Vivox Raises $6.8M in Third Round of Financing

Vivox, Inc., a Natick, MA-based provider of voice services for online games, has secured $6.8m in its third round of equity financing.

The round was led by IDG Ventures with follow-on investment from Benchmark Capital, Canaan Partners and GrandBanks Capital.

As stated by Rob Seaver, Founder & CEO of Vivox, with the support of investors, the company will continue to innovate.

Vivox’ voice service connects people and communities across multiple platforms including PC, game consoles and Web-based social networks such as Facebook.

Customers and partners include, among the others, leaders in online games and virtual worlds such as
CCP Games, Gaia Online, Hi-Rez Studios, IMVU, Linden Lab, NCsoft, Nexon, Realtime Worlds, Sony Online Entertainment and Wizards of the Coast.

02/02/2010