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Original Games develops casual mobile games designed for relaxation and player engagement with universal appeal.

GamingTallinn, EE

Co-investorsAndreessen Horowitz

Scenario is a creative AI platform that lets teams train custom models on their own art and brand style, then access 600+ image, video, 3D, and audio models to generate on-brand assets.

AI & Machine LearningCreator EconomySaaSSan Francisco, US

Hervé Nivon(Founder)in

Co-investorsDecasonicAndreessen HorowitzAnorak VenturesFoundersGraph VenturesThe Venture Reality Fund

Social First is a Helsinki-based game studio building cross-platform social multiplayer games aimed at Gen Z, including its Social Sandbox MMO Nexus Station and acquired IP such as Pixel Worlds and Tiny Troopers.

ConsumerGamingSocialHelsinki, FI

Co-investorsCrowberry Capital

Holding company for the Benjamin app, a consumer cash-rewards platform paying users for games, surveys, ads and purchases.

New York, US

Erno Tauriainen(Executive Officer, Director)Lon Otremba(Executive Officer, Promoter)

Board seatHarri Manninen· per SEC Form D · $4M raise · filed Mar 2024

Istanbul-based mobile game developer building Match Squad, a match-3 title combining dice mechanics and city-building.

Wilmington, US

Ilhan Anil Simsek(Executive Officer, Director)Batuhan Sakarcan(Executive Officer, Director)Ahmet Emir Kocaaga(Executive Officer)Burak Taban(Executive Officer, Director)

BoardJohn Salter(Director)

Board seatHarri Manninen· per SEC Form D

Co-investorse2vc

Gurley, US

Sid Chambless(Director)Ben Robinson(Executive Officer)Donovan Duncan(Executive Officer, Director)

Board seatHarri Manninen· per SEC Form D · $3.6M raise · filed Jan 2023

Gamefam develops and operates games on platforms like Roblox and Fortnite for Generation Z and Alpha audiences.

ConsumerGamingMarketing TechMedia & EntertainmentLos Angeles, US

Joe Ferencz(Founder)inRicardo Briceno(Executive Officer)

BoardJosh Chapman(Director)in

Board seatHarri Manninen· per SEC Form D

Co-investorsBessemer Venture PartnersKonvoy VenturesMakers FundRaptor Group

Hypersonic Laboratories, Inc. is a Los Angeles-based computer games company founded in 2019.

Los Angeles, US

Seong Wook Kim(Executive Officer, Director)

Board seatKenrick Drijkoningen· per SEC Form D · $10.9M raise · filed Jun 2024

Finnish-American game studio behind Playfield.io, a social discovery and community platform connecting players with games and developers.

San Francisco, US

Jiri Kupiainen(Executive Officer, Director)

BoardPaul Heydon(Director)Harri Manninen(Director)in

Board seatHenric Suuronen· per SEC Form D · $1.3M raise · filed Sep 2020

Estonian edtech company running a gamified, multiplayer math-fluency practice platform used by teachers and students.

Co-investorsChange VenturesFlyer One Ventures

Ahead is a mobile app offering daily lessons, activities, and modules to help users manage their thoughts and emotions, overcome procrastination, and support personal growth and self-understanding.

ConsumerMental HealthWellness & Fitness

Kai Koch(Founder)

Alinea is a digital wealth management platform that provides AI-assisted portfolio management and automated investing for individual investors.

AI & Machine LearningFintechSaaSNew York City, US

Eve Halimi(Founder)inAnam Lakhani(Founder)in

BoardPhylicia Koh(Director)

Co-investorsDiaspora VenturesEvolution Venturesf7 VenturesFoundersX VenturesGFR FundKima Ventures+8 more

The page is a privacy policy for allstargames.io, operated by Deftouch Interactive Art Pvt.

GamingMumbai, IN

Co-investorsLumikai

Ancient8 is a gaming-focused Ethereum Layer 2 blockchain designed for Web3 gaming, hosting fully on-chain games, games on X and Telegram, IP-infused games, and AI-powered games.

