About RetroCloud

Building the Infrastructure for
Timeless Gaming

We are a cloud gaming technology company on a mission to make classic gaming experiences permanently accessible through modern, open, and scalable web infrastructure.

Our Mission

Preservation Through Innovation

RetroCloud was founded in 2019 on a singular premise: the games that shaped digital culture deserve more than obscurity. Physical media degrades. Proprietary hardware becomes obsolete. But a well-architected cloud platform can preserve interactive experiences indefinitely.

Our founding team — spanning cloud infrastructure, compilers, and game technology — built RetroCloud to be the backbone that other developers, archivists, and platforms rely on. We are not a consumer product. We are the invisible infrastructure that powers them.

Today, RetroCloud serves over 100,000 monthly active end-users through our partner platforms, with infrastructure spanning three cloud regions and a 99.97% historical uptime record.

2019

Company founded in Austin, Texas with seed funding

2021

Launched WebAssembly emulation core, public beta

2022

Secured $4.2M Series A; expanded to EU and APAC

2024

Reached 100,000 monthly users across partner platforms

Our Values

Principles That Guide Every Decision

Openness

We build with open standards — WebAssembly, open APIs, and documented protocols. No vendor lock-in for our partners or their users.

Reliability

Uptime and data integrity are non-negotiable. We treat our SLA commitments as contracts of trust with every developer and end-user.

Privacy First

User data is never a revenue stream. We minimize data collection, maximize encryption, and give users full control over their information.

Performance

Every millisecond of latency is an enemy. We obsess over benchmark data, profiling, and incremental optimisation across every layer of the stack.

Accessibility

Our interfaces meet WCAG 2.1 AA standards. Classic gaming should be accessible to everyone, regardless of physical or technical barriers.

Long-term View

Short-term metrics never override architectural integrity. We build for the decade, not the quarter — because preservation is inherently long-term work.

Leadership

The Team Behind RetroCloud

James Harlow

James Harlow

Co-Founder & CEO

Former Principal Engineer at Cloudflare. 15+ years in distributed systems and edge networking.

Priya Nair

Priya Nair

Co-Founder & CTO

WebAssembly core contributor. Previously led browser engine performance at a major tech company.

David Park

David Park

VP of Engineering

Led infrastructure scaling at three Series B startups. Expert in Kubernetes and multi-region architecture.

Lena Müller

Lena Müller

Head of Product & Partnerships

Background in developer tooling and API ecosystems. Passionate about accessible technology design.

Interested in Working With Us?

We're hiring engineers and cloud architects who care about long-term impact.