Ouya Raises $15 Million from New Investors

The Ouya Blog just announced that the company raised $15 million dollars from new investors.

Julie from Ouya said “Our round was led by Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, the same firm that originally backed Electronic Arts, and includes other great investors such as Mayfield Fund, NVIDIA (who also makes the chips inside of OUYA), Shasta Ventures (who backed great hardware companies like Nest), and Occam Partners.”

You can view the official tweet below:

#Ouya has raised $15 million in funding from new investors. Check out the announcement on our Blog – bit.ly/13jvwer
— OUYA (@playouya) May 9, 2013

Ouya has been shipping their early backers their units, gearing up for their official launch in June. The console’s official launch is June 25th. You can view the full Ouya Blog article here.

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