Nware

playnware.com ↗ ·Madrid ·Seed

Nware is a cloud gaming platform built by the Madrid-based startup Cloudware S.L. that lets users stream and play more than 20,000 PC games on any device (PC, Android phone, tablet, smart TV) without powerful hardware or installations, including games they already own on stores like Steam. Backed by four venture rounds (the last a €1.1M raise in January 2022) from investors including Draper B1, Archipelago Next and COREangels, it won 'Most Scalable Startup' at South Summit 2022, signed a 10-year game-distribution agreement with Microsoft in April 2023, and its CEO Daniel Olmedo was named to Forbes 30 Under 30 Europe. In December 2025 it entered an infrastructure partnership with Equinix.

Founded

2017

Founders

Total funds raised

€1.6M

SectorsCloud Gaming, Gaming, SaaS, Consumer Tech, Streaming Start-up MapMedia & Gaming › Consumer games & streaming

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Founders

Alberto Manzano Alonso

Co-Founder & Chief Product Officer

Alejandro Rodríguez Ranera

Co-Founder & Head of Cloud Operations

Begoña Fernández-Cid

Co-Founder & Chief Marketing Officer

Daniel Olmedo Nieto

Co-Founder & CEO

Global models 5

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