Dennis Fong's new startup, Raptr, is a sort of applications-based social network for hard-core gamers.
(Credit: Raptr)SAN FRANCISCO--Dennis Fong is someone who has a lot of street cred in the world of video games. A former world champion in games like Quake and Doom, he's also the founder of XFire, a company that enabled easy instant messaging among gamers that he later sold to Viacom for oodles of money.
Now, he's got a new start-up, known as Raptr, and it seems to have some very influential people rather excited.
I got my first introduction to Raptr Friday at the Startup Showcase at the Game Developers Conference. The session, which was organized by Charles River Ventures' Susan Wu, put five entrepreneurs on the spot to give short presentations about their company. Wu and several industry experts then got the chance to weigh in on each presentation.
Essentially, Raptr is a social network for gamers, but one filled with useful applications--at least for those for whom hard-core gaming is a way of life.
But since there are millions and millions of people like that, the company has an instant and wide market.
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