Allstar

It feels like just yesterday Allstar was announcing our Series A. It's hard to believe that was almost already a year ago! With summer once again upon us (and boy, is it a hot one...) I'm super excited to share that Allstar's leadership team is expanding. Ross Cooperman came on board in Q1 as our VP of Engineering. He has had an epic career, including being among the earliest engineering hires at many amazing startups, including one I was lucky to be a part of: Movable Ink, as well as Cheddar where as CTO he grew the team to 15 before acquisition by Altice, later going on to manage their 50 person tech organization. Ross brings a level of steady and measured discipline coupled with seemingly limitless tech knowledge and an ability to communicate complex topics with rare precision. His impact is already apparent: from championing test driven development, to air dropping into new code bases with ease, all while helping drive product results, growing our world class engineering team, and strengthening our culture in the process. We're all super thrilled to build with Ross as he joins Gavin Silver, Nick Burt and myself in supporting everyone on Team Allstar achieve our goals. We've also made some incredible strides as a company in growing our partner network, expanding our footprint across games, and focusing on deep product engagement to accelerate growth. I'm excited to share more about our progress in the coming weeks (like our close to half-a-million monthly League of Legends clips!) Will you be going to gamescom in Cologne? If so, DM me and I'll connect you with my co-founder Gavin Silver and our head of biz dev John DeHart who will be happy to link up with you in person. Stay cool and enjoy the rest of your summer – from all of us on Team Allstar, onward and upward ✈ #nyc #tech #gaming #creatoreconomy #esports #gamescom #cologne

Allstar is headed to Texas! I am super excited to announce that Allstar will be having it's first ever brand activation at #DreamhackDallas / #IEMDallas! Team Allstar will be out in full force, led by my esteemed cofounder Gavin Silver, John DeHart, Camille Vargas, and more. I wish I could attend however I'll be on a much anticipated and long overdue honeymoon in Japan. Stop by the booth, win some swag, charge your phone, and try our brand new mobile app to take Allstar for a spin - we'll be there all weekend. Our team is especially excited to meet our users and hear their feedback. I've gotten a look at the booth we'll be setting up - it's going to be awesome! If you are attending and want to set up a meeting to learn more about our free Developer APIs for Counter-Strike, Dota 2, League of Legends and Fortnite, just shoot me or John DeHart a message and we'll set something up. Happy Dream-Hacking & hope you'll stop by the booth and say hi!

Allstar is coming back out to San Francisco for our 3rd GDC in just a couple of weeks 🛫   If you're building something you’re excited about in gaming, esports, or the creator economy, or looking to effectively reach gamers in those three places, we should talk 😊   My first GDC was just a few years ago. While I’m a lifelong gamer, my exposure to gaming trade shows and networking events was mainly from the consumer perspective. Granted I’ve been to plenty of tradeshows outside of gaming, in my experience they are usually hit-or-miss.   I’m glad to say that my first GDC surpassed my expectations. The energy was on another level compared to any other trade show I’ve been to in other industries. Everyone I met was so passionate about what they were working on, from fellow founders to developers, friends, VCs etc. Subsequent gaming events we've attended have maintained this electric energy!   I'm pumped to head back out to the west coast to find other builders to connect with, and I’m excited to be joined by esports and gaming veteran John DeHart who helms our business development.   If you're looking for new ways to engage, retain, monetize, or grow your core gaming product – or if you're developing the next genre defining title and want to drive incredible UGC out of the box, let's link up. See you there!

The #Xbox brand is transforming — and the rest of the #gaming industry is evolving alongside it. On Feb. 15, Microsoft executives Phil Spencer, Sarah Bond and Matt Booty released an official podcast detailing the tech company’s current and future plans for the Xbox brand. The crux of the announcement was that Xbox is planning to open up four previously exclusive titles to other gaming consoles such as the Sony PlayStation 5 and Nintendo Switch. Spencer, the CEO of Microsoft Gaming, declined to specify the four titles; reporting from The Verge has indicated that they will be “Sea of Thieves,” “Hi-Fi Rush,” “Pentiment” and “Grounded,” but Microsoft did not confirm this list. Here’s a breakdown of what yesterday’s Xbox news says about the broader evolution going on within the gaming industry. In this piece by Alexander Lee, we speak to Pete Basgen of Wavemaker, John DeHart 🔜 GDC of Allstar, and Eli Ferrara.

On top of all the excitement around our Series A announcement last week I'm happy to have had the opportunity to share more about our company's story with Business Insider. We dove into our journey from my days as an aspiring content creator, to Allstar entering the #creatoreconomy in 2019, all the way through securing our $12M raise this year on the heels of milestones like creating more than 1 clip a second (3.2M per month) for over half a million creators. "Spending on video games is projected to reach $184 billion globally, up 0.6% year over year, with the number of worldwide gamers reaching 3.38 billion in 2023, a 6.3% year-over-year increase" Gaming is huge and only getting bigger because it is more than entertainment. It will continue to represent a growing share of where and how people play, create, share, and socially connect. Back when I was a creator, sharing gameplay meant hundreds or thousands of hours of work, from painstaking video capture, to endless curation, careful design and editing, and scrappy distribution to top it all off. Creating content anyone cared about, let alone finding a place you could share it from, wasn't straight forward – especially before the days of Twitch and YouTube. That's why we started Allstar.gg, to turn that entire process into an easy, fast and free experience accessible to everyday gamers. Anyone can create better content than I did back then without hours of effort, pro level software, or top of the line hardware. Customizing content is now easier than equipping in-game cosmetics, and sharing is simpler than posting a selfie. Learn more about our story, the fundraising process, and get an inside look at the deck that led to our recent funding milestone. Thank you Lucia Moses and Business Insider for the thoughtful coverage! To anyone still working right now – Happy Holidays to you and yours and cheers to an even bigger 2024 🙌 #gaming #esports #businessinsider #pitchdeck #startups https://lnkd.in/e6qpQKbY

On top of all the excitement around our Series A announcement last week I'm happy to have had the opportunity to share more about our company's story with Business Insider. We dove into our journey from my days as an aspiring content creator, to Allstar entering the #creatoreconomy in 2019, all the way through securing our $12M raise this year on the heels of milestones like creating more than 1 clip a second (3.2M per month) for over half a million creators. "Spending on video games is projected to reach $184 billion globally, up 0.6% year over year, with the number of worldwide gamers reaching 3.38 billion in 2023, a 6.3% year-over-year increase" Gaming is huge and only getting bigger because it is more than entertainment. It will continue to represent a growing share of where and how people play, create, share, and socially connect. Back when I was a creator, sharing gameplay meant hundreds or thousands of hours of work, from painstaking video capture, to endless curation, careful design and editing, and scrappy distribution to top it all off. Creating content anyone cared about, let alone finding a place you could share it from, wasn't straight forward – especially before the days of Twitch and YouTube. That's why we started Allstar.gg, to turn that entire process into an easy, fast and free experience accessible to everyday gamers. Anyone can create better content than I did back then without hours of effort, pro level software, or top of the line hardware. Customizing content is now easier than equipping in-game cosmetics, and sharing is simpler than posting a selfie. Learn more about our story, the fundraising process, and get an inside look at the deck that led to our recent funding milestone. Thank you Lucia Moses and Business Insider for the thoughtful coverage! To anyone still working right now – Happy Holidays to you and yours and cheers to an even bigger 2024 🙌 #gaming #esports #businessinsider #pitchdeck #startups https://lnkd.in/e6qpQKbY