Crypto & Web3Gaming

Co-investorsAnimoca BrandsCoinbase VenturesIOSG VenturesK300 VenturesMakers FundMetastable+3 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)

Co-investorsBitkraft Esports VenturesGlilot Capital PartnersIVP (Institutional Venture Partners)Moneta VCBITKRAFT VenturesCreandum+2 more

Arte Studio operates Match Cash, a mobile skill-based match-3 puzzle game where players compete in live multiplayer tournaments for cash prizes.

ConsumerGaming

Arya operates a subscription app and concierge service focused on intimacy and relationships for couples, offering curated experiences ("Scenes"), tested products, erotic audio stories, and personalized roleplays.

ConsumerDirect to ConsumerMedia & EntertainmentWellness & Fitness

Offer Yehudai(Founder)in

Co-investorsat.inc/

Azra is a video game developer that creates role-playing games for mobile platforms, leveraging proprietary AI technology to accelerate development and bring titles to market faster.

GamingSacramento, US

Mark Otero(CEO)inDavid Scurfield(Executive Officer, Director)Sonny Mayugba(Executive Officer, Director)

BoardFranklin Bi(Director)in

Co-investorsa16z cryptoAndreessen HorowitzBollinger Investment GroupCoinbase VenturesNFXPantera Capital+1 more

Benjamin is a consumer rewards app that lets users earn cash by doing everyday activities such as playing games, shopping, scanning receipts, completing surveys, and watching ads.

AdTechConsumerGamingNew York City, US

Nouh Alkhafif(Founder)

Co-investorsAtinum Investment Co. Ltd.Expert DOJO

Beyond Labs is a research lab building AI tools and workflows for creating, operating, and monetizing interactive game content, including generating game-ready sprites, animations, playable game logic, and live-ops economy tuning from user intent.

AI & Machine LearningDeep TechGaming

Bigger Games develops mobile games, creating engaging gameplay experiences for players.

GamingIstanbul, TR

Co-investorsIndex VenturesGoodwater Capital

Black Block is a game studio building The Sprawl, an upcoming web3 online world, drawing on the team's experience across mobile free-to-play and AAA console games.

Crypto & Web3Gaming

Robin Squire(Chief Executive Officer)Paul Kurowski(Chief Product Officer)Stanislav Semakin(Chief Technology Officer)Matthew Wilson(Advisor & Chairman)

BlackPool is a decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) that scouts and invests in early-stage blockchain gaming projects, matching them with its community of builders, investors, and gamers.

Crypto & Web3Gaming

Co-investorsDeepTech Ventures

Ember Sword is a social sandbox open-world MMORPG set in a player-driven universe, featuring fast-paced PvP and PvE combat, a dynamic class system, and player-owned land and digital assets.

Crypto & Web3Gaming

Mark Laursen(Founder)in

Burnt provides cryptographically verified identity and attribute verification that lets users prove specific claims (such as income above a threshold or a credit score over 700) by logging into accounts they already have, without sharing raw documents or PII.

CybersecurityDeveloper ToolsFintech

Anthony Anzalone(Founder)in

Co-investorsArrington CapitalDraper DragonElliptiFigmentInnovating CapitalPentos Ventures+3 more

Carter Labs operates Carter Chat, a mobile and web app for roleplay conversations with user-created AI characters.

Champion Games is a game developer building virtual sports worlds, including a soccer metaverse where players can manage their own club and a fantasy football game to play with friends.

Crypto & Web3GamingSports Tech

Marc Cercós(Co-founder & CEO)Alex F.(Co-founder)inPatxi Barrios(COO)

Barcelona-based mobile gaming studio Cheer Games develops casual puzzle titles aimed at building long-lived game franchises.

Sort Express is a 3D puzzle game where players organize, match, and clear real-world objects across progressively harder levels.

Gaming

Co-investorsa16z cryptoCastlelake Pte. Ltd.

Cypher Games is a mobile game studio that develops match-3 games, including its title Match Squad, which features cinematic worlds, competitive multiplayer, and city-building mechanics.

Gaming

Dataseat provides a demand-side platform for mobile app developers and agencies to run programmatic advertising campaigns in a privacy-first environment, offering control and transparency over campaign performance and spend.

