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Also known as BITKRAFT Ventures · BITKRAFT VENTURES MANAGEMENT, LLC
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Investment thesis
BITKRAFT Ventures invests around the theme of 'Synthetic Reality' — the convergence of physical and digital worlds driven by video games, gaming technology, Web3, and AI. Founded by gamers for gamers, the firm backs founders across gaming, interactive media, AR/VR, generative AI, and edutainment. It concentrates on Seed, Series A, and Series B rounds and draws on three decades of industry thought leadership, a global presence, and a strategic network. BITKRAFT sees the unification of physical and digital experiences as a natural extension of humanity's relationship with play, opening new opportunities for entertainment, collaboration, human performance, and broad social and economic value.
Source: firm website, verified Sep 1, 2026.
Team · 18 people
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Founder mafia
The Bitkraft Esports Ventures mafia →6 people who came through Bitkraft Esports Ventures went on to found or lead other companies.
What they invest in
from 47 of 145 portfolio companiesGaming ×35AI & Machine Learning ×15Consumer ×12Crypto & Web3 ×8Media & Entertainment ×8Creator Economy ×7SaaS ×7Fintech ×6
HQs:United States×27Australia×1Finland×1Israel×1India×1Iceland×1
Who they back
founder profiles across 38 portfolio companiesFounding team size:solo founder×142 founders×163 founders×44+ founders×4
Where their founders studiedfrom 45 founders with education data
Reichman University ×3Brandeis University ×2Novosibirsk State University (NSU) ×2Shri Ram College of Commerce (SRCC) ×2Stanford University Graduate School of Business ×2The Wharton School ×2UCLA ×2University of California, Berkeley ×2
Where their founders worked beforefrom 57 founders with career history
Electronic Arts ×5Zynga ×4Akamai Technologies ×2Dots ×2Gearbox Entertainment ×2King ×2Mob Science ×2Xfire ×2
4 founders hold a PhD · 6 hold an MBA (of 49 with degree data)
Investments · 145 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2026 · 12025 · 22024 · 52023 · 12022 · 32021 · 12019 · 32017 · 117 dated
Carry1st provides payment processing, game distribution, and marketing services for publishers entering African and Middle Eastern markets.
B2B MarketplacesFintechGaming
Lucy Hoffman(Founder)in
Co-investorsSony Ventures CorporationAndreessen HorowitzAvenir Growth CapitalCapria VenturesCRE Venture CapitalIngressive Capital+10 more
Independent developer and publisher of arcade-action multi-sport video games behind the licensed Ultimate Rivals franchise.
Boyds, US
Board seatScott Rupp· per SEC Form D
Burn Ghost Inc. operates a web3 casual gaming platform and NFT marketplace where players compete for digital-asset prizes.
Rushville, US
Board seatScott Rupp· per SEC Form D
Atlanta, US
William P. Harbin III(Chief Executive Officer)Baruch A. Levy(Chief Financial Officer)
Board seatScott Rupp· per SEC Form D
Provo, Utah company that develops and distributes reading materials and courses through its LiteralApp platform.
Provo, US
LAWTON SMITH(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)
Board seatScott Rupp· per SEC Form D · $1.5M raise · filed Sep 2025
Theai, Inc., doing business as Inworld AI, offers a developer platform for creating AI-powered virtual humans.
Mountain View, US
Mikhail Ermolenko(Director)Ilya Gelfenbeyn(Executive Officer, Director)Artem Goncharuk(Director)
Board seatMoritz Baier-Lentz· per SEC Form D · $53M raise · filed Jul 2022
Co-investorsNTT DOCOMO Ventures
Waywise provides "expectation intelligence" for video game studios, analyzing player discourse across Steam, Reddit, YouTube, and Discord to measure how player beliefs form and where perception diverges from what a game delivers.
AI & Machine LearningGamingSaaSSan Francisco, US
Matthew Cavnar(Executive Officer, Director)Stephen Danton(Executive Officer, Director)
Board seatScott Rupp· per SEC Form D
Co-investorsLightShed Ventures
1Up Ventures is a venture capital firm that invests in independent game developers, building a community to support their success.
