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Oslo-based PortalOne, which offers visual and interactive live gaming experiences, said on Thursday that it has raised $60 million (approximately €53.64
PortalOne, a Palo Alto, CA- and Oslo, Norway-based hybrid games platform, raised $15m in seed funding.
Backers included Founders Fund, TQ Ventures, Coatue Management, Rogue Ventures, Signia Venture Partners, Seedcamp , Talis Capital and SNÖ Ventures, strategic partners Atari and ARRI, and angel investors Kevin Lin, co-founder of Twitch; Mike Morhaime, co-founder of Blizzard and Dreamhaven; Amy Morhaime, co-founder of Dreamhaven; Marc Merrill, co-founder of Riot Games; Xen Lategan, former CTO and executive advisor at various companies such as Hulu, and Eugene Wei, former Head of Video at Oculus and Head of Product at Hulu.
Founded in 2018 by brothers Stig Olav Kasin and Bård Anders Kasin, PortalOne provides a hybrid games platform, launching a whole new category of entertainment that mixes games with live shows that are embedded directly inside the games. The first format on the platform is PortalOne Arcade, a retro-inspired universe that immerse
PortalOne raises $15M from Atari and more for a new hybrid gaming/TV show app
Gaming and streamed video have been two of the biggest pastime winners during the last year+ of pandemic living. Today a startup that has created an app that brings those two entertainment formats together is announcing a notable seed round of funding as it prepares to come out of closed beta.
PortalOne, a hybrid gaming startup, is announcing a $15 million seed round of funding as it prepares to come out of closed beta with an app that lets people play on-demand games and also watch live shows in which users can play against a special guest.