by incorporating emojis and sounds while playing with friends. Additionally, Hamul offers sound overlay software that enables gamers to use customized sounds and templates during voice chats, enhancing communication without the need for a microphone. This platform facilitates gamers in utilizing voice lines from professional streamers, pro gamers, and shoutcasters, making it easier for them to express themselves and engage in gameplay.
Guilded
Acquisition in 2021
Guilded, Inc. is a company that specializes in developing a chat platform tailored for competitive gaming and esports, aimed at helping gamers stay organized and connected with their teams. Founded in 2016 and based in Dallas, Texas, Guilded offers a suite of tools that enhances group communication through features such as integrated event calendars, forums, and document sharing. The platform is designed to streamline the recruitment process for players and teams, enabling them to build better connections and improve their gaming experiences. By providing a centralized space for discussing strategies and managing gaming communities, Guilded facilitates enhanced collaboration among online gamers.
Bash Video
Acquisition in 2021
Bash Video is a developer of a social video conferencing platform designed to enhance connections among users through interactive gaming experiences. The company's video calling application supports group participation of any size and is equipped with encryption for user security. By facilitating engaging conversations and allowing individuals to express themselves, Bash Video aims to create a dynamic environment for social gatherings, making it easier for friends and colleagues to connect and interact in meaningful ways.
VersusGame
Seed Round in 2021
VersusGame is a global mobile gaming platform that enables users to engage with mainstream culture through interactive content. The platform allows participants to test their knowledge by predicting outcomes related to brands, celebrities, and cultural events, fostering an environment of competition and entertainment. Through the VersusGame app, mobile website, and social media channels like Snapchat and Instagram, users can compete in 1v1 matches for cash and prizes. The company also provides a business-to-business model, allowing creators and brands to incorporate gamified content into their own sites, apps, TV shows, and podcasts. By leveraging artificial intelligence, VersusGame enhances content interactivity, ensuring a fun and fair experience for all participants while creating value for both users and content creators.
Loom.ai
Acquisition in 2020
Loom.ai is a San Francisco-based company that converts a single photograph into a realistic, animatable 3D avatar using deep learning, computer vision and visual effects. The platform personalizes avatars from selfies for use in mobile messaging, games, social media, virtual reality and AR experiences, as well as video conferencing, broadcasting and e-commerce; avatars are animatable in real time and capture facial nuances. The company aims to enable a new era of virtual communication by providing a scalable solution for creating expressive 3D identities embedded in digital interactions.
Imbellus
Acquisition in 2020
Imbellus, Inc. is a Los Angeles-based company founded in 2015 that specializes in developing simulation-based cognitive assessments to measure human potential and deep thinking skills. By focusing on how individuals think rather than what they know, Imbellus aims to transform standardized testing practices, potentially replacing traditional assessments like the SAT and ACT. The company's innovative approach integrates game design principles with cognitive science to create engaging problem-solving scenarios that reflect real-world situations. Additionally, Imbellus collaborates with corporate and government partners to enhance hiring, upskilling, and retention strategies. The team comprises experts in learning science, game development, art, data science, and artificial intelligence, reflecting a multidisciplinary approach to modern assessment challenges.
Formatech
Seed Round in 2020
Forma is building photorealistic avatars that are a dynamic and deeply personal form for people’s online identity.
We believe that as our online lives grow in importance, people look for more authenticity and relatability - and for everybody on the planet there is nothing more familiar than an image of themselves.
Through Forma’s computer vision and graphics technology, users can create a flexible visual identity from a single photo of themselves, instantly and photorealistically.
Today they can try on any outfit whether just for fun or before buying on e-commerce, and soon they will be able star in a movie, video game, TV show, YouTube clip, billboard ad, VR/AR, etc.
The company was founded in late 2017, early in the commercialization of the recent breakthroughs in deep learning. We’ve raised seed funding from top VCs and angels and are SF-based by the Caltrain station.
PacketZoom
Acquisition in 2018
PacketZoom provides cloud services and a content delivery network solution that accelerates mobile application performance by analyzing, detecting, and resolving networking issues in real time without changing app code. It helps mobile apps deliver content faster and more reliably by optimizing large dynamic content, such as video and game data, and supports a range of apps including mobile games, shopping, travel, and news. The company focuses on improving mobile reliability and performance for developers and publishers.