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30 years building hyper-performing technology teams.
2019 American Business Awards Marketing Executive of the Year.
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Founding Partner,
Hawke Ventures; Launching Fund 2
CEO, ZenGaming;
backed by NfX
Israel Special Intelligence Forces
Backed by Tencent
Based in Shanghai,China
Coinsetter exit to Kraken
LaunchKey, Inc. now owned by TransUnion
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Our early investor bonus equity offer ends in just a few days. Don’t miss your chance to maximize your investment in PvP with 20% Bonus Shares. This offer ends on November 2nd.
PvP’s crowdfunding campaing continues to gain momentum with a recent feature in ZDNet, that massive business technology news site with a global audience. The article “You can invest in PvP International, the web’s first true online hub for gamers — new investments close April 8th” features a detailed review of PvP’s market, product and traction.
Check out these highlights:
-For decades, there’s never been a true web hub catering directly to gamers — until PvP
-After a radically successful beta launch, the exploding new social hive is welcoming new members in droves
-Investors see the earning potential in a community of gamers rabid to get their game on 24/7/365
-Squad Finder’s unique algorithm does matchmaking, allowing gamers to pair with other players who are good matches for their interests and skill levels
We’re excited to share PvP’s investment opportunity with ZDNet’s massive global audience which averages over 36M viewers a month.
Check out the full article here.
Top-tier video game and entertainment news outlet GameSpot, published a PvP feature last week.
You Can Be A Co-Owner In The Next Generation Of Social Media For Gaming
Check out these highlights from the feature:
Approximately 3 billion people worldwide play video games. The video game industry is a bigger moneymaker than the global movie and North American sports industries combined.
PvP is a new environment built just for gamers to offer the deep dive social media experience gamers want.
Currently in beta testing with more than 125,000 users so far, PvP is ramping up for its global debut.
We’re excited to share PvP’s investment opportunity with GameSpot’s massive gaming audience which averages over 80M viewers a month. Check out the full article here.
At PvP, our mission is to Unite the Global Gaming Community by providing a safe and positive environment for gamers and creators to discover, engage and play with other users. Gamers are at the heart of everything we do at PvP. Every application on our platform is created and continually improved with feedback from our growing network of engaged gamers across the globe. As we scale, we are proud to say PvP has cultivated one of the most positive communities in gaming. We believe it’s not just the right thing to do, it’s critical to growing our platform.
PvP’s Core Principles
-Be Positive. At PvP one of the first areas we set out to address was negativity and toxicity within the gaming community. Toxic attitudes = not welcome.
-Be Cool & Encourage Others. One of the best ways to be positive and add to the community is to cheer someone else on.
-Connect with Others. Your friends old and new are what makes gaming great.
-Talk Gaming. We’re a gamer social community called PvP, duh.
-Be Yourself. Personalities and opinions within the confines of gaming, streaming, gear, hardware, gaming news, etc. are all welcome and encouraged.
We created the PvP Community Guidelines with feedback from our users. To learn more about how we’re creating the most engaged audience in gaming check out invest.pvp.com. Offer closing – Invest before April, 8th 2022Our campaign will end on Friday, April 8th, don’t miss your chance to become an investor.
PvP’s Store and Marketplace are now live. We’re launching with PvP branded merchandise which will soon be joined by original gear created by our community of gamers.
PvP users will be able to create their own branded line of merchandise and share in the revenue from sales.
Through our partnership with Sustainable Souls, PvP is helping gamers design, package and ship their unique gear and get a cut of the sales. We handle the logistics and give gaming creators a new way to connect with their audience.
Click here to check out the PvP Store!
Today PvP is announcing plans to monetize the PvP platform and close our equity crowdfunding campaign. The last day to invest in PvP is April 8, 2022, don’t miss your chance to purchase equity in the first true gamer social community and the ultimate gaming hub.
Utilizing blockchain and token technology, the PvP Marketplace will support NFT purchases, game asset secondary market sales, creator services, and connect the community of gamers, creators, publishers, and advertisers!
