NZXT is a PC gaming manufacturer with a lot of cash.
NZXT is a PC gaming manufacturer with a lot of cash.
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NZXT raises $100M for PC gaming hardware and gaming lifestyle brand

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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NZXT has raised funding for the first time since it debuted as a PC gaming hardware company in 2004. It’s a whopper of a round at $100 million.

Global tech investment firm Francisco Partners led the round for the City of Indutry, California-based PC gaming hardware and services firm. The move will support a strategic expansion at a time when it’s extremely hard to get a hold on components for gaming PCs because of a pandemic-induced shortage.

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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.