== Historie ==
SteelSeries blev i 2001 stiftet af Jacob Wolff-Petersen.<ref><span class="citation interview">[http://www.whiteboardmag.com/how-to-bootstrap-50-million-steelseries-founder-wolff-petersen/ ''How to bootstrap from zero to 50 million $: SteelSeries founder Jacob Wolff-Petersen''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150406035229/http://www.whiteboardmag.com/how-to-bootstrap-50-million-steelseries-founder-wolff-petersen/ |date= 6. april 2015 }}. </span></ref> Firmaets originale navn var Soft Trading, men det blev ændret til SteelSeries i 2007.<ref>{{Cite press release|url = http://steelseries.com/blog/press/soft-trading-aps-changes-name-to-steelseries-aps|title = Soft Trading ApS Changes Name To SteelSeries ApS|publisher = SteelSeries.com|access-date = 2014-10-03|archive-date = 6. oktober 2014|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20141006122351/http://steelseries.com/blog/press/soft-trading-aps-changes-name-to-steelseries-aps|accessdate = 16. september 2015|archivedate =  6. oktober 2014|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20141006122351/http://steelseries.com/blog/press/soft-trading-aps-changes-name-to-steelseries-aps}}</ref> Soft Trading lavede IceMat og SteelPad musemåtterne, hvilket eventuelt har påvirket firmaets navneændring. I 2008 købte SteelSeries Ideazon, en Nordamerikansk-baseret udvikler og fabrikant af gaming periferiudstyr.<ref>{{Cite press release|url = http://www.businesswire.com/news/google/20080729005462/en|title = Gaming Accessories Industry Just Got Better, as SteelSeries Acquires Ideazon Inc. in an Asset Transaction|publisher = Businesswire.com|date = 2008-07-29|access-date = 2013-12-05}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|first = Devin|last = Coldewey|url = http://techcrunch.com/2008/07/29/steelseries-acquires-ideazon-bigger-better-accessories-forthcoming/|title = Steelseries acquires Ideazon; bigger, better accessories forthcoming|publisher = TechCrunch|date = 2008-07-29|access-date = 2013-12-05}}</ref>
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