Caffeine is a social broadcasting platform (
live streaming
Livestreaming is streaming media simultaneously recorded and broadcast in real-time over the internet. It is often referred to simply as streaming. Non-live media such as video-on-demand, vlogs, and YouTube videos are technically streamed, but no ...
) that delivers live, interactive content at the intersection of
gaming
Gaming may refer to:
Games and sports
The act of playing games, as in:
* Legalized gambling, playing games of chance for money, often referred to in law as "gaming"
* Playing a role-playing game, in which players assume fictional roles
* Playing ...
,
sports
Sport pertains to any form of competitive physical activity or game that aims to use, maintain, or improve physical ability and skills while providing enjoyment to participants and, in some cases, entertainment to spectators. Sports can, th ...
, and
entertainment
Entertainment is a form of activity that holds the attention and interest of an audience or gives pleasure and delight. It can be an idea or a task, but is more likely to be one of the activities or events that have developed over thousa ...
. Caffeine has raised $146 million to date from investors in 3 rounds led by
21st Century Fox
Twenty-First Century Fox, Inc., doing business as 21st Century Fox (21CF), was an American multinational mass media corporation that was based in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. It was one of the two companies formed on June 28, 2013, f ...
,
Andreessen Horowitz, and
Greylock Partners. Caffeine secured a $100 million investment in September 2018 from 21st Century Fox with chairman
Lachlan Murdoch
Lachlan Keith Murdoch (; born 8 September 1971) is a British-Australian businessman and mass media heir. He is the executive chairman of Nova Entertainment, co-chairman of News Corp, executive chairman and CEO of Fox Corporation, and the found ...
joining Caffeine's board, as well as the creation of a newly formed joint venture called Caffeine Studios. The studio produces exclusive gaming, esports, sports, and live entertainment content that is streamed to Caffeine's audience.
Both Caffeine and
Twitch partnered with celebrities to host pre-game celebrations for
Super Bowl 2020.
Caffeines celebrities included
JuJu Smith-Schuster and
Offset
Offset or Off-Set may refer to:
Arts, entertainment, and media
* "Off-Set", a song by T.I. and Young Thug from the '' Furious 7: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack''
* ''Offset'' (EP), a 2018 EP by singer Kim Chung-ha
* ''Offset'' (film), a 200 ...
.
References
{{Video game live streaming services
The Walt Disney Company
Video game streaming services
Internet properties established in 2018