AdTechAI & Machine LearningMarketing TechSaaS

Paul Hayton(Founder)in

Co-investorsBackedSAATCHiNVEST

Datawisp is a no-code data exploration and analytics platform with an AI assistant, used in web3 and gaming.

GamingHempstead, US

Co-investorsTechstarsCoinFundDWeb3 CapitalMirana Ventures

Co-investorsCollab+CurrencyDigital Currency GroupMapleblock Capital

Crypto startup accelerator, formerly Chicago DeFi Alliance, that reorganized as AllianceDAO to accelerate Web3 startups.

Co-investorsIOSG VenturesMoon Holdings

Bengaluru-based live social entertainment platform combining video and audio streaming with gaming and creator micropayments.

Bengaluru, IN

Akshay Dubey(Founder)Saurabh Pandey(Founder)in

Co-investorsBetter CapitalCourtside VenturesFundamental VCKalaari CapitalLumikaiWaterBridge Ventures+2 more

Eterlast is a London-based Web3 company building branded blockchain games and NFT experiences for sports and media brands.

London, GB

Joan Roure(Founder)inJoan Roure Parera(Founder)

Co-investorsSupernode GlobalActive PartnersFounders FactoryStake Capital

Istanbul-based developer of AI-powered consumer mobile apps across design, video, music, photo and utility categories.

London, GB

Anil Das Gupta(Founder)

Fliff offers a free-to-play sports prediction game that turns sports predictions into a social, competitive entertainment experience for its users.

ConsumerGamingSports TechKing Of Prussia, US

Tim Tepass(Director)Mario Dodev(Executive Officer, Director)Garrett Gomes(Director)Feda Mecan(Director)Matthew Ricci(Executive Officer, Director)

Co-investorsAcies InvestmentsCourtside Ventures

FunCraft is a game studio that makes daily word puzzle games for mobile players, including its Wordgrams title, which it aims to grow into a franchise.

ConsumerGamingSan Francisco, US

Michael Martinez(Founder)in

Co-investorsFlori VenturesGood Friends

geoSurge develops infrastructure and tools for generative AI visibility, helping brands measure and manage how AI systems represent and recall their content.

AdTechAI & Machine LearningDeep TechEnterprise SoftwareMarketing Tech

Francisco Vigo(CEO & Co-Founder)inJons Mostovojs(CTO & Co-Founder)in

Co-investorsAlbionVCBoost Capital PartnersOctopus Ventures

London-based, FCA-regulated travel fintech offering an AI-native booking app with interest-free instalment financing.

Game Story is a Tel Aviv-based mobile games developer making skill-based bingo and solitaire titles with real-cash competitions.

GVRN is a platform that handles legal and administrative tasks for startups, including company incorporation, fundraising coordination, and investor document preparation.

Crypto & Web3LegalTechSaaS

Helix is a game development platform that provides scripting tools using Lua-style code to spawn and control in-game objects such as props.

Developer ToolsGaming

Co-investorsAppWorks Ventures

INCRMNTAL is an AI-based marketing measurement platform that uses causal data science and anomaly detection to measure the incremental contribution of advertising spend without relying on user-level data.

AdTechAI & Machine LearningMarketing Tech

Co-investorstoDay Ventures

Co-investorsBlockchain Founders FundCourtside Ventures

indie.io is a publishing and marketing platform for PC indie game developers, offering development support, QA, marketing, promotion, and distribution across storefronts like Steam, Microsoft, Nintendo, and Sony.

Creator EconomyGamingMedia & Entertainment

iubenda provides a digital compliance platform that helps businesses create and manage privacy policies, cookie banners, terms and conditions, and accessibility documentation to meet global privacy regulations.

LegalTechSaaS

Andrea Giannangelo(Founder)inRaffaele Negroin

Co-investors2100 Ventures4Di CapitalBrighteye VenturesMetrika SGR S.p.A.P101 VenturesPrimo Ventures+8 more

Jarvi Games is developing Flex City, a massively multiplayer online open-world game centered on social interaction, where players explore, communicate, and take on roles such as laborer, businessman, taxi driver, or racer.

Gaming

Co-investorsThe Games Fund

Just About is a platform for online creators, offering a community (including a Discord) where creators can share ideas, ask questions, and get advice.

