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纽约，2019年11月26日/美通社讯/–Genvid Technologies宣布进行B轮融资，这家公司为游戏开发者提供交互性的流媒体技术。
Genvid的SDK（软件开发包）让开发者能够在多个流媒体平台（Twitch, YouTube等）、利用多种基础架构（AWS, Azure）、使用多个游戏引擎（Unity, Unreal和Proprietary engines）实现丰富的互动。
独立的游戏开发者和大型游戏发布者都积极创建流媒体体验，但这些体验都只能依凭Genvid提供的技术栈。Genvid的技术已经在很多地方有应用——最近的一次是在Twitch举办的《反恐精英：全球攻势》决赛中，日本通信公司NTT Docomo的5G技术中也有很多它的用例。
B轮融资将用来进一步加快Genvid的SDK功能开发，同时对于需要对其交互式流媒体进行性实时操作、集成、web开发的开发者，我们也会为他们建立端到端服务平台。此外，该公司会扩展其业务开发，不单单再局限于游戏行业，而要进军媒体和运动届，毕竟Genvid的技术在流视频和在游戏引擎呈现的内容上表现一样好。
“如果开发者想要在游戏和广播中加入丰富、双向、实时的互动，那我们已经是他们的标准工具包了，”Genvid的CEO Jacob Navok说，“我们的核心工具会继续升级，我们会加入新的功能来利用5G技术和互动电视的发展，我们也会支持许多和Genvid有合作关系的独立开发者创作的新型数字媒体格式，如Pipeworks Studio的Project Eleusis这样的类元界体验。”
本轮主要资方是纽约的Galaxy Interactive，它是商业银行Galaxy Digital的一个分枝，它仅关注快速增长的交互内容和技术空间，并重点投资于电子游戏工作室、电子竞技等。
Galaxy Interactive的负责人Sam Englebardt会加入Genvid董事会，他说，“Galaxy Interactive和Genvid有相同的愿景。我们都强烈地相信，游戏市场下一次主要扩展的过程中，交互式流媒体将是其中不可分割的一块。除了传统的游戏玩家以外，Genvid的技术会极大地扩展我们的整体用户基础，发掘内容创造、消费和盈利上各种新的、强大的形式。我相信我们的投资的每个公司，尤其是利用区块链和其他技术创建和拥有数字产品的公司，都将从Genvid的技术中获益匪浅，因为Genvid的技术能够把它们的产品和快速发展的流媒体内容基础架构结合起来。”
Genvid现在所有的投资方— March Capital Partners, OCA Ventures, Makers Fund, 和 Horizons Ventures—都参与了本次融资。Genvid欢迎新加入的Valor Equity Partners 和 K5 Global。
Galaxy Interactive以及Genvid的董事会和资方基础共同代表了一个对游戏业前所未有的见解，也代表了它们在电子竞技、游戏、媒体公司和其它新兴技术，如区块链和虚拟及增强现实等，上的影响/投资。Valor Equity Partners的负责人是Antonio Gracias，他也是电子竞技团队Cloud9董事会的一员，而March Capital对Genvid的投资则由Gregory Milken主导，他是电子竞技团队Immortals Gaming Club的一个老板。Makers Fund是当今最主要的游戏内容基金之一，而K5 Global的负责人是Michael Kives，他之前是CAA工作人员，他推动了许多媒体和运动的联系。
此外，Genvid还宣布了两位顾问，过去的一年，这两位顾问一直在帮Genvid。Matthew Ball先前是亚马逊工作室战略部负责人，它也是媒体业的一位重要思想家，而Anna Sweet过去六年都在Steam工作，促进了该平台发展，她还在Oculus负责内容策略，现在她是游戏行业的投资人和顾问。
“过去十年，媒体业大多数时候是在关注线上的内容转变、思考如何对此收费。” Matthew Ball说，“接下来的十年则会关于如何重塑该内容以及如何创建数字传播框架下的崭新的格式。这个机遇的核心是互动，Genvid则会是这些体验背后一个重要的存在，也是创新的合作伙伴。”
Genvid还宣布将在柏林开设欧洲办事处用以扩展业务和提供技术支持，而现场操作办公室还是在加州尔湾，以便为客户监督基础架构。现在该公司在世界范围内由6个办事处，包括纽约、蒙特利尔、圣莫妮卡、欧文、柏林和东京，总员工超过50个。
关于Genvid Technologies
2016年，游戏业资深人士成立Genvid，这家公司背后是Galaxy Interactive, Horizons Ventures, Makers Fund, March Capital Partners 和 OCA Ventures。Genvid为游戏开发者提供SDK，用以集成到游戏中，让游戏开发者能实现革命性的播报。Genvid SDK是一个容易使用的中介软件，它用法灵活，可以在任何流媒体平台和开发者想支持的任何基础架构中使用。所以，流媒体可以通过专门针对个人观看的交易实现收益，这样，对于游戏开发者来说，他们就可以通过赞助和串流内购买获得巨大的收益机会。专门为游戏开发者建造里的第一个交互式流媒体工具，Genvid SDK可以在https://www.genvidtech.com免费下载。
关于 Galaxy Interactive
Galaxy Interactive是Galaxy Digital最新的一个投资分部，Galaxy Digital是Mike Nov创办的领先的商业银行，它关注区块链技术和数字资产。Galaxy Interactive可以利用总额达3.25亿美元的Galaxy Digital EOS VC Fund（Galaxy Dig和软件开发公司Block.one的伙伴基金）进行投资，Galaxy Interactive只关注在交互式内容、区块链和其它技术有交叉的企业，它特别专注电子游戏工作室、电子竞技、数字产品和相关的基础架构技术。该分部位语纽约，由Galaxy Digital的联合创始人和合伙伙伴Sam Englebardt负责。
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NEW YORK, Nov. 26, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Genvid Technologies Inc., a developer of interactive streaming technologies for game developers, media companies and sports broadcasters, announces its Series B fundraise.
