Dade Hayes Finance EditorScener, the co-watching platform that enables social viewing of a range of streaming services, has raised $2.1 million in seed funding.The fundraising was led by Seattle-based SeaChange, a back-end streaming technology provider.
Other participants included Glaser Investments, Jason Calacanis’ Syndicate, Launch, RiffTrax and angel investors including RiffTrax CEO David G.
Martin and tech executive Sriram Krishnan.Scener plans to use the funding to develop additional products for its social platform, which can accommodate up to 1 million viewers in a virtual launch party.
Viewers connect via a Chrome browser extension and exchange text messages and video chats in a column to the right of the screen where the film or.
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