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Scener names Hulu veteran David Baron CEO; J.J. Abrams, Sean Rad and Marc Geiger join as investors/advisors
Seattle social TV startup Scener appointed Hulu launch veteran David Baron as CEO and added a new investor-advisor group including filmmaker J.J. Abrams, Tinder founder Sean Rad, and music exec Marc Geiger. The company, spun out of RealNetworks in 2018 and backed by $2.1M seed funding, offers a Chrome extension and Watch Party Platform supporting up to 10 co-hosts and 1 million viewers across major streaming services.
Scener raises $2.1M seed round as social TV demand grows; backed by SeaChange, Glaser Investments and others
Scener, a two-year-old Seattle startup spun out of RealNetworks, raised $2.1 million in seed funding to expand its virtual co-watching platform that supports up to 1 million viewers and playback on at least 10 major streaming services. The company, backed by SeaChange, Glaser Investments and others, is nearing 500,000 active installs and about 14 million minutes of weekly co-watching as social TV gains traction among streaming providers.
