According to Toptal, "esports and game streaming startups have raised $714 million across more than 100 deals" since 2011, transforming how we play and engage with digital entertainment. At Harmonic, we're on the pulse of this revolution, monitoring these startups from their earliest days. Weekly updates keep our finger on the industry's pulse, tracking pivotal metrics like employee growth, funding rounds, website traffic, social media engagement, and more.
In this curated feed, we spotlight some of the most promising and fastest-growing gaming and esports startups. Our selection criteria focus on those with rapidly expanding teams and surging online presence over the past six months.
ExoDexa offers an online education platform that leverages award-winning learning games to help kids retain knowledge up to 10 times faster, using adaptive learning technology tested in a North Carolina school. The platform's innovative hybrid approach to learning, in partnership with Two Bit Circus Foundation, allows for the creation of in-game learning content on the fly, enabling learners to explore interactive mini-games and choose their topics of interest, aiming to compete with popular engagement and interaction platforms.
Triumpharcade offers a software development kit (SDK) that enables game developers to integrate real money tournaments into their games, increasing player engagement and revenue. The SDK is designed for simplicity, with headless integration and a managed backend, and it allows for real stakes games, which substantially enhance monetization and player engagement.
Moxy eSports introduces on-demand eSports gameplay, allowing gamers to compete for real payouts in various video game titles by paying entry fees in MOXY tokens. Developers can integrate Moxy's comprehensive API stack to offer competitive eSports events within their games, catering to the growing demand for on-demand eSports gameplay in the gaming industry.
Galactic Entertainment specializes in innovative, immersive, and disruptive multimedia experiences. Their first project, PlanetQuest, is a tactical exploration game set in a sci-fi cinematic multiverse, featuring a decentralized storyline and a powerful in-game economy. Galactic Entertainment's team of top Hollywood and gaming talent utilizes cinematics, technology, and storytelling to create meaningful stories of cinematic quality.
Modulate provides ToxMod, a voice-native moderation solution using machine learning and AI technologies to proactively detect and prevent toxic online behavior in voice chat. It goes beyond traditional transcription analysis and keyword detection, offering customizable protection, privacy compliance, and understanding of context for a safer and more inclusive voice chat experience.
PlayVS is the leading platform for high school esports, providing a comprehensive infrastructure for competitive video gaming. Their software products facilitate the organization of sanctioned leagues across the country, offering a full-stack sports platform that brings together players, fans, and coaches.
0x& aims to become an essential block for NFT gaming by providing frameworks and games for the management and exchange of NFTs in blockchain projects. They offer NFT games and development frameworks to drive the growth and innovation of the NFT gaming industry, while also participating as validators in blockchain networks to ensure security and stability.
Papaya Gaming offers skill-based, real money tournaments by transforming popular games like Solitaire Cash and Bubble Cash into platforms for players to compete for cash prizes. Their innovative approach emphasizes skill, strategy, and perseverance, shaping the future of gaming through games designed to reward players' abilities.
P12 is developing a GUI Onchain Engine for onchain games and autonomous worlds, integrating with onchain frameworks like MUD and Dojo. The P12 Editor streamlines gaming development through prefabs and templates, enabling composable games creation, seamless assets deployment, and permissionless open economies.
