Who are Iconic Games's investors?

Iconic Games's investors include Deepwater Asset Management, Kindred Ventures, Loup Ventures, Atomico, Northzone, Sequoia Capital.

Iconic Games

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Iconic Games builds real-time AI systems for gameplay and interactive storytelling, creating game characters that listen, react, and evolve with the player. The company, staffed by game developers and AI scientists, has released a Steam title called The Oversight Bureau.

AI & Machine Learning Gaming

Founders & leadership

Andrew Bowell FounderAndrew Bowell was the first product manager at Unity, where he grew the product organization to over fifty people and helped develop the strategy that captured majority market share ahead of the company's 2020 IPO. He is now CEO of Iconic Games, which develops real-time AI systems for interactive gameplay and storytelling.

John Lusty FounderJohn Lusty holds a computer science degree from the University of Cambridge and brings over 20 years of senior software engineering experience, including leadership roles at Five AI (where he oversaw engineering for an autonomous vehicle startup acquired by Bosch), Oculus London Studio (which he founded), and Square Enix (where he worked on game development and publishing). He is now President of Iconic Games.

Mikel Bober-Irizar CTOCTO of Iconic Games, Mikel Bober-Irizar has worked across applied AI research and engineering in domains including privacy, security, silicon design, and game development. He achieved Kaggle Competitions Grandmaster status at 17.

Dr. Borja G. LeonChief Scientist

Johnny Venables CPOJohnny Venables has spent over 25 years in game development, contributing to BAFTA-winning PlayStation titles and serving as Creative Director on Microsoft's HoloLens augmented reality project before co-founding Iconic Games, where he serves as Chief Product Officer developing AI systems for interactive gameplay and storytelling.

Martin ConnorCCO

John Lusty Junaid HussainFounder

Board

Junaid HussainFounder

Investors · 6

Deepwater Asset Managementlisted by Deepwater Asset ManagementMinneapolis

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Kindred Ventureslisted by Kindred VenturesSan Francisco · $250K – $2M

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Loup Ventureslisted by Loup VenturesMinneapolis

AtomicoreportedLondon

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NorthzonereportedLondon · $1M – $50M

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Sequoia CapitalreportedMenlo Park · $100K – $50M

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Frequently asked questions

What does Iconic Games do?: Iconic Games builds real-time AI systems for gameplay and interactive storytelling, creating game characters that listen, react, and evolve with the player. The company, staffed by game developers and AI scientists, has released a Steam title called The Oversight Bureau.
Who are Iconic Games's investors?: Iconic Games's investors include Deepwater Asset Management, Kindred Ventures, Loup Ventures, Atomico, Northzone, Sequoia Capital.