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Network Next raises $4.4 million to create an internet fast lane for online games

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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Network Next announced today that is has raised $4.4 million in seed funding to create the “internet fast lane for online games and other interactive content.”

Bitkraft Esports Ventures led the funding, with additional investment coming from Bain Capital Ventures, Velo Partners, and the independent game developer Psyonix, the maker of the hit cross-platform game Rocket League (think futuristic car soccer). Network Next also announced that Psyonix has signed on as Network Next’s first game customer.

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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.