ConsumerCreator EconomySocial

Cyprus-based game studio founded by ex-Pixonic executives building a cross-platform multiplayer mecha shooter.

Georgy Egorov(Founder)inOleg Poroshin(Founder)in

Kingdom Maker is an open-world, real-time multiplayer strategy game where players build kingdoms, assemble customizable armies, conquer land, and engage in social interaction and combat.

Gaming

Loupedeck makes customizable control consoles with analog dials and touch-sensitive buttons for live streamers and content creators, integrating with apps like OBS, Twitch, Premiere Pro, and Photoshop.

ConsumerCreator EconomyHardwareMedia & Entertainment

Mikko Kesti(Founder & CEO)Felix Hartwigsen(Co-Founder & Chief Marketing Officer)Pauli Seppinen(Co-Founder & Chief Technical Officer)

Co-investorszVentures

Finnish-Icelandic game developer building Pax Dei, a cloud-native sandbox MMO playable across mobile, PC and console.

Co-investorsAndreessen HorowitzSisu Game Ventures

Metica builds an AI-native ad monetization platform for mobile game developers, using real-time inference and continuous machine learning to optimize bid floors and ad auctions.

AdTechAI & Machine LearningGaming

Justin Stolzenberg(Founder)in

UK-licensed online sportsbook and casino operator running its own in-house betting platform.

Co-investorsAcies InvestmentsMakers Fund

Singapore studio that shipped 45+ games and now builds SecretSauce, an AI platform generating on-brand content.

Co-investorsFermionMaC Venture CapitalFramework VenturesGlobal Founders CapitalKaratage

M-League is a gaming platform company with a portfolio of gaming businesses including MPL, GameDuell, and Blast+, focused on the Indian gaming market.

ConsumerGamingMedia & EntertainmentSports TechSingapore, SG

Sai Srinivas(Co-Founder)Shubh Malhotra(Co-Founder)Anand Sairam(Chief Financial Officer)Namratha B Swamy(Chief Operating Officer (MPL))Dirk Potratz(Managing Director (GameDuell))

Indian mobile gaming platform valued at $945M in Series D

Co-investorsMSA NovoRTP Global

mod.io is a cross-platform user-generated content and modding middleware service for game developers and players.

Scott Reismanis(Founder)in

MondayOFF is a mobile gaming company that develops and publishes casual games and partners with external game developers to publish their titles.

Gaming

Co-investorsAtinum Investment Co. Ltd.Crit Ventures

Move develops markerless motion capture systems that use multi-camera setups and AI to capture human motion without suits or markers.

AI & Machine LearningGamingMedia & Entertainment

Co-investorsRKKVC

London-based Web3 technology platform providing APIs, SDKs and white-label tools for game studios and businesses.

Berlin, DE

Fernando Pernica(Co-Founder & CBO)inGeeshan Willink(Co-Founder & CEO)inKai Oliver Goldmann(Co-Founder & Chief Design Officer)

Co-investorsPICUS CAPITALSevenX Ventures

Odeeo provides in-game audio advertising, connecting mobile game developers and brands through audio ad solutions embedded in games.

AdTechGamingMedia & EntertainmentHerzliya, IL

Elad Stern(Founder)

Co-investorsAtinum Investment Co. Ltd.

Omada is a gaming app positioned as an alternative to traditional betting apps, using a coin-based system where players can earn rewards.

ConsumerGaming

Order of Meta is a game development studio made up of professional game creators focused on mid-core and hardcore genres.

GamingEspoo, FI

Alexey Kuzin(Founder)

Co-investorsCrit VenturesThe Games Fund

Parallelz is building a computing architecture and platform that converts existing native mobile apps into native-web apps without code modifications or SDKs, allowing them to run in a browser without installs or app stores.

Deep TechDeveloper ToolsGaming

Co-investorsGlobal Founders CapitalMaple VCGarage CapitalTwo Small Fish Ventures

Play Ventures is a venture capital firm founded by gaming operators that invests in game studios, gaming platforms, and related technology, including the intersection of gaming and lifestyle.

