The YY-founded live game streaming platform raised $462m from Tencent last month at a valuation of $1.16bn.

Huya, the China-based livestreaming platform spun off by social media company YY, yesterday filed to raise up to $200m in an initial public offering in the US.

Formed by YY in 2014, Huya runs an online platform with almost 87 million monthly active users (MAUs) where gamers can livestream their gameplay.

The company, which has partnerships in place with game developers and publishers as well as eSports promoters, claims to not only have the most MAUs of any game…