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Volley

Volley develops voice-controlled AI games for smart speakers, connected TVs, and mobile devices.

volleygames.com · San Francisco

CALL NO.CS·VOLLEYGAMES·26
StageSeries CJuly 2024 · led by Lightspeed Venture Partners[2]
Raised$107Mdisclosed rounds[2][4]
Headcount49as of Apr 2026[4]
Valuationnot publicly disclosedno source in ledger
Founded2016[4]
Money

Raised $107M across disclosed rounds.[2][4]

Series C closed July 2024, led by Lightspeed Venture Partners.[2]

post-money valuation is not publicly disclosed.

Named investors include Lightspeed Venture Partners, Microsoft M12 Ventures, General Catalyst, Causeway Media Partners, Amazon Alexa Fund, Bitkraft, Y Combinator, Advancit Capital.[2][4]

People

Max Child, Co-Founder & CEO[4][5]

James Wilsterman, Co-Founder[4][5]

Deena Manley, Head Of People[4]

Shruti Swaminathan, Head Of Content[4]

Tom Beattie, Vice President Of Business Development[4]

Ashish Patel, Vice President Head Of Finance[4]

Signals
Jun 23 2026newsAbout - Volley company claim, not independently confirmed[1]
Jun 23 2026fundingVolley - Crunchbase Company Profile & Funding[14]
Mar 30 2026newsVolley rebrands to Weekend[4]
Jan 7 2026launchVolley launches on Samsung and LG smart TVs, now on over 80% of US smart TVs company claim, not independently confirmed[3]
Nov 19 2024newsVolley partners with Moonbug Entertainment for kids' voice games company claim, not independently confirmed[2]
Nov 14 2024launchVolley launches Karaoke on Roku company claim, not independently confirmed[3]
Comps

Tagwizz · tagwizz.com · Same buyer (smart speaker voice game players) and same platform (Alexa skills).[4]

Gridlogic · gridlogic.com · Same platform (Alexa/Google voice apps) and same workflow (voice game development).[4]

Nex · nex.ai · Overlapping technology (conversational AI/voice) but different buyer (enterprise vs consumer).[4]

Latitude · latitude.io · Same category (AI games) but different modality (text vs voice) and platform (web vs smart TV/speaker).[4]

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Volley develops voice-controlled AI games for smart speakers, connected TVs, and mobile devices.

volleygames.com · San Francisco

StageSeries C
Raised$107M
Headcount49
Valuationnot publicly disclosed
Founded2016
CompsTagwizz +3