# Emergent Payments

> Emergent Payments grew out of Live Gamer, a virtual-goods commerce company founded in 2007. After selling its microtransaction platform, the team relaunched in 2015 around Pay+, a single-integration platform for digital merchants selling across complex international markets. Its offer combined local payment methods with tax, fraud, foreign-exchange and remittance support. In 2018 it became part of Emergent Technology Holdings.

- **Founded:** 2007
- **Headquarters:** Santa Clara, United States
- **Founders:** Andrew Schneider (Co-founder and president), Mitch Davis (Co-founder and CEO)
- **Products:** Live Gamer commerce platform, Pay+
- **Notable:** Live Gamer served game publishers including Electronic Arts and THQ before the rebrand., Pay+ advertised over 200 methods in 180 territories at the 2015 relaunch, then over 300 methods in a 2016 announcement., Opened a Nigeria office and local payment offering in 2016.

## Products & services

- **Live Gamer commerce platform** — Virtual-goods transactions, storefronts, merchandising and analytics for game publishers; the microtransaction platform was sold in 2014.
- **Pay+** — Single-integration payments platform for digital merchants, with country-specific payment methods and support for tax, fraud, chargebacks, foreign exchange and remittance.

## Achievements

- Live Gamer served game publishers including Electronic Arts and THQ before the rebrand.
- Pay+ advertised over 200 methods in 180 territories at the 2015 relaunch, then over 300 methods in a 2016 announcement.
- Opened a Nigeria office and local payment offering in 2016.
- The 2018 holdings announcement cited payment coverage in more than 60 high-growth markets.

## Latest updates

- **2015-06** — Live Gamer relaunched as Emergent Payments.
- **2016-12** — Opened a local office and payment offering in Nigeria.
- **2017-03** — Announced more than $5 million in equity financing.
- **2018-01** — Announced it had become part of Emergent Technology Holdings.

## Links

- Website: http://www.emergentpayments.net
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/emergentpayments/
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/livegamer
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Live-Gamer/169962283067605

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