[ND//01]
[PLATFORM_LAUNCH // BETA 2026]
NEON
DISTRICT
The game-streaming & creator platform built for the next generation of live culture.
Low-latency. Monetization-first. AI-powered.
2.4M
Waitlist Users
9ms
Glass-to-Glass Latency
$38M
Creator Payouts Year 1
$22M
Seed + Pre-A Raised
Q3 '26
Public Launch
NEON DISTRICT INC.  ·  LOS ANGELES / TOKYO / AMSTERDAM
SERIES A // JUNE 2026  ·  STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL
[ND//02]
[PROBLEM_STATEMENT]

GAME STREAMING IS
BROKEN.

THREE STRUCTURAL FAILURES KILLING CREATOR CULTURE
01
LATENCY HELL
6–8s
Average stream delay on Twitch & YouTube Live. Chat reactions arrive six seconds after the play happens. Culture-defining moments evaporate. Viewers leave.
02
CREATOR POVERTY
3%
Platform revenue cut reaching creators on average. Ad splits and sub fees extract the majority. The top 1% of streamers earn 82% of all creator payouts. The long tail starves.
03
CLIP GRAVEYARD
94%
Of stream VODs are never clipped or shared. Viral moments die in 6-hour archives nobody watches. The content flywheel that would grow the audience never spins.
[THE GAP]   920M people watch game content monthly. A $48B market. Yet the infrastructure underneath hasn't changed meaningfully since 2011.  Neon District rebuilds the stack for live culture.
[ND//03]
[THE_PLATFORM]

ONE PLATFORM.
THREE UNFAIR EDGES.

[CORE_PLATFORM]
NEON DISTRICT
STREAM ENGINE
A proprietary edge-streaming stack delivering 9ms glass-to-glass latency — real-time interaction between streamer and viewer. No CDN middlemen. No re-encoding tax. Our globally distributed relay network covers 94 cities across 38 countries.
▸WebRTC WHIP/WHEP ingest — stream from OBS, mobile, browser
▸AV1 adaptive bitrate — 40% bandwidth savings vs. H.264 at same quality
▸Shared session state — viewer polls, predictions, and gifting sync in <50ms
▸Creator monetization SDK — subs, tips, drops, and virtual goods in one API
[LATENCY]
9ms
Glass-to-glass · p99 · global avg
vs. 6,000–8,000ms on legacy platforms
[REVENUE TO CREATORS]
70%
Of platform revenue to creators
vs. industry avg ~3–5%
[AI CLIP ENGINE]
<4s
Auto-clip ready after peak moment
Posted to TikTok / Shorts / Reels auto
[ND//04]
[FEATURE_01 // NEON_STREAM_ENGINE]

REAL-TIME MEANS
ACTUALLY REAL-TIME.

NEON STREAM ENGINE — EDGE RELAY ARCHITECTURE
We built a 94-city edge relay network using co-located PoPs within 30ms of 91% of internet-connected gamers. Unlike CDN-backed HLS, Neon Stream Engine uses a persistent WebRTC relay mesh — no segmenting, no chunking, no artificial latency floor.
When a streamer lands a clutch play, their chat sees it as it happens — not six seconds later. Predictions resolve in real time. Gift reactions sync to the exact frame. The emotional loop between creator and viewer finally closes.
◈ WebRTC WHIP ingest — native OBS / Streamlabs / mobile support
◈ AV1 codec — 40% bandwidth reduction vs H.264 at equivalent quality
◈ Sub-50ms shared session state for overlays, polls, predictions
◈ Adaptive fallback to HLS for regions where WebRTC is blocked
9ms
Glass-to-Glass · Global P99
Twitch latency
6,400ms
platform default
YouTube Live latency
7,800ms
"ultra-low" mode
Neon District
9ms
no-compromise p99
94 PoP cities
38
countries covered
[ND//05]
[FEATURE_02 // CREATOR_ECONOMY_ENGINE]

70% TO CREATORS.
EVERY STREAM.

NEON ECONOMY ENGINE — DIVERSIFIED CREATOR REVENUE STACK
NEON SUBS
Tiered subscriptions at $2.99 / $5.99 / $9.99. Creator keeps 70%. Sub gifting built-in. Emotes & badges auto-generated from stream highlights.
70%
rev share to creator
LIVE DROPS
Limited virtual items, skins, and access keys drop during streams. Scarcity mechanics drive urgency. Creator receives royalties on secondary sales via our NFT-free smart ledger.
$4.20
avg drop revenue / viewer
DISTRICT PASSES
Monthly fan passes unlock exclusive VODs, behind-the-scenes, and early beta access to unreleased titles. Bundled with merch fulfillment via our print-on-demand partner.
$14.99
avg pass price / month
BRAND SYNC
Contextual brand integrations triggered by in-game events — not pre-roll interruptions. Brands pay CPM 3× the display network average. Creator gets 50% of brand deal revenue.
3×
CPM vs display avg
[CREATOR MATH]   A mid-tier creator with 4,000 concurrent viewers earns an estimated $12,400/month on Neon District vs. <$1,800 on Twitch at equivalent viewership. We model this in our data room.
[ND//06]
[FEATURE_03 // NEON_CLIP_AI]

EVERY MOMENT
BECOMES CONTENT.

