Twitch Aspires to Be YouTube for Games

Game-streaming platform Twitch says they hope to bring easy, accessible video game streaming to the masses, and they'll be helped along the way with a $15 million investment from venture capital firms.

Bessemer Venture Partners, Alsop Louie Partners and Draper Associates all invested in Twitch, according to an announcement Wednesday morning. Twitch says the funds will be used to expand the engineering team, which will take on tasks to grow the company.

Twitch has seen rapid growth since it launched in June 2011. Its streams now see 20 million unique visitors a month, and they have seen about a 13% monthly growth rate, says Vice President of Marketing Matthew DiPietro.

"We've become…
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