Mpowerplayer

mpowerplayer was a technology-startup company based in Reston, Virginia,^[1] just outside of Washington, D.C. The company offers a solution for the video game industry (game publishers and mobile operators) to enable their customers to browse and demo mobile games on their web browser before buying them.^[2] Customers include Sprint-Nextel,^[2] EA Mobile^[3] and Sega Mobile.^[3]

Technically mpowerplayer's platform is a Java ME emulator for devices capable of running Java SE. In May 2008, the company was awarded with the Duke's Choice Award in the mobile gaming category from Sun Microsystems.^[4][5]

Funding

Following its launch from tech incubator LaunchBox Digital,^[6][7] on 11 September 2008 it was announced that mpowerplayer had raised $2.5 million in its first round of funding.^[8] Funding comes from New Atlantic Ventures, the Center for Innovative Technology GAP Fund and LaunchBox Digital.^[8] The company plans to use the funding to expand their presence and their widget-based mobile game catalog on more social networking sites.^[9]