NEON CLIP AI — REAL-TIME MOMENT DETECTION & MULTI-PLATFORM PUBLISHING
<4s
Auto-clip ready after peak moment
Clips / day
840K
Avg views / clip
2,200
Share rate
34%
New user source
61%
Neon Clip AI runs alongside every live stream, analyzing audio spikes, chat velocity, viewer count surges, and in-game event webhooks to detect highlight moments within 400ms of occurrence. A 15–60s clip is auto-trimmed, captioned, and queued for publishing — all before the streamer's heart rate returns to baseline.
▸Multi-platform auto-publish — TikTok, YouTube Shorts, Instagram Reels, X in parallel
▸AI captions — 32 languages, tuned for gamer slang and game title vocabulary
▸Creator approval flow — one-tap approve in Neon mobile, or full auto-mode
▸Monetization threading — clips carry affiliate links and sub CTAs to the parent channel
▸Virality score — proprietary model predicts clip performance before publish
[RESULT]   Beta creators running Neon Clip AI grew their social following 3.8× faster than their control period on Twitch. Clips sourced from Neon District represent 61% of new user sign-ups in beta — organic acquisition at $0 CAC.
[ND//07]
[TRACTION // BETA 2026]

THE NUMBERS
GLOW IN THE DARK.

CLOSED BETA — 18,000 CREATORS — MARCH–JUNE 2026
Waitlist
2.4M
+380K last 30 days
Beta Creators
18K
+9K in April alone
Concurrent Peak
640K
viewers · April 2026
Creator NPS
84
vs. Twitch 22 · YT 31
Stream Hours
8.2M
Q2 2026 beta total
[GROWTH INDICATORS]
7-DAY CREATOR RETENTION 78%
VIEWER WATCH TIME vs. TWITCH +42%
CLIPS SHARED TO SOCIAL (BETA) 34%
CREATORS MONETIZING DAY 1 61%
"Neon District feels like what Twitch promised it would be in 2012. The latency is actually real-time. My chat is alive. My income tripled in 6 weeks."
— KAIYA.EXE / 280K FOLLOWERS / BETA CREATOR
[PRESS COVERAGE]
"The Twitch Killer Has a Real Shot" — The Verge
"9ms and 70% — Neon District Rewrites Creator Math" — TechCrunch
"We tested it. It's actually 9ms." — Digital Foundry
[ND//08]
[MARKET_OPPORTUNITY]

920 MILLION WATCHERS.
$48B MARKET.

GAME CONTENT VIEWERSHIP MARKET — 2026–2032 PROJECTION
$48B
2026 GLOBAL GAME-STREAMING MARKET // CAGR 23% // NEWZOO
TAM
$48B
SAM
$9.2B
SOM (5yr)
$1.4B
SAM = creator-platform subscription + monetization infrastructure revenue across EN + JP + KR + DE + BR markets.

SOM = 15.2% of SAM by 2031 — achievable at $320M ARR at current growth without additional capital efficiency gains.
[REVENUE BREAKDOWN // GAME CONTENT 2026E]
SUBSCRIPTIONS & PASSES $18.6B
VIRTUAL GOODS & DROPS $14.2B
BRAND & CONTEXTUAL ADS $9.8B
ESPORTS & LIVE EVENTS $5.4B
[TAILWIND]   Gen Z streaming hours grew 38% YoY. Mobile-first creator tools — our primary go-to-market — represent the fastest-growing creator segment. 68% of new Neon District beta sign-ups are under 28.
[ND//09]
[COMPETITIVE_LANDSCAPE]

THE GRID IS OURS
TO TAKE.

HEAD-TO-HEAD ON WHAT CREATORS ACTUALLY CARE ABOUT
CAPABILITY [NEON DISTRICT] TWITCH YOUTUBE LIVE KICK TIKTOK LIVE
Stream Latency 9ms ✓ 6,000–8,000ms 7,000–9,000ms ~2,000ms ~3,000ms
Creator Revenue Share 70% always 50% (Partners) 55% YPP 95% (VC-backed loss) <30% variable
AI Clip Auto-Publish ✓ BUILT-IN ✗ manual ✗ manual ✗ none partial
Virtual Goods / Drops ✓ NATIVE partial (Channel Points) ✗ ✗ coins only
Mobile-First Creator Tools ✓ iOS & Android basic basic basic ✓ strong
Creator NPS (2026) 84 22 31 41 28
Sub-$0 CAC via Clips ✓ 61% inbound ✗ paid channels ✗ algorithmic ✗ partial
[LATENCY DATA: INDEPENDENT TESTS BY DIGITAL FOUNDRY Q2 2026 // REVENUE SHARE: PUBLIC CREATOR AGREEMENTS // NPS: CREATOR SURVEYS BY STREAMSCHEME.COM]
[ND//10]
[THE_ASK // SERIES_A]
$35M
SERIES A  ·  $160M PRE-MONEY VALUATION  ·  21.9% EQUITY OFFERING
[USE_OF_FUNDS]
35%
Infra & Edge PoPs
30%
Engineering Headcount
25%
Creator Growth & GTM
10%
Legal / Ops / G&A
[24-MONTH MILESTONES]
Public launch to 2.4M waitlist — Q3 2026
Onboard top 5,000 partners. Activate clip flywheel.
$24M ARR — Q2 2027
Driven by subs, drops, and brand sync expansion.
JP + KR market expansion — Q3 2027
Tokyo edge PoP live. Local payment rails integrated.
Series B readiness — Q4 2027
$50M ARR target. Category-defining market share.
$160M
PRE-MONEY VALUATION
6.7× forward ARR target ($24M)  ·  Comparable to early Twitch raise.

Lead commitment: $22M (Tier-1 gaming & media fund, NDA).
Co-investor tranche: $13M — filling now.

Pro-rata rights for Series B reserved. Board seat to lead.
[CONTACT]
  founders@neondistrict.gg
  neondistrict.gg/deck
  secure.neondistrict.gg/series-a-2026
  Los Angeles  ·  Tokyo  ·  Amsterdam
[ND-SERIES-A-2026-V2.1 // STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL // NOT FOR DISTRIBUTION]
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