GameWisp
Company

Last deal

$100K

Amount

Seed

Stage

14.03.2018

Date

3

all rounds

$2.37M

Total amount

date founded

Financing round

General

About Company
GameWisp is a platform that helps video gaming content producers monetize their content.

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founded date

03.07.2012

Number of employees

Company Type

For Profit

Last funding type

Seed

IPO status

Private

Description

GameWisp is a marketing platform that provides services to the constantly changing world of video game influencers and the general gaming space. They offer a full suite of influencer marketing services with proprietary discovery technology that finds the right live streamers and YouTubers for the game or brand, outreach services to engage those creators, and campaign management services to activate them. They also build and manage influencer programs for long-term sustainable solutions. GameWisp helps companies engage with the gaming space in the right way to succeed.
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Number of Funding Rounds

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Their latest funding was raised on 14.03.2018. Their latest investor Techstars. Their latest round Seed

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4
Eli Hooten
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Michael Anderson
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Employee Profiles
8

Jesse Cowan

Content director

Sean Hayes

Senior Software Engineer

Michael Anderson

Michael Anderson

CEO & Founder

Aaron Middleton

Aaron Middleton

COO & Founder

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