Hearo Live on the iPhone lets you do audio chat in groups as you watch online events.
Hearo Live on the iPhone lets you do audio chat in groups as you watch online events.
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Hearo.Live launches esports viewing open beta and raises $1.8 million

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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Hearo.Live has launched its open beta for viewing esports events online in virtual rooms with your friends, and that’s happening on the heels of its $1.8 million in funding.

CEO Edward “Ned” Lerner thinks of Hearo.Live as a revival of the ancient Greek amphitheater, a place where fans can gather in the same virtual space to cheer for online esports events or otherwise participate in a shared social experience, with their real voices.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.