GGWP, a San Francisco, CA-based AI-powered games and content moderation solution, raised $12 million in a seed round from expert VCs, platforms, game companies, and a world-class group of games entrepreneurs and executives, signaling industry-wide support to solve the massive problem of online toxicity in games.
BITKRAFT Ventures led the seed round, with co-investors including Makers Fund, Griffin Gaming Partners (GGP), Sony Innovation Fund, Riot Games, as well as key industry figures such as Twitch founders Emmett Shear and Kevin Lin, founder of YouTube Steve Chen, Krafton CEO CH Kim, influencer and gamer personality Pokimane, and others.
Company: GGWP
Raised: $12.0M
Round: Seed Round
Funding Month: March 2022
Lead Investors: BITKRAFT Ventures
Additional Investors: Makers Fund, Griffin Gaming Partners (GGP), Sony Innovation Fund, Riot Games, Emmett Shear, Kevin Lin, Steve Chen, and CH Kim
Company Website: https://www.ggwp.com/
Software Category: AI-powered Games and Content Moderation Solution
About the Company: GGWP, an AI-powered games and content moderation solution, founded by games entrepreneur Dennis Fong, Crunchyroll founder Kun Gao, and data and AI expert, Dr. George Ng. GGWP is a smart, AI-powered moderation platform that enables publishers to easily view a game’s aggregate community health, review incidents that occur with contextual information, and understand each players’ overall impact on the community. As simple as calling an API to get started, GGWP is remarkably easy for developers to use and integrate into their games. GGWP's mission is to create and nurture positivity in video games that millions of people around the world enjoy every day.
Source: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20220321005241/en/Video-Game-Media-and-Technology-Veterans-Launch-GGWP-to-Combat-Game-Toxicity-Raise-12M-Seed-Funding