London 'voice activated' gaming company levels up with £500k investment

A London gaming company has raised £500k to invest in a new gaming service.

Labworks, which creates voice activated games for Amazon and Google devices, has received the £500k of funding from RLC Ventures, alongside gaming and media angel investors.

The funding will go towards turning its portfolio of voice activated games into the industry’s first voice game subscription.

Labworks founder and CEO, Tom Hewitson, commented: “Before long, there will be a voice assistant in every home and the demand for these devices to educate and entertain will only grow.

“From keeping kids engaged to offering new services to the visually impaired, our mission is to create the best, most diverse library of voice-activated games in the world.

“This investment round will enable us to cement labwork’s current position as Europe’s market leader and bring our new subscription based business model to market.

“I’m thrilled to be working with Reece and the RLC team who, apart from being avid voice gamers themselves, have played a major role in shaping our future strategy.”

Reece Chowdhry, RLC Ventures founder and CEO, added: “The widespread adoption of voice game technologies has been quietly gathering steam over the last few years.

“In 2019, 200 million voice devices were sold globally, and this trend doesn’t appear to be slowing.

“Labworks are leading the charge when it comes to developing innovative, fun and educative ways of bringing voice game technology to homes around the world.

“We’re delighted to have partnered with Tom and his team and are extremely excited for the journey ahead.”