by Sizzle.gg, an Al-based platform that creates automatic games highlights for esports leagues, large gaming publishers, and video games streamers; has revealed the closure of a $5 million investment in a seed funding round led by White Star Capital.
The seed funding round also investments from other venture capital organizations such as Progression Fund, Eterna Capital, Play Ventures, Mindset Ventures, and Xoogler Ventures.
The news of the investments comes as the Al-driven company emerges from its beta stages to become globally available with plans to expand further and offer for content creators to reach their audiences in unique ways.
In a recent press release, Vijay Koduri, Co-founder and CEO of Sizzle.gg promises that the company has a lot of valuable applications to be delivered to leagues and esports games, and a lot of offers to enable content creators and leagues to reach their target audience.
“With this recent round of funding, we’ll be able to expand further and offer even more to creators and leagues, helping them continue to grow and reach their audiences in new and unique ways.
“There are so many valuable applications for what we are delivering to leagues, teams, and streamers, we are just scratching the surface of what is to come”
Sizzle uses deep Al technology that analyses videos, audios, and chats of live streams to determine the best moments and creates 15-30 second highlights based on those best moments detected.
These highlights can be shared on social media channels like YouTube, Twitter, Facebook, and other platforms.
Currently, PUBG Esports America is one of the companies utilizing the Al-driven platform which is free for all streamers and content creators.
PUGB uses the platform to find the best moments of the day and post them on their various social media platforms.
One of the partners at White Star Capitals, Mr. Eddie Lee, spoke about the investment expressing the company’s excitement to be involved in a platform interested in uniquely transforming content generation.
“What Sizzle.gg is doing is groundbreaking and we are thrilled to be lead investors in something so innovative,” Lee said.
“Whether it’s streamers, teams, or Tier 1 esports leagues like PUBG Esports, their content needs are only going to grow exponentially, so we’re excited to be involved in a platform that revolutionizes content generation.”
About Sizzle.gg
Sizzle.gg works with esports leagues, large gaming publishers, and streams of all sizes across four continents. Sizzle is funded by Top venture capitalists and has a management team that includes ex-Google, Digital Media, and Gaming Expertise. The company is based in Silicon Valley, California.
The Al-based company uses AL technology to analyze video, chat, and audio of gaming streams to detect the best and most exciting moments and uses such moments to create highlights that can be shared on various social media platforms such as YouTube, Twitch, TikTok, Twitter, Facebook, etc.
Speaking on its mission, Sizzle promises to save time consumed in watching the entire streams, as it promises to present the exciting sections, showcasing only the premium content to its users.
“Our algorithms analyze the top streamers and determine the action scenes, kills, funny moments, and more. Not only are you saving time at Sizzle.gg, but you’ll also be watching sizzles catered to your preferences.”
