Ouya has raised $15 million from Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield & Byers, with Mayfield Fund, NVIDIA, Shasta Ventures, and Occam Partners also contributing. KPCB’s general partner Bing Gordon will be joining Ouya’s board of directors.
“[Gordon] really is a creative genius,” said Ouya CEO Julie Uhrman. “He has a track record of really respecting game creators, which is something that is core to Ouya. And we think makes for a great partnership.”
“We are seeing demand for Ouya literally everywhere in the world,” Uhrman added. “We’re shipping our early backer units to over 110 different countries. We have retail relationships already in the U.S., Canada, and the U.K., but there’s a ton of interest in other countries and we want to be smart about how we continue to roll out Ouya and grow. And obviously that takes capital.”
Source: GamesIndustry International
