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BBC Young Musician 2020 Finale, BBC Four review - poise versus extraterrestrial ecstasy
After a year s wait, three finalists serve up first-rate professionalism - and something more
by David NiceTuesday, 04 May 2021
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“You have to be careful you’re not judging the piece,” cautioned a pearl-necklaced Nicholas Daniel, great oboist and winner of the 1980 BBC Young Musician (of the Year, as it then was).
“You have to be careful you’re not judging the piece,” cautioned a pearl-necklaced Nicholas Daniel, great oboist and winner of the 1980 BBC Young Musician (of the Year, as it then was). Yet while the work, Japanese composer and marimba virtuoso Keiko Abe’s
Warner Music & gaming giant UBISOFT invest in Overwolf, which hits $200M valuation
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Warner Music Group joins $52 5m Series C funding round in gaming UGC platform Overwolf
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Overwolf raises $52.5M for its platform to build, distribute and monetize in-game, user-generated content
Roblox, the gaming company that went public this month with a strong debut, changed the game (so to speak) for the role that creative input can play in making a game more loved, more engaging and even more enterprising. Today, a startup that is taking a version of that model focused on in-game apps and modifications is announcing some funding and the launch of a new toolkit to double down on that opportunity.
Today, a startup called Overwolf, which has built a popular platform for gaming fans to build modifications (mods) and additional tools for all kinds of PC games, is announcing $52.5 million in growth funding and the launch of a new content creation SDK underscoring its growth and more specifically the demand in the market to bring more user-generated content variations into the gaming universe.
There is no doubt that the gaming sector is one of the biggest winners of the Covid-19 era. The number of players climbed by hundreds of percent due to global lockdowns and companies that are active in the space experienced an unprecedented surge. Israel is considered a global powerhouse in the gaming world, with companies such as Playtika, which recently went public at a valuation of $11 billion, among many others.
On Tuesday, one of the standout companies in the local industry, Overwolf, revealed that it had completed a $52 million series C round led by Insight Partners and Griffin Gaming partners, with participation from gaming giant Ubisoft, and HPE CEO Meg Whitman. Other participants in the round include Warner Music Group, Jibe Ventures, Gen G. chairman Kevin Chou, and previous backers Intel Capital, Liberty Technology Venture Capital, and Marker. The company has raised a total of $75 million to date. Its enterprise value prior to the round was $200 million.