Gaming
Ed Fries(General Partner)inKelly Wallick(Partner and Community Builder)inEmily Greer(Venture Partner)in
Addressable provides a data-driven marketing platform for Web3 and crypto companies, offering precision audience targeting, Web2-to-Web3 attribution, and on-chain and social activity insights.
AdTechCrypto & Web3Marketing Tech
Asaf Nadler, PhD(Founder)inTomer Shlomo(CTO)inTomer S.(Founder)inLeeor(Chief Strategy Officer (prior role))
Co-investorsFabric VenturesMensch Capital PartnersNIVViola VenturesBITKRAFT Ventures
Bengaluru-based mobile games studio building AI-personalised casual puzzle titles such as Tap Hexa and Hexa Dreams.
Alethea provides Artemis, an AI-powered risk management platform that detects and contextualizes information manipulation, coordinated influence operations, and online disinformation threats.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareSaaSWashington, US
Lisa Kaplan(Founder & CEO)Fiona Taylor(Executive Officer)in
BoardTed Schlein(Director)inCarl Smith, Jr.(Director)
Co-investorsBallistic VenturesGV (Google Ventures)Hakluyt CapitalNascentOwl CapitalRiverbend Capital
ALLCITY Network operates multi-platform local sports networks producing daily team-specific shows across US cities.
Games/Content/IP company based in North America.
AMGI Studios is an independent animation and gaming studio that builds character-driven AI, using natural language, vision processing, and emotional intelligence to create interactive AI characters.
AI & Machine LearningGamingMedia & Entertainment
Co-investorsArca FundsTheVentureCityBITKRAFT VenturesBlocktower Capital
Paris-based AI research lab founded by Yann LeCun building JEPA-based world models for physical-world reasoning.
Anzu is an in-game advertising company.
AdTechGamingMarketing TechTel Aviv, IL
Ben Fenster(Founder)in
Co-investorsEvolution VC PartnersGOAL VenturesSamsung NextSand Hill AngelsSony Ventures CorporationSprint Vc+1 more
Appcharge offers a checkout product built for direct-to-consumer payments in gaming, supporting iOS payment links, side-loaded apps, and browser games.
FintechGamingSaaS
Maor Sason(Founder)inRoei Barassi(Founder)in
Co-investorsGlilot Capital PartnersIVP (Institutional Venture Partners)Moneta VCPlay VenturesBITKRAFT VenturesCreandum+2 more
Arcturus builds volumetric video technology that captures live sports in 3D for broadcast, mobile and VR/AR viewing.
Audiotool is a browser-based digital audio workstation and social platform for collaborative online music production.
Chengdu-based mobile game developer behind the roguelike RPG series The Greedy Cave.
NYC-based marketplace for small and medium-sized business acquisitions, offering free valuations, data rooms and brokered sale support.
A free-to-play mobile puzzle game where players help restore ecosystems by completing puzzles, with environmental conservation themes including coral reef healing and habitat restoration.
GamingImpact & Social GoodMercer Island, US
Rajeev Nagpal(Executive Officer, Director)inSapna Nagpal(Director)
Co-investorsCourtside VenturesGOAL Ventures
Los Angeles game studio founded by former Riot Games executives building a next-generation multiplayer open-world game.
BLOCKLORDS is a blockchain-based medieval grand strategy multiplayer game developed by MetaKing Studios.
Brandbow is an e-commerce and merchandising platform built for intellectual property and brand owners.
Stealth-mode game studio in Dover, Delaware developing competitive AAA shooter games, backed by BITKRAFT Ventures and 1Up Ventures.
Los Angeles-area mobile game studio building AI-driven hardcore PvP shooters, led by its debut title MadWorld.
Cartridge builds onchain gaming infrastructure — the Dojo engine, Controller wallet and Slot execution layer — on Starknet.
Fenris Creations (originally Loki margmiðlun) is a video game developer and publisher of interactive entertainment, known for the online game EVE Online launched in 2003.
ConsumerGamingMedia & EntertainmentReykjavik, IS
Co-investorsa16z cryptoEmfarsisNew Enterprise Associates (NEA)Thule InvestmentsAndreessen HorowitzGeneral Catalyst+3 more
Istanbul-based mobile game studio building casual puzzle titles, starting with Sort Express.
US-based web3 games studio building mid-core titles, including the life simulation game Smolbound.