Genvid’s SDK enables creators to build rich interactivity across multiple streaming platforms (Twitch, YouTube and more) on multiple infrastructures (AWS, Azure), and on multiple game engines (Unity, Unreal and proprietary engines).
Indie game developers and major game publishers are actively creating new streaming experiences that are only possible with Genvid’s tech stack. Genvid’s technology has already been used in many ways- most recently, powering the latest Counter-Strike: Global Offensive finals on Twitch, and various 5G showcases for Japan’s NTT Docomo.
The Series B funds will be used to further accelerate Genvid’s SDK feature development, as well as build an end-to-end services platform for developers who need live operations, integration, web development for their interactive streams. Additionally, the company will expand its business development efforts beyond the game industry into media and sports, since Genvid’s tech works as well with streaming video as it does with game-engine rendered content.
“We are already the standard toolkit for developers looking to bring rich, two-way, realtime interactivity to their games and broadcast,” says Genvid CEO Jacob Navok. “Our core tools will continue to improve as new features are added to take advantage of 5G, growth in interactive television, and to support the many new digital media formats being created by independent developers in partnership with Genvid, such as the metaverse-like experiences of Pipeworks Studio’s Project Eleusis.”
Leading the round is New York’s Galaxy Interactive, the division of merchant bank, Galaxy Digital, that focuses exclusively on the fast-growing interactive content and technology space, with an emphasis on investments in video game studios, esports, and more.
Sam Englebardt, head of Galaxy Interactive, will join Genvid’s board. “Galaxy Interactive and Genvid share the same vision,” says Sam. “We are strongly aligned around the belief that interactive streaming will be integral to the next major expansion of the gaming market. Genvid’s technology will significantly grow the overall user base beyond traditional gamers themselves and unlock powerful new forms of content creation, consumption and monetization. I believe every company in our portfolio, especially those which are utilizing blockchain and other technologies for the creation and ownership of digital goods, will benefit tremendously from the way Genvid’s technology will marry their products to the rapidly expanding streaming content infrastructure.”
All of Genvid’s existing investors- March Capital Partners, OCA Ventures, Makers Fund, and Horizons Ventures, have joined in this round. And Genvid welcomes additional new investments from Valor Equity Partners and K5 Global.
Together with Galaxy Interactive, Genvid’s board and investor base represent unprecedented game industry insight and influence/investment in esports, game, media companies and other emerging technologies like blockchain and virtual and augmented reality. Valor Equity Partners is led by Antonio Gracias, who sits on esports team Cloud9’s board, while March Capital’s investments into Genvid have been spearheaded by Gregory Milken, who is co-owner of esports team Immortals Gaming Club. Makers Fund is one of the leading game content funds in the world today. And K5 Global is headed by Michael Kives, the former CAA agent who brings a wealth of media and sports connections.
Additionally, Genvid is announcing two new advisors who have been assisting Genvid over the last year. Matthew Ball is the former head of strategy for Amazon Studios and a leading thinker in the media industry, while Anna Sweet spent six years driving the growth of the Steam platform at Valve, led content strategy at Oculus and is now a games industry investor and advisor.
“The media industry has spent most of the last decade focused on shifting content online and figuring out how to charge for it,” says Matthew Ball. “The next decade will be about reinventing this content and creating brand new formats native to digital delivery. Interactivity will be at the core of this opportunity. And Genvid will be one of the key enablers of and creative partners behind these experiences.”
Genvid is also announcing the establishment of its European office in Berlin for business development and technical support, and its live operations office in Irvine, California to oversee infrastructure for clients. The company has over 50 employees in six offices worldwide, including New York, Montreal, Santa Monica, Irvine, Berlin and Tokyo.
About Genvid Technologies
Founded in 2016 by game industry veterans and backed by Galaxy Interactive, Horizons Ventures, Makers Fund, March Capital Partners and OCA Ventures, Genvid offers an SDK for game developers to integrate into their games and allows game developers to make revolutionary broadcasts. The Genvid SDK is a simple-to-use middleware, flexible enough to run on any streaming platform and infrastructure that developers want to support. As a result, livestreams can be monetized through transactions that are uniquely targeted to the individual watching, leading to a significant revenue opportunity for game developers through sponsorships and in-stream purchases. The first interactive streaming tools built specifically for game developers, the Genvid SDK can be downloaded for free at https://www.genvidtech.com.
About Galaxy Interactive
Galaxy Interactive is the newest investment division of Galaxy Digital, a leading merchant bank founded by Mike Novogratz and dedicated to blockchain technology and digital assets. Investing from its $325 million Galaxy Digital EOS VC Fund (a partnership between Galaxy Digital and software development company, Block.one), Galaxy Interactive focuses exclusively on companies operating at the intersection of interactive content, blockchain and other technologies, with particular emphasis on video game studios, eSports, digital objects and related infrastructure tech. The division is based in New York City and is spearheaded by Galaxy Digital Co-Founder and Partner, Sam Englebardt.
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