Gaikai receives new investment from Intel
Social game analytics firm Swrve also among companies sharing $24m in funding
The cloud-based streaming service Gaikai has raised new funding from Intel Capital.
The money was an undisclosed part of $24 million Intel invested across eight different companies. Social gaming analytics firm Swrve New Media also received funding.
"The best computing experiences unite leading-edge hardware with amazing software," said Intel's executive vice president Arvind Sodhani in a statement.
"These investments in best-of-breed software vendors play an integral part in Intel's software strategy by fueling the creation of compelling and unique user experiences across devices."
The decision to invest in Gaikai was motivated by its ability to stream game demos to any website, which matches Intel's, "compute continuum and visual computing strategies for delivering games to any client that supports the display of video."
Gaikai raised $30 million as recently as July, which followed $10 million in series B funding in May last year.
In a recent interview with GamesIndustry.biz, CEO David Perry revealed the company has contracts with "almost all of the major publishers.