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Network Next is a technology company.
Network Next provides specialized network acceleration, optimizing multiplayer online gaming experiences. Its core product intelligently routes game traffic through a proprietary network of relay servers. The technology embeds directly within games, managing UDP packets and dynamically identifying superior, faster routes across its network in real-time, ensuring optimal player performance.
The company's foundational insight addresses conventional internet routing limitations for time-sensitive applications like online gaming. It envisions an internet where networks actively compete to carry traffic, ensuring optimal user performance. This vision drives its technology development, aiming to establish a dynamic and responsive global network infrastructure.
Network Next primarily serves game developers and publishers, empowering them to deliver superior, lag-reduced experiences to their multiplayer game players. The company envisions a transformed internet where competitive networks are incentivized to provide peak performance. Its long-term objective is to foster a transparent marketplace, ensuring users benefit from the fastest available routes.
Network Next has raised $3.8M across 2 funding rounds.
Network Next has raised $3.8M in total across 2 funding rounds.
Network Next is a technology company specializing in network acceleration software for multiplayer games. It builds a service that reduces lag and latency, delivering smoother online gaming experiences for players worldwide.[1][3]
The product integrates easily with game servers via SDKs or plugins, serving game developers who want to optimize multiplayer performance without complex infrastructure changes. It solves the core problem of high ping and network delays that frustrate players, especially in competitive titles, using edge computing partnerships for global low-latency routing. With recent worldwide rollout including REMATCH technology and adoption in regions like EU, US, and Sao Paulo, the company shows strong growth momentum, including a relocation to Troy, NY, and partnerships like Limelight Networks.[1][3]
Network Next emerged from the need to fix persistent multiplayer gaming latency issues. Originally headquartered in Santa Monica, California, the company relocated to Troy, New York, where its CEO found key support, accelerating its takeoff.[1]
Specific founders are not detailed in available sources, but the team developed innovative network acceleration tech tailored for game developers. Early traction came from initial deployments, like in the Sao Paulo server region, leading to positive results and a global expansion announced in game updates, marking pivotal moments in proving real-world impact.[3]
Network Next stands out in gaming networking through these key strengths:
Network Next rides the explosive growth of multiplayer and live-service gaming, where player expectations for sub-50ms latency drive market demands. Timing aligns with edge computing's rise and 5G adoption, amplifying its tech amid surging esports and cross-region play.[1][3]
Favorable forces include ballooning online gamer bases (over 3 billion globally) and developer shifts to cloud-native multiplayer, where legacy networks falter. By partnering with edge providers, it influences the ecosystem, helping studios like those using its tech in EU/US/Middle East servers retain players and boost monetization through better engagement.[1][3]
Network Next is poised for expansion as multiplayer games dominate, with potential to power major titles via deeper integrations and AI-enhanced routing. Trends like cloud gaming (e.g., via Xbox Cloud, GeForce Now) and metaverse-scale worlds will amplify demand for its low-latency edge.
Its influence may evolve into a standard for game netcode, especially if it scales partnerships and hits revenue inflection beyond $400K estimates. Watch for acquisitions by gaming giants or further global node builds—positioning it to redefine "best multiplayer experience possible," as its own mission states.[2][3]
Network Next has raised $3.8M in total across 2 funding rounds.
Network Next's investors include BITKRAFT Ventures, Bain Capital Ventures, Psyonix, Velo Partners.
Network Next has raised $3.8M across 2 funding rounds. Most recently, it raised $3.0M Seed in January 2019.
| Date | Round | Lead Investors | Other Investors |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 1, 2019 | $3.0M Seed | BITKRAFT Ventures | Bain Capital Ventures, Psyonix, Velo Partners |
| Feb 1, 2018 | $800K Seed |