Discord is a communications platform for voice, video, and text chat designed primarily for gaming communities and players.
ConsumerCreator EconomyGamingSocialSan Francisco, US
Jason Citron(Co-founder)inStanislav Vishnevskiy(Co-founder and Chief Technology Officer)inClint Smith(Executive Officer)inHumam Sakhnini(Chief Executive Officer)Tomasz Marcinkowski(Chief Financial Officer)inBen Shanken(VP of Product)in
Co-investorsAccelAccess IndustriesAcquire FiAcrew CapitalAppWorks VenturesArcane Group+38 more
Donut is a New York-based employee experience platform that connects coworkers through Slack and Microsoft Teams.
American video game company behind Unreal Engine, Fortnite and the Epic Games Store, headquartered in Cary, North Carolina.
Hong Kong technology holding company that builds and backs AI-native platforms across finance, trust, identity and capital formation.
Gamezop offers 250+ browser-based HTML5 games across action, puzzle, racing, arcade, and board categories that run instantly without downloads on phones, tablets, and desktops.
ConsumerGamingMedia & Entertainment
Yashash AgarwalinGaurav Agarwal(Founder)in
Co-investorsPowerhouse VenturesTracxn labsVelo Partners
GGWP provides an AI-based content moderation platform that detects and responds to disruptive user behavior and gives moderators automation and workflow tools.
AI & Machine LearningGamingSaaSHillsborough, US
George Ng(Co-founder)inKun Gao(Co-founder)inGeorge Xiao(Director)
BoardDennis Fong(Co-founder)in
Co-investorsMakers FundPalm Drive CapitalSony Ventures Corporation
Gigaverse is a browser-based crypto RPG built by studio GLHF, using a ~$20 entry fee and an in-game peer-to-peer marketplace.
Higgsfield is a platform for creating and generating visual content, including images, videos, and cinematic scenes using AI models.
AI & Machine LearningCreator EconomyMedia & EntertainmentLos Gatos, US
Alex Mashrabov(Founder & CEO)inYerzat Dulat(Executive Officer, Director)inMahi De Silva(Co-founder)in
Co-investors1982 VenturesAccelAlpha Intelligence CapitalAlpha Square GroupAngel Collective Opportunity FundBroadLight Capital+13 more
Immutable provides a full-stack product suite for building and scaling games, offering infrastructure and player-engagement tools along with digital ownership features.
AI & Machine LearningCrypto & Web3Developer ToolsGamingMarketing Tech
James Ferguson(Founder)inRobbie Ferguson(Founder)in
Co-investorsAirTree VenturesAndromeda CapitalArca FundsArrington CapitalB CapitalBacked+15 more
IMVU is an online 3D avatar-based virtual world and social network with a user-created virtual goods economy.
OneTrust provides a governance platform for privacy, risk, data, and compliance across organizations' technology stacks.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareSaaSAtlanta, US
Alan J. Dabbiere(Manager)inJohn Marshall(Manager)Kristina Bergman(Founder)inKabir Barday(Founder)in
BoardRichard Wells(Manager)inDavid K. Dabbiere(Manager)
Co-investorsAcrew CapitalAdams Street PartnersAmplify PartnersAspect VenturesBlackRockBright Pixel Capital+19 more
Intract operates a web3 growth platform for user acquisition, community engagement and gamified quest campaigns.
Lakewood, US
Ryan Isbell(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)
BoardTaylor Black(Director)
Co-investorsAlpha Wave GlobalBitDAOMantle NetworkBITKRAFT VenturesDeVCgumi Cryptos Capital (gCC)+3 more
Inworld AI provides a full-duplex audio streaming platform that enables real-time conversational AI interactions with intelligent turn-taking, function calling, and multi-model routing capabilities for developers building conversational applications.
AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsMountain View, US
Ilya Gelfenbeyn(Founder)inKylan Gibbs(Founder)inMichael Ermolenko(Founder)in
Co-investorsBrave CapitalCRV (Charles River Ventures)Dentsu VenturesDisney AcceleratorFirst Spark Ventures, LlcIntel Capital+11 more
Jabali is an AI company building a generative AI-native game engine for creating games and interactive experiences.
