Recently, Ouya founder Julie Uhrman said that the company would seek “additional funds” outside of Kickstarter. She’s now walked back that message in an official statement.
“Let me be clear, Ouya is not seeking additional funding outside of Kickstarter,” read a statement from Uhrman. “Our priority now is to continue to focus on building a great game console while engaging in our on-going Kickstarter campaign. Our intent in going to Kickstarter was to raise money that would take us from functional prototype to product on the market.”
“With respect to our funding, we have been candid in disclosing an early round raised through friends and family that included backing from investors like Digg founder Jay Adelson, Flixster founder Joe Greenstein, and Jawbone founder Hosain Rahman,” she added. “We do not intend to engage in any conversations related to funding while we are on Kickstarter. And, it’s not like we are going to start speed dialing VCs as soon as the Kickstarter campaign ends. Once our Kickstarter campaign closes funding our priority will be getting Ouya to market, and delivering the best game experience possible. Fundraising will not be top of the list.”
Source: Develop
