Vivox Raises $6.8 Million from IDG Ventures and Existing Investors

Vivox which provides voice services for online games, virtual worlds and the social web, announced that it has secured $6.8 million from a third round of equity financing led by IDG Ventures with follow-on investment from Benchmark Capital, Canaan Partners and GrandBanks Capital.  

Vivox customers and partners include CCP Games, Electronic Arts, Gaia Online, Hi-Rez Studios, IMVU, Linden Lab, NCsoft, Nexon, Realtime Worlds, Sony Online Entertainment, Wizards of the Coast, and many others. The company claims to be supporting 20 million users in more than 180 countries, and over 2 billion minutes of voice chat per month.