Karate Combat is a full-contact striking league that combines live-action Karate with CGI environments built on Epic Games' Unreal engine, featuring elite black belts competing across eight weight divisions.
Crypto & Web3GamingMedia & EntertainmentSports Tech
Co-investorsAlpha Wave GlobalLattice CapitalBITKRAFT VenturesCypher CapitalM13Not Boring Capital
Klang is a game studio that builds large-scale virtual worlds and online game services, including back-end infrastructure and clients used to access those services.
Gaming
Ívar Emilsson(Founder)inOddur Snær Magnússon(CTO / Co-Founder)
Co-investorsMakers FundMosaic VenturesNew Life VenturesNorthzoneRoosh VenturesAngelHub+3 more
Koji was a link-in-bio platform offering creators a home screen of mini apps; it was acquired by Linktree in December 2023.
Kolex runs a platform for hybrid physical-and-digital collectibles, best known for esports trading cards.
Mark Donovan(Founder)inGavin Weeks(Founder)in
Co-investorsCourtside Ventures
Indian audio content and short-form video platform offering subscription audiobooks, stories and microdramas in multiple languages.
Legacy Labs is a video game development studio building player-focused gaming experiences.
Bangalore-based mobile game studio building Black, a free-to-play shooter, backed by Bitkraft, Galaxy Interactive and Sequoia.
LIV provides video capture, streaming, and sharing technology that enables players and creators to distribute content to their audiences.
Creator EconomyDeveloper ToolsFintechGamingMedia & EntertainmentWellness & FitnessSan Francisco, US
Steffan Donal(Executive Officer)inAjinyad Shewki(Executive Officer, Director)AJ 'Dr Doom' Shewki(Founder)in
BoardCherry Freeman(Director)in
Co-investorsGOAL VenturesHartmann CapitalHiro CapitalNarcissus VenturesOlive Tree CapitalSamsung Next+4 more
Loftia is a cozy, solarpunk-themed MMO where players farm, craft, explore, socialize, and build homes in a world centered on sustainability and community.
ConsumerGamingSydney, AU
Eric(Founder & Engineering Lead)Mic(Founder & Game Director)Michael Su Gamescom(Founder)Martina Qin(Founder)in
Co-investorsGFR FundBITKRAFT VenturesGaingels
Casual Monopoly-style web3 board game developed by Hype Reel and published by YGG Play, with NFT and $LOL token rewards.
Loot Labs operates BOXED.GG, a digital unboxing platform for trading cards, game skins and sneakers.
Lost Lake Games is a video game studio developing new game titles.
GamingSeattle, US
Mark Pottorf(Estimated use of initial proceeds for executive salaries.)Joseph Pikop(Executive Officer, Director)James Phinney(Executive Officer, Director)
Co-investorsMoon HoldingsBITKRAFT VenturesLightspeed Venture Partners
Web3 startup building "create-to-own" entertainment franchises shaped by DAO communities on Solana.
London-based digital toy, game and hobby startup building collectible virtual items such as its dNo virtual dice.
Co-investorsFabric Ventures
Manticore Games develops and publishes Out of Time, a co-op roguelite video game, and operates the Core Platform, a user-generated content platform for games and interactive experiences.
Creator EconomyGamingSan Mateo, US
Frederic Descamps(Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer)inJordan Maynard(Co-founder and Chief Creative Officer)inChristian Wilson(Chief Technology Officer)inMatt Camp(Head of Product)in
BoardMitch Lasky(Director)in
Co-investors359 CapitalAtlassian VenturesCorrelation VenturesCrunchFundM VenturesMaC Venture Capital+6 more
MatchboxDAO is a blockchain gaming DAO building and incubating on-chain games and developer tooling on StarkNet.
Mavia is a Web3 mobile strategy game where players build and defend a base, train infantry, vehicle and air units, and battle rival players to loot resources.
Crypto & Web3Gaming
Co-investorsExto PartnersGenblock CapitalMagnus CapitalSublime VenturesTriblockAlameda Research+8 more
Metatheory develops games for players seeking depth and quality gameplay, and is expanding into AI-driven software tools for creators.
