Curse, Inc.
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| Subsidiary | |
| Industry | VoIP, PC gaming communities, E-sports |
| Founded | 2006 |
| Founder | Hubert Thieblot |
| Headquarters | Huntsville, Alabama, United States |
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Key people
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Michael Comperda Chief Technical Officer & President of Voice Fabien Bonte VP, Content Vincent Cellini VP, Finance Donovan Duncan President of Media Jack Inscoe VP, Product Franck Thieblot VP, Monetization Shane Wilson VP, Sales |
| Owner | Amazon.com |
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Twitch Interactive (2016–present) |
| Website | CurseInc.com |
Curse formerly sponsored a professional team, known collectively as Team Curse, that competed in League of Legends and Call of Duty, which in addition to various high-profile wins have garnered sponsorship from companies such as Nissan,Alienware, and Cooler Master. In January 2015 Team Curse merged with Team Liquid under the name of the latter organization.
On August 16, 2016, Curse announced that it had agreed to be acquired by Amazon.com Inc. via its subsidiary Twitch Interactive for an undisclosed amount.
Curse was born out of founder Hubert Thieblot's "hardcore" love of World of Warcraft. After leaving school, Thieblot began to turn his passion into a business, launching CurseBeta in 2006, offering up add-ons and modifications. In short order, the site exponentially increased in traffic and popularity. In 2007, a Series A round of venture capital investing led by AGF Private Equity granted Curse $5 million USD, and in 2009, Curse disclosed an additional Series B round led by Ventech Capital, AGF Private Equity, and SoftTech VC (Jeff Clavier) in the amount of $6 million USD, bringing total funding for that year (with an additional $3 million USD in revenue) to $11 million. As the funding for Curse increased, it proceeded to develop several high-profile sites in-house, while acquiring larger sites with already established communities and content, particularly for MMO games such as RuneScape.
On August 16, 2016, Amazon.com Inc. announced via subsidiary Twitch Interactive that it would acquire Curse, Inc. for an undisclosed amount. In April 2017, the Curse desktop app was renamed to Twitch.
Curse Client is an add-on and modification management service from Curse, with current support for World of Warcraft, Runes of Magic, Rift, World of Tanks, Skyrim, and Minecraft. The client functions as a lightweight alternative to traditional add-on management tools, and features synchronization across multiple personal computers, add-on setting backups, and a privately developed security system. The client is supported by a website called CurseForge, which allows for the uploading and reviewing of plugins, add-ons, and modifications. The Curse client is currently being renamed to the Twitch Desktop App
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