The Marketplace feature is a massive step forward in our mission to become the largest social gaming platform and was made possible by the incredible traction of our beta application, our industry-leading team of engineers, programmers, gamers, PvP investors and countless supporters. Thank you!
How it works:
-The PvP Marketplace will monetize key ecosystem participants including Creators, Gamers, Publishers and Advertisers within a circular blockchain/token-powered economy.
-This feature is a critical step to creating a bridge between at-home gaming, virtual entertainment, and the gaming community. Blockchain gaming is projected to represent 20% of the game industry in the next 5 years.
-Non-blockchain or crypto users will retain access to the free version and some paid features of PvP, but this feature will incentivize all users to fully participate in our incentive-based system.
We recently shared the surge in organic growth (new users PvP has acquired from user referrals) PvP is currently experiencing. Almost 1 in 3 PvP users are inviting their friends to join and PvP is now poised to achieve the scale needed to monetize our platform.
Today we’re sharing the factors powering user growth and what’s next for PvP.
Partnering with Gaming Giants
PvP’s partnership with Twitch plays a major role in new user acquisition. PvP’s Twitch extension features interactive overlays, music requests, leaderboard stats, and more to their daily viewership audience of 2.9 million gamers. In addition, we are in conversation with several other new gaming partners that will be announced soon.
Community and gamer-specific features
PvP’s proprietary suite of gamer-centric applications is at the heart of our incredible growth. Our flagship Squad Finder feature uses algorithmic matching to seamlessly connect gamers with the best players, games, and social groups for them right in the app. Plus features like Clips and our intuitive social extensions allow gaming creators to easily share their content and build their brand.
What’s Next?
In response to the incredible growth of our platform, we’re poised to unveil the monetization of PvP! Stay tuned for a big announcement in the coming days.
PvP’s year-end platform performance shows massive growth across all key metrics with an incredible increase in virality/organic growth.
PvP’s K-Factor or virality (the number of new users each of our existing users brings to the app) increased by over +687% in 2021. Organic growth is the strongest indicator of PvP’s value to gamers. We’re proud to share almost 1 in 3 PvP users are inviting their friends to use the platform!
Check out these other great growth metrics:
-Early Retention +86%
-Time per Day in App +75%
PvP launched with the idea to bring social community and the ultimate gaming hub together in one place. Our incredible success, indicated by these year-end performance numbers, clearly shows that gamers and game creators are recommending and using the platform.
From all of us at PvP, we want to thank the PvP community of investors and supporters that have helped us create this foundation for growth. Because of your support, PvP has built a longer-term social following, a broad audience, and massive monetization potential.
PvP’s product team recently released a suite of updates to make sharing PvP with friends easier.
Organic growth, PvP users inviting friends to join, is the primary driver of our amazing Beta traction. Today we’re excited to announce new upgrades to make sharing PvP content across other socials easier, setting the stage for platform growth gamification in 2022.
What’s new?
-Enhanced External Sharing of Squads and Newsfeed Posts
-Custom referral links added to all user profiles along with deep link tracking important that lets us tie every referral (and any subsequent referrals) back to the original PvP user!
-Added support for iOS 15 and Android 12
PvP is scaling in a big way in 2022.
Our early investor bonus equity offer ends in just a few days. Don’t miss your chance to maximize your investment in PvP with 20% Bonus Shares. This offer ends on November 2nd.
Since launching our beta app PvP’s product team has released a suite of industry-first applications designed to connect gamers across the globe. Squad Finder, Play Now, Audio and Clips make gaming a truly social experience and as a result, PvP’s active users and engagement have exploded… …and we’re just getting started!
PvP’s growth is unlocking our future path to monetization. Over the next few months, we’ll be excited to share more on this topic as we roll out more exciting features in the new year on our path to 2 million users and beyond.
User engagement metrics continue to grow following the release of our platform’s newest video sharing feature Clips. The Clips section features user-generated highlight videos and other video content. Users can scroll, swipe and share. The video optimization makes the screen compatible with TikTok, Instagram Reels, and other social video applications.
We’re on a mission to Unite the Global Gaming Community and are excited to have you on board! Stay tuned for exciting PvP updates all throughout the first quarter!
