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Genvid Technologies raises $1.5 million to make esports broadcasts more interactive

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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Genvid Technologies has raised $1.5 million to enable a new kind of esports livestream broadcast.

Investors in New York-based Genvid include Los Angeles-based March Capital Partners, with Chicago’s OCA Ventures participating. Founded by former tech and business leaders of Square Enix’s now-defunct Shinra Technologies division, Genvid is building tools that developers can use to create more compelling and interactive esports broadcasts.

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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.