Greenstone Partner YOM Named Best Startup at Gamescom 2025

YOM wins Best Startup at Gamescom 2025 at Invest Circle competition.

YOM has been named Best Startup at Gamescom 2025, earning top honors at Invest Circle, the only investor-focused competition at the world’s largest video game conference.

Winning this award marks another significant milestone for YOM, highlighting its innovative approach to cloud gaming distribution. By enabling game developers to reach new users with lower acquisition costs and a highly scalable delivery model, YOM is addressing one of the industry’s most pressing challenges.

Gamescom, held last week in Cologne, Germany, brought together over 350,000 attendees, more than 1,500 exhibitors from 35+ countries, and generated 547 million video views across 11,000 live streams, reinforcing its position as the global epicenter of gaming.

At Invest Circle, nearly 350 projects applied, with only ten finalists chosen to present to a distinguished panel of Ambassadors from across the gaming ecosystem. YOM’s selection as Best Startup reflects growing recognition from industry leaders of the need for new, scalable models of game delivery that can broaden reach and enhance user acquisition.

“We are honored to receive this recognition at Gamescom,” said Jorrit Velzeboer, CEO of YOM. “This award underscores the value of our vision for cloud gaming and validates the work our team is doing to redefine how developers connect with players worldwide.”

For more information about YOM and its innovative cloud gaming platform, contact us today.

About YOM

YOM is pioneering the first cloud gaming infrastructure (DePIN) that is streaming games, white-label experiences and entirely new entertainment formats at scale to any URL or streaming platform, including Telegram. Leveraging a distributed network of gaming machines, YOM offers global low-latency near-zero costs cloud gaming to any device and channel, effectively eliminating the need for dedicated game consoles (Xbox, Playstation). The project is backed by a network of advisors and firms such as Outlier Ventures and Borderless Capital.