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1Portfolio Exits
1Partners & Customers
10About Valve Software
Valve Software is an entertainment software and technology company founded in 1996. In addition to creating games such as Counter-Strike and Half-Life, Valve is also a developer of technologies including the Source game engine and Steam, an online gaming and digital distribution platform.
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CB Insights Intelligence Analysts have mentioned Valve Software in 1 CB Insights research brief, most recently on Aug 25, 2021.
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Sep 20, 2023
One of the less visible reveals from Microsoft’s dramatic document leak is that Xbox head Phil Spencer and the Microsoft board of directors were interested in making a bid to acquire Bellevue, Wash.-based software developer Valve Software. In this week’s Xbox leak, a number of documents were submitted as exhibits in Microsoft’s ongoing hearings against the FTC, many of which were accidentally made public. This included an August 2020 email between Spencer and Microsoft marketing leaders Takeshi Numoto and Chris Capossela. The email was primarily dedicated to the chances that Microsoft could acquire or merge with Nintendo, the possibility of… Read More
Valve Software Investments
1 Investments
Valve Software has made 1 investments. Their latest investment was in Nitero as part of their Corporate Minority on October 10, 2016.
Valve Software Investments Activity
Date | Round | Company | Amount | New? | Co-Investors | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
10/12/2016 | Corporate Minority | Nitero | Yes | 1 |
Date | 10/12/2016 |
|---|---|
Round | Corporate Minority |
Company | Nitero |
Amount | |
New? | Yes |
Co-Investors | |
Sources | 1 |
Valve Software Portfolio Exits
1 Portfolio Exit
Valve Software has 1 portfolio exit. Their latest portfolio exit was Nitero on April 10, 2017.
Date | Exit | Companies | Valuation Valuations are submitted by companies, mined from state filings or news, provided by VentureSource, or based on a comparables valuation model. | Acquirer | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
4/10/2017 | Acquired | 5 |
Date | 4/10/2017 |
|---|---|
Exit | Acquired |
Companies | |
Valuation | |
Acquirer | |
Sources | 5 |
Valve Software Acquisitions
2 Acquisitions
Valve Software acquired 2 companies. Their latest acquisition was Campo Santo on April 23, 2018.
Date | Investment Stage | Companies | Valuation Valuations are submitted by companies, mined from state filings or news, provided by VentureSource, or based on a comparables valuation model. | Total Funding | Note | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
4/23/2018 | Acquired | 1 | ||||
1/12/2017 | Grant |
Date | 4/23/2018 | 1/12/2017 |
|---|---|---|
Investment Stage | Grant | |
Companies | ||
Valuation | ||
Total Funding | ||
Note | Acquired | |
Sources | 1 |
Valve Software Partners & Customers
10 Partners and customers
Valve Software has 10 strategic partners and customers. Valve Software recently partnered with NVIDIA, Apple, and Comcast on June 6, 2023.
Date | Type | Business Partner | Country | News Snippet | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
6/19/2023 | Partner | United States | Comcast teams up with Apple and Nvidia for low-latency DOCSIS trial Comcast has launched what it claims to be the industry 's first low latency DOCSIS field trials in collaboration with Apple , Nvidia and Valve . | 1 | |
2/27/2023 | Licensee | Poland | 12:29 ET Displate teams up with Valve for Counter-Strike and DOTA2 metal posters Displate , a global marketplace for premium metal posters , announced its collaboration with Valve . | 1 | |
8/2/2021 | Partner | United States | 1 | ||
2/17/2021 | Partner | ||||
1/10/2021 | Partner |
Date | 6/19/2023 | 2/27/2023 | 8/2/2021 | 2/17/2021 | 1/10/2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Type | Partner | Licensee | Partner | Partner | Partner |
Business Partner | |||||
Country | United States | Poland | United States | ||
News Snippet | Comcast teams up with Apple and Nvidia for low-latency DOCSIS trial Comcast has launched what it claims to be the industry 's first low latency DOCSIS field trials in collaboration with Apple , Nvidia and Valve . | 12:29 ET Displate teams up with Valve for Counter-Strike and DOTA2 metal posters Displate , a global marketplace for premium metal posters , announced its collaboration with Valve . | |||
Sources | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Valve Software Team
8 Team Members
Valve Software has 8 team members, including current Chief Executive Officer, Gabe Newell.
Name | Work History | Title | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
Gabe Newell | Chief Executive Officer | Current | |
Name | Gabe Newell | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Work History | |||||
Title | Chief Executive Officer | ||||
Status | Current |
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