Check out this sneak preview of our 2022 roadmap:
-Full Web Upgrade
-Rewards Points
-Newsfeed Upgrade to Connect Gamers & Gamify PvP
-Creator Video Streaming & Content Upgrades
-Points & Incentives Marketplace
-Premium Pages for Squad Management
-NFT Marketplace
It’s not too late to become an early investor this year, to learn more or purchase equity shares visit invest.pvp.com.
Looking for another reason to join PvP’s growing list of investors? Check out our massive opportunity gaming:
-We operate within the fast-growing $229 billion global gaming market which is expected to reach nearly $546 billion by 2028.
-There are now an estimated 3.24 billion gamers across the globe.
Don’t miss your chance to maximize your investment and help PvP Unite the Global Gaming Community!
At PvP, we believe gamers deserve a dedicated social platform built specifically to connect around our shared passion: gaming!Live streaming industry giants that were originally focused on gaming have expanded into sports, entertainment, and music, leaving gamers without a real community.
PvP is changing that, creating a new worldwide home for gamers…and the market is massive! There are currently 3.24 billion gamers worldwide and growing. Join PvP as an early investor as we build the largest industry-specific social platform ever created and Unite the Global Gaming Community!
PvP was recently featured in an article by gaming media giant IGN! The article showcases the need for a true social gaming network. IGN talks about some of the must-have gaming-focused features that come on the PvP platform, as well as some of PvP’s outstanding user metrics. IGN says, “It will have the best of everything that gamers want: the chance to brag about their big wins, find out the latest gaming news, view the latest eSports matches, check out what’s popular, and coordinate with friends across games and platforms.”
Click here to read the article!
We’re excited to unveil the latest PvP feature to help gamers connect and drive growth on our platform. Users can now create or join a Voice Lobby with other PvP users to connect and coordinate gameplay across any game or console. This new feature pairs well with suggested Squads that recommends connections based on the games you play. Why Audio? PvP is the ultimate hub for gamers. With our new Voice Lobby feature, users can log on anytime and connect with gamers from across our growing community to play what they want, when they want, and with whoever they want. Invest in our growing platform before our 10% bonus share offer expires on November 30th!
This week we launched “Clips” on the home screen of our app! The Clips section features user-generated highlight videos and other video content.
Users can scroll, swipe and share the video optimization makes the screen compatible with TikTok, Instagram Reels, and other social video applications.
The release also featured new icons, new features for Badges and Endorsements on the Profile Page, added referral links, and support for iOS 15 and Android 12. Log in and check it out!
Remember: 15% bonus shares offer expires Tuesday, November 16th! Don’t miss your chance to maximize your investment.
Our early investor bonus equity offer ends in just a few days. Don’t miss your chance to maximize your investment in PvP with 20% Bonus Shares. This offer ends on November 2nd.
We’re excited to welcome over X new investors in just the first 48 hours of our equity crowdfunding campaign. Invest now to join our mission to unite the world’s 2.7B gamers with the largest industry-specific social platform ever created.
Don’t forget early investors in PvP’s equity crowdfunding campaign will receive 20% Bonus Shares, but this offer ends November 2nd!
PvP’s equity crowdfunding campaign is live and you can now invest in the first true gamer social network.
We’re kicking off this limited public offering with 20% Bonus Shares for investors who purchase shares before X.
PvP is uniquely positioned to penetrate the massive $54B global gaming market by connecting gamers with lifetime digital gamer identities and a social community where they meet, connect, build, improve, and grow together.
Don’t miss your chance to maximize your investment in PvP, 20% Bonus Shares end Tuesday October, 26th.
We’re thrilled to announce the launch of our equity crowdfunding campaign. You can now invest in PvP, the first true gamer social network and join our mission to unite the global gaming community with the largest industry-specific social platform ever created.
PvP is uniquely positioned to penetrate the massive $54B global gaming market by connecting gamers with lifetime digital gamer identities and a social community where they meet, connect, build, improve, and grow together. We’re kicking off this limited public offering with 20% Bonus shares for investors who purchase shares before November 2nd, 2021.
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