AI & Machine LearningCreator EconomyGamingGalveston, US
Kevin M. Lin(Executive Officer, Director)inAdam Bao(Executive Officer)inJames Thomas Gleason(Executive Officer)David Barthwell(Executive Officer)in
Co-investorsAndreessen HorowitzBreyer CapitalDragonflyLifelike CapitalMetastablePantera Capital+4 more
Raleigh, N.C. independent game studio building an original multiplayer action-adventure IP with close-quarters combat.
Mira builds audio-first, camera-free AI smart glasses positioned as a "second brain" for memory recall and translation.
Bitcoin rewards company behind shopping-rebate app Lolli and enterprise white-label rewards platform Mirado.
Network Next provides network acceleration for multiplayer games, reducing latency for players with high ping.
Data & InfrastructureGaming
Co-investorsMango CapitalSisu Game Ventures
Paris-based game developer, publisher and operator founded in 2022 by Blizzard and Activision veterans.
NFT Bank is a financial infrastructure provider that automates the analysis and risk assessment of DeFi vaults using autonomous agents and Monte Carlo simulations.
AI & Machine LearningCrypto & Web3Fintech
Co-investorsCultur3 CapitalDigital Currency GroupFermionHashed
Las Vegas game studio founded by Imagine Dragons' Dan and Mac Reynolds, developer of the 5v5 capture-the-flag shooter Last Flag.
A company that builds AI-powered applications, including AiVee, a tool that converts images into calendar events using computer vision, and Pumky, a text-to-image generator with style customization.
AI & Machine LearningSaaS
Co-investorsCoinbase VenturesElectric CapitalSamsung NextHashed
AI application studio building consumer and business tools around image generation, computer vision, and LLMs, with products including AiVee (turns images into calendar events) and Pumky (AI image generation).
Platform empowering Hispanic web3 gaming community through content creation, quests and esports
Co-investorsACTAI VenturesCultur3 Capital
Brooklyn-based maker of open-source brain-computer interface hardware for EEG, EMG and EKG biosensing.
ORO is a data-contribution protocol that lets individuals share private data (such as linked social and health accounts) to help train AI models, using privacy-preserving cryptography (zkTLS) and secure compute environments to keep raw data protected.
AI & Machine LearningCrypto & Web3Data & Infrastructure
Co-investorsLongHash Ventures
Outpost Games is a game developer building PC games with a built-in platform for broadcasting in-game play to the web.
Party Icons is a mobile-first Web3 gaming platform built around party-style extraction shooter and casual game modes.
Playable Worlds builds cloud-native technology to create large-scale, persistent online game worlds and multiplayer experiences playable across devices.
Cloud ComputingGamingSan Diego, US
Raph Koster(CEO)inEric Goldbergin
Co-investorsEvolution VC PartnersBITKRAFT VenturesGaingelsGalaxy InteractiveKakao Games
PLAYBRAIN is a Japanese esports and gaming company founded in 2016 that produces esports content and operates competitive gaming leagues such as the League of Legends Japan League and Rainbow Six Siege Japan League.
GamingMarketing TechMedia & EntertainmentSports TechTokyo, JP
Michael Sheetal(Founder)in
Brighton, UK game studio building massively multiplayer on-chain games, including The Crypt and Downstream.
Pocket Worlds operates a platform for creators and users with transaction capabilities, supporting millions of registered users and creators in a digital marketplace environment.
ConsumerCreator EconomyGamingMarketplacesSocialAustin, US
Anton Bernstein(Founder/CEO)inJimmy Xu(Founder/CTO)in
Co-investorsGFR FundY CombinatorBoxGroup
Blockchain game studio behind fully on-chain RPG Pirate Nation; ceased operations in August 2026.
Radian Arc provides an infrastructure-as-a-service platform delivering telco-hosted GPU cloud for cloud gaming and AI workloads.
Raid Base Inc is a North American game studio building Specter, an open-world sandbox PvPvE title in an original IP.
Ready provides software that enables utility companies and their stakeholders to coordinate operations and service delivery, with the goal of improving customer access to utility services while reducing costs.
Enterprise SoftwareFintechSaaSSan Francisco, US
Jase Wilson(Founder)inMike Faloon(Founder)in
Co-investorsArbor VenturesKube VCSprint VcY Combinator
Ready Games operates The Ready Games, a competitive hyper-casual mobile gaming platform, and builds web3 game-creation technology.
