Jon Radoff is CEO of Beamable.

Beamable raises $13.5M for decentralized open source backend infrastructure for games

Beamable has raised $13.5 million in funding to develop its decentralized backend infrastructure for online games.

The Beamable Network represents a disruptive shift in the way live games are supported, breaking free from the traditional dependence on centralized hyperscale data centers owned by tech giants, said Jon Radoff, CEO of Beamable, in an interview with GamesBeat.

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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.