Vivox

Infobox_Company
company_name = Vixox, Inc.
company_type = Privately held
company_
company_slogan = The Voice of Virtual Worlds
foundation = 2005
location = Framingham, Massachusetts, United States
key_people = Rob Seaver, CEO
James Toga, COO
Monty Sharma, Vice President Product Management and Marketing
Rick Frye, Vice President of Sales
num_employees = "Unknown"
revenue = "Unknown"
industry = Video games, Voip
products = Precision Studio
homepage = [http://www.vivox.com/ www.vivox.com]

Vivox, Inc. specifically provides managed communication services in the form of integrated voice chat, video, Instant Messaging (IM) and presence to online games, virtual worlds and other online communities. Headquartered in Framingham, Massachusetts, United States, its most publicized customers include Second Life made by Linden Lab [http://www.vivox.com/pressreleases_detail.php?id=17 Vivox Press Release 27 February 2007: Vivox Gives Voice to Second Life] (Retrieved 29 October 2007)] and EVE Online made by CCP Games [http://www.vivox.com/pressreleases_detail.php?id=4 Vivox Press Release 10 May 2006: Eve Online Screams with Vivox Real-Time Voice Technology] (Retrieved 29 October 2007)] who have both integrated voice into their products.

History

Vivox was founded by Jeff Pulver in the Fall of 2005. On 19 September 2005 Vivox announced that they had received $6 Million dollars in venture capital funding from Canaan Partners and GrandBanks Capital [http://www.vivox.com/pressreleases_detail.php?id=2 Vivox Press Release 19 September 2005: Vivox Emerges from Pulver.com; Announces $6 Million in Venture Capital Funding] (Retrieved 30 October 2007)] . On 13 November 2007 Vivox announced that they had secured $7.8 million in series B financing [http://www.vivox.com/pressreleases_detail.php?id=27 Vivox Press Release 13 November 2007: Vivox, Inc. Secures $7.8 Million in Series B Financing] (Retrieved 13 February 2008)] . The B round financing was lead by Benchmark Capital and supported by existing investors Canaan Partners and GrandBanks Capital. With the support of Benchmark Capital, former CEO of JAMDAT Mobile, Mitch Lasky was added to the Vivox board of directors.

During the 2008 Game Developers Conference in San Francisco, California, Vivox announced a partnership with Sony Online Entertainment [http://www.vivox.com/pressreleases_detail.php?id=29 Vivox Press Release 20 February 2008: Ma Bell, Meet Joe Gamer:Sony Online Entertainment Ushers in New Era of Voice Chat for Online Games with Powerful Suite of Communication Services] (Retrieved 4 March 2008)] . The agreement between the two companies will bring integrated voice chat into all existing and planned SOE products including SOE's out of game communication application, Station Launcher [http://www.vivox.com/pressreleases_detail.php?id=29 Vivox Press Release 20 February 2008: Ma Bell, Meet Joe Gamer:Sony Online Entertainment Ushers in New Era of Voice Chat for Online Games with Powerful Suite of Communication Services] (Retrieved 4 March 2008)] .

Integrations

Online Games and Virtual Worlds

Known integrations of Vivox's communications platform in online games and virtual worlds.

Middleware Platforms

Known middleware integrations of Vivox's communications platform.

Awards and Commendations

* Top 20 Most Influential People in Massively Multiplayer Online Video Games - 2008 - Beckett Media [http://www.beckett.com/estore/news/?eskin=subMOG&a=9562&s=1 Top 20 Most Influential People in MMOs 1 April 2008] (Retrieved 28 May 2008)]

* 100 Top Companies in Northeast - 2008 - AlwaysOn [http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/080401/20080401005488.html?.v=1 Yahoo Finance Article: AlwaysOn 100 Top Companies of the Northeast 1 April 2008] (Retrieved 1 April 2008)]

* Front Line Award - 2007 - Game Developer Magazine [http://cmp.mediaroom.com/index.php?s=43&item=1870 CMP's Game Developer Magazine 2007 Front Line Award Winners 8 January 2008] (Retrieved 10 January 2008)]

* 100 Top Companies - 2007 - AlwaysOn [http://alwayson.goingon.com/permalink/post/15899 AlwaysOn 100 Top Companies 17 July 2007] (Retrieved 9 November 2007)] [http://www.vivox.com/pressreleases_detail.php?id=22 Vivox Press Release 31 July 200: Vivox Selected by AlwaysOn as an AO100 Top Private Company Award Winner] (Retrieved 9 November 2007)]

* Pulver 100 - 2007 - PulverMedia [http://pulver.com/pulver100/ 2007 Pulver 100 2007] (Retrieved 1 April 2008)]

* 100 North America - 2006 - Red Herring [http://rh.bulcore.com/Home/17020 Red Herring 100 North America May 2006] (Retrieved 9 November 2007)] [http://www.vivox.com/pressreleases_detail.php?id=9 Vivox Press Release 22 May 2006: Vivox Named a Red Herring 100 Winner] (Retrieved 9 November 2007)]

* Next Net 25 - 2006 - Business 2.0 [http://money.cnn.com/popups/2006/biz2/next_net/frameset.exclude.html Business 2.0 Next Net 25 2006] (Retrieved 9 November 2007)] [http://www.vivox.com/pressreleases_detail.php?id=7 Vivox Press Release 28 February 2006: Business 2.0 Selects Vivox for the Next Net 25 List] (Retrieved 9 November 2007)]

* Fierce 15 - 2006 - FierceMarkets [http://www.fiercemarkets.com/news/fiercegamebiz_announces_top_15_emerging_video_gaming_companies Companies Recognized For Innovation and Leadership in Video Gaming 16 September 2006: FierceGameBiz Announces Top 15 Emerging Video Gaming Companies] (Retrieved 1 April 2008)]

References

ee also

*Ventrilo
*Teamspeak
*Roger Wilco
*Mumble

External links

* [http://www.vivox.com Vivox's official website]