ConsumerGamingSingapore, SG

Henric Suuronen(Founding Partner)inHarri Manninen(Founding Partner)

Playback is a mobile gaming rewards platform where players earn points for installing, playing, and making purchases in mobile games, and redeem those points for gift cards.

ConsumerCreator EconomyGaming

Ray is a browser that learns user preferences and anticipates their needs by reading open tabs and searching the web to curate personalized content and build custom tools.

Consumer

Co-investorsMGV.VCSamsung Next

PlayPack is a game studio building social, cross-platform casual free-to-play mobile games.

Hendrik Demmer(Founder)in

Co-investorsThe Games Fund

Playsome is a game studio that develops free-to-play mobile games; its first title, Friends & Dragons, is a puzzle and dungeon RPG with hero collection and co-op social features available on iOS and Android.

GamingHelsinki, FI

Potato Play makes Merge Restaurant, a mobile merge game where players combine items to renovate and design a restaurant, upgrading its furniture, decorations, and menu.

ConsumerGaming

Henji Tan(Founder)in

Performance marketing and optimization platform for games

PVX Partners is an investment firm focused on the gaming industry, drawing on the operating and investing experience of its team and advisor network.

ConsumerData & InfrastructureFintechGaming

Joe Wadakethalakalin

Co-investorsZ Venture Capital

Raleon is a Wilmington, NC startup whose AI platform optimizes e-commerce customer retention and lifetime value; acquired by Intuit Mailchimp.

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 WitzDan Lin

Co-investorsBitkraft Esports VenturesOrange DAOSupercell

Redhill Games is a co-development studio that partners with game developers and publishers to build and support AAA titles and established game IPs.

GamingHelsinki, FI

Katya Dolgova(Founder)Mikko Uromo(Founder)

Co-investorsMakers Fund

reNFT is a company focused on NFT rentals within the crypto space.

Crypto & Web3GamingMarketplaces

Nick Vale(CEO & Co-founder)Naz Vavryk(CTO & Co-founder)Rod Oliveira(CMO)

Co-investorsEmootegumi Cryptos Capital (gCC)

Home design app acquired by Playtika for up to $600M

Roamer Games is a game development studio building player-focused video games and creating new genres and themes.

Gaming

Community Gaming operated a platform for grassroots competitive gaming tournaments and player payouts; it wound down in 2026.

Co-investorsA100X VenturesBitDAOCoinFundMantle NetworkMoonhill CapitalMulticoin Capital+5 more

David Amor(Founder)in

Co-investorsIOSG VenturesRockawayXRoosh Ventures

Sizzle.gg offers patented technology that generates large numbers of personalized highlight reels from a single broadcast, tailoring clips to individual fans without producing new video files.

AI & Machine LearningCreator EconomyGamingMedia & EntertainmentSports TechSunnyvale, US

Vijay Koduri(Founder)in

Co-investorsEterna CapitalID345Kern Venture GroupMindset VentureSprint Vc

SnackClub is a gaming community, primarily run through Discord, that hosts esports tournaments (Valorant, Free Fire), community events, and rewards players with cash prizes for participating and competing.

Crypto & Web3GamingSocial

Co-investorsD1 VenturesWoodstock Fund

Social-first, multiplayer gaming platform led by founders from Ubisoft, Kukouri, and Paradox Interactive

SoulStream (OpenSoul Foundation) builds consumer mobile apps focused on faith and well-being, including Bible Chat for exploring the Bible and Sam, an interactive Bible-learning app for kids.

AI & Machine LearningConsumerWellness & Fitness

StarBerry Games is a mobile game studio that develops casual titles such as the merge game Merge Mayor and the idle game Idle Coffee Corp, and is increasingly incorporating AI into its game development.

AI & Machine LearningConsumerGamingBerlin, DE

Seattle game studio behind Metalstorm, a free-to-play 5v5 air-combat arena shooter for PC and mobile.

Seattle, US

Lou Fasulo(Founder)Taylor Daynes(Director)Joshua Rosen(Director)

Co-investorsBitkraft Esports VenturesInsiders VenturesvgamesBITKRAFT VenturesDune VenturesGlobal Founders Capital

Stash provides a direct-to-consumer web shop and payments platform for game developers, acting as Merchant of Record to handle payment processing, fraud protection, and tax compliance across 100 countries.

