Overwolf is a

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platform designed to help developers create extensions for

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, which are then offered to users through Overwolf's ''App Store''.

History

Overwolf was founded in 2010 by Uri Marchand, Gil Or, Alon Rabinowitz and Nir Finkelstein with a cash seed investment from Joseph (Yossi) Vardi. In September 2013, another $5.3 million was invested by Venture Capital Marker LLC. At the start of their Beta release in 2011, Overwolf had 50,000 users. As of early 2013, Overwolf had reached 1 million users. In September 2012, Overwolf opened its

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. In June 2020, Overwolf acquired

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, for an undisclosed sum, from

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. In March 2022, Overwolf acquired the UK-based payment platform software specialist Tebex in a $29 million deal.

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