Redemption Games is a mobile game studio that creates free-to-play (FTP) games, combining artistry and design with research and data.
ConsumerGamingCarlsbad, US
Michael WitzinDan Linin
Co-investorsPlay VenturesOrange DAOSupercell
Resolution Games is a game studio that develops virtual and mixed reality games across platforms from PC to XR, with titles including Demeo, Racket Club, Blaston, and Spatial Ops.
ConsumerGamingStockholm, SE
Carl-Arvid Ewerbring(Founder)inTommy Palm(Founder)in
Co-investorsBonnier CapitalColopl NextMizMaa Venturesnode.vcPresence CapitalQualcomm Ventures+1 more
Finnish cloud-native game studio building instant-access, cross-device games playable in browsers and on smart TVs.
Co-investorsSamsung NextSisu Game VenturesvgamesBITKRAFT VenturesSMOK Ventures
Ribon runs a mobile employee-giving platform for U.S. hospitals built on a "reverse matching" donation model.
Ruckus Games is a video game development studio building original games with a focus on distinctive art style, interactivity, and player agency.
GamingPlano, US
Paul Sage(Executive Officer, Director)inChristofer Strasz(Executive Officer, Director)inJesse McIntyre(Executive Officer, Director)inScott Kester(Founder)in
BoardMaria Park(Director)Andrew Sheppard(Director)in
Co-investorsTRANSCENDBITKRAFT VenturesKrafton
Series Entertainment develops games using generative AI technology to create immersive gaming experiences.
AI & Machine LearningGamingRocklin, US
Panayoti Haritatos(Executive Officer, Director)
Co-investorsAndreessen Horowitz
SIPHER is a blockchain game studio building a casual MOBA and exploration game aimed at an open-world social game.
Amsterdam-based startup building a sustainability data and AI platform for the metals and mining supply chain.
Skarvo Inc. offers a consumer application available on iPhone and Android, with a business use tier.
Sonic SVM is a Solana-based blockchain gaming platform for sovereign game economies with low-cost, fast transactions.
Spectarium is a remote-first game studio developing cross-platform action RPGs.
GamingOulu, FI
Romain Schneider(CEO / Founder)inMark Peterson(CPO / Founder)inAvraham Shalel(Founder / Investor)inGabriel Shalel(Founder / Investor)in
Co-investorsBlockwallBITKRAFT VenturesFramework Ventures
Spruce Systems builds open-source decentralized identity and data-storage tools that let users control credentials across Web3 and Web2 services.
Seattle game studio behind Metalstorm, a free-to-play 5v5 air-combat arena shooter for PC and mobile.
Seattle, US
Lou Fasulo(Founder)inTaylor Daynes(Director)Joshua Rosen(Director)
Co-investorsInsiders VenturesPlay VenturesvgamesBITKRAFT VenturesDune VenturesGlobal Founders Capital
SBI Life Insurance Company Limited is an India-based life insurer offering savings-oriented, protection, and market-linked insurance plans across participating, non-participating, and linked product segments.
AI & Machine LearningConsumerEdTechFintechInsurTechSocial
Ajay Lakhotia(Founder)in
Co-investorsDholakia VenturesFundamental VCLVX VenturesRoots VenturesSpring Marketing CapitalSquareOne Capital
All-remote indie studio building a "shooter-adjacent" competitive PvP game focused on strategy over reflexes.
Strafe is an esports companion app offering real-time match coverage, statistics and a social betting game for fans.
Superbloom Games is a mobile game studio that builds casual and lifestyle games, with a team drawn from established gaming companies.
ConsumerGamingSocial
Emily Yim(CEO & Co-founder)inKsusha Zito(CTO & Co-founder)in
Co-investorsMantis Capital
SuperVerse is a Web3 gaming network built around the $SUPER token, DAO governance and NFT products, formerly SuperFarm.
Tarta Games is the game studio of Tarta Labs, developing Spot Zero, a 3D anime-style action role-playing game.
Singapore game studio behind the Tatsu.GG Discord gamification platform and the discontinued blockchain game Tatsumeeko.
The Snow League is a professional winter sports league dedicated to snowboard and freeski halfpipe competition, organizing global season-long competitions for elite athletes.
