Articles about Rec Room

Next Tech Titan: MotherDuck, Rec Room, Statsig, Submittable, Zuper vie for pivotal GeekWire Award

Which company will be the next tech titan to emerge from the Pacific Northwest? GeekWire’s startup coverage seeks to answer… Read More

Seattle startup Rec Room targets teenage Canadian game hacker in new lawsuit

The makers of the popular social app Rec Room filed a lawsuit in Seattle this week against a teenage user… Read More

Who will be the Next Tech Titan? Cast your vote in the GeekWire Awards

One of the five finalists for Next Tech Titan at the 2023 GeekWire Awards will join an elite class of… Read More

Rec Room teams up with NFL in latest partnership for Seattle gaming startup

American football fans who use the Rec Room social gaming app can now grab their favorite team’s gear for their… Read More

Why avatar-based social gaming app Rec Room doesn’t consider itself a ‘metaverse’ company

Almost two years after officially attaining “unicorn” status, Seattle startup Rec Room continues to expand the audience for its eponymous… Read More

Amazon CEO Andy Jassy makes Time’s ‘100 Most Influential Companies’ cover; Rec Room, Wyze also on list

Amazon CEO Andy Jassy has landed on the cover of Time as the magazine released its second annual list of… Read More

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Microsoft’s Candy Crush: Madrona’s Hope Cochran, former King CFO, on $68.7B Activision deal

Why would Microsoft pay $68.7 billion for video-game giant Activision Blizzard? Hope Cochran, managing director at venture capital firm Madrona… Read More

Meet the unicorns: A look at the Seattle-area startups that boast valuations over $1 billion

Editor’s note: This post has been updated to add startups that were not initially included in the list. Icertis’ valuation… Read More

Seattle VR startup Rec Room raises $145M, reaches $3.5B valuation

Rec Room, the Seattle-based development studio behind the fast-growing VR application Rec Room, has raised $145 million in new funding,… Read More

Seattle’s newest unicorn: Rec Room raises $100M as social gaming popularity fuels big growth

Seattle-based Rec Room has raised $100 million in new funding. The game development startup is now valued at $1.25 billion… Read More

After huge growth in 2020, Seattle startup Rec Room raises $20M to expand virtual hangout game

Rec Room, the eponymous Seattle-based development studio behind the virtual hangout/game creator Rec Room, has raised $20 million. Madrona Venture… Read More

Together again, virtually: Inside two worlds where social distancing is irrelevant

Inside the board room at the corporate headquarters for VirBELA, chief strategy officer Glenn Sanford invited me to lean forward… Read More

Inside the VR hit ‘Rec Room’ with Against Gravity, a breakthrough virtual reality startup in Seattle

Is there a more universally accepted measure of “Damn, that was fun” than the high-five? For players of the virtual… Read More