Sports Tech
Shaun White(Founder)in
Co-investors359 CapitalLeft Lane Capital
Independent game studio founded by Riot, Bungie, Blizzard and Valve veterans building deep multiplayer titles.
Lauren Gaba Flanagan(Cofounder)
Tilt Five builds projection-based AR glasses and a retroreflective game board for 3D tabletop and board gaming.
Entertainment technology company whose patented Trioscope SEE engine fuses live-action performance with CG environments.
TRIPP provides immersive meditation and mindfulness experiences available through a mobile app and VR headset platform.
AgTechMental HealthWellness & FitnessVenice, US
Nanea Reeves(Executive Officer, Director)inZachary Norman(Executive Officer, Director)Kevin Keeland(Executive Officer)
BoardTim Chang(Director)
Co-investorsBeni Venture CapitalGrit Capital PartnersHartmann CapitalIter InvestmentsMayfield FundPresence Capital+3 more
Austin-based Verisoul runs an all-in-one fraud prevention and digital identity platform that detects fake accounts and bots.
Barcelona-based agetech startup running a social app and activity marketplace for retirees.
Voicemod makes real-time voice changer and soundboard software that applies effects to a user's microphone input for use in games and chat apps like Steam and Discord.
AI & Machine LearningConsumerCreator EconomyGaming
Jaime Bosch(Founder)in
Co-investorsThe Mini Fund
Volley develops voice-controlled and interactive games for smart speakers and TV platforms, offering titles such as trivia, music quizzes, and bedtime stories.
ConsumerGamingMedia & Entertainment
Max Child(Founder)James Wilsterman(Founder)
Co-investorsA.Capital VenturesAdvancit CapitalAurumDream MachineLightspeed Venture PartnersNFX+7 more
San Francisco company building voice-controlled, AI-powered games for smart speakers, smart TVs and mobile devices.
Waifu Sweeper is a Web3 puzzle-gacha game combining Minesweeper-style logic boards with collectible anime "waifu" companions.
Munich game studio Welevel builds SolidRiver, an AI-driven survival, city-building and RPG title, on its in-house CLAI platform.
XSET is a gaming and esports organization that sells branded apparel and merchandise, including jerseys, hoodies, and shorts, often through collaborations with gamers and lifestyle brands.
ConsumerE-commerceGaming
Greg Selkoe(Founder)in
Co-investorsTBD Angels
YGG Play is the publishing arm of Yield Guild Games, bringing casual crypto games to market by pairing studios with YGG's Web3 gaming community, go-to-market playbooks, token launch support, and creator network.
Co-investorsFabric Ventures
YGG Play is a publisher of casual games built on blockchain technology, connecting game studios with players and communities in the cryptocurrency gaming space.
Crypto & Web3Gaming
Gabby Dizon(Founder)in
Co-investorsA.Capital Venturesa16z cryptoAndreessen HorowitzAscensive AssetsAtelierEmfarsis+11 more
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Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) is a venture capital firm founded in 2009 by Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz, known for pioneering the platform model with a large team of operators supporting founders across stages.
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Fabric is a thesis-driven venture firm that backs companies from inception, having invested in 196 companies to date.
Lightspeed is a global venture capital firm that has spent over two decades backing innovative companies as an early and first investor.
Qualcomm Ventures is the corporate venture investment arm associated with Qualcomm, backing technology companies from early to growth stage across multiple sectors.
Makers Fund is a global venture capital firm focused on games and interactive entertainment, backing early-stage founders.
Hashed is a venture firm backing founders building in AI, crypto, and frontier technology, offering hands-on ecosystem support to portfolio companies from inception to global scale.
Sisu Game Ventures is an early-stage venture capital fund investing exclusively in games, backing founders from pre-revenue and often pre-product stages.
Benchmark is a venture capital firm with offices in San Francisco and Woodside that invests in early-stage startups.
Coatue Management is a technology-focused investment firm that invests in innovation across both public and private markets with responsible risk management.
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Gaingels is a large venture investor that co-invests alongside lead VCs in companies committed to building diverse and inclusive teams, while advocating for LGBTQ+ representation and equity of access in venture capital.
Courtside Ventures is a venture capital firm investing in sports, gaming, media, and related consumer technology, focusing on new platforms and content that appeal to younger generations.
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