FintechGamingSaaS

Dan Borstelmann(Founder)inArchie Stonehill(Founder)in

Co-investorsCoinbase VenturesBreyer CapitalEntrée CapitalGoodwater CapitalValar Ventures Llc

Studio 42 is a game studio developing casual puzzle games, preparing to launch its first independent title as a new studio.

Gaming

Stellarplay is a game studio that builds light, social, and relaxing games designed to be easy to pick up and to help players form connections with others worldwide.

ConsumerGamingSocial

Girish Krishnan Ramdas(Founder)in

StoReel is an AI-native micro drama platform combining a consumer short-drama app with the StoReel Canvas creation toolset.

Tacter is an online platform offering guides, strategies, tier lists, and tools for competitive video games such as Teamfight Tactics.

ConsumerGamingMedia & Entertainment

Marcos Sorribas(Founder)in

TallyUP is a real-money gaming platform where players earn a share of ad revenue by playing free games, then multiply those earnings in short player-versus-player skill games.

Crypto & Web3Gaming

Jason White(Founder)in

Co-investorsAweh Ventures

Third Wave Labs (operating as TapSocial) is a performance marketing agency that builds cross-platform paid advertising systems—covering strategy, creative, media buying, and measurement—for brands and founders aiming for profitable growth.

AdTechAI & Machine LearningCrypto & Web3Marketing Tech

Matt

Co-investorsBollinger Investment GroupOceans VenturesSevenX Ventures

Tryke Gutierrez(Founder)in

Co-investorsGobi Partners

Timeleft operates a mobile app that connects people for in-person dinners with strangers and provides tools for group matching, post-event chat, and planning to help users build lasting friendships.

ConsumerSocialWellness & Fitness

Maxime Barbier(Founder)in

Co-investorsBerliner Volksbank VenturesEnjoyventure ManagementRedstoneShilling VCTane Fund

Finnish games studio building a free-to-play tower defense title with blockchain-based tower collections.

Traplight is a game development studio that creates games with user-generated content (UGC) features, working on its own original IPs as well as titles built with high-profile brand partners.

Gaming

Treasure Play is developing technology focused on human-AI collaboration for work, described as an intelligent work platform.

AI & Machine LearningFuture of Work

Co-investorsMakers FundMAKERS

Tribo brings proven mobile games to the open web for instant browser play without app store downloads, and uses AI agents to run user acquisition, live operations, retention, and monetization.

AI & Machine LearningGamingMedia & EntertainmentHelsinki, FI

Arto Huhta(Founder)Borja Guillan(Founder)Mika Kuusisto(Founder)inIlkka Siik(Founder)in

Co-investorsSisu Game Ventures

Ubiquity DAO builds UbiquityOS, an open-source platform for automated, on-chain task rewards and DAO operations.

Uncommon develops Animalkind, an open-world village-building game where players control an animal piloting a mech to explore wilderness areas, meet other animals, and build villages with friends.

ConsumerGaming

Nate Rajalingam(Founder)in

Unlockd is a decentralized finance protocol that provides instant, asset-backed loans using real-world assets (RWAs) and NFTs as collateral, with AI-powered asset valuation.

AI & Machine LearningCrypto & Web3Fintech

Co-investorsEmoote

Uplane is an AI-powered platform for performance marketing that automates the generation of personalized ads and landing pages, campaign launches, and budget allocation across channels.

AdTechAI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareMarketing TechSaaSSan Francisco, US

Julius Körfgen(Co-Founder & CEO)inMarvin Abdel-Massih(Founder)inLukas Vollmer(Founder)inJulius Korfgen(Founder)in

Co-investorsY Combinator20VCRebel Fund

XDEFI, rebranding to Ctrl, offers a self-custody crypto wallet available as a Chrome extension and iOS/Android apps.

Crypto & Web3

Emile Dubié(Founder)in

Co-investorsGenblock CapitalJustin “3LAU” BlauRyze Labs

XPLA is a blockchain mainnet, transitioning to a rebrand called CONX, focused on connecting value across culture, finance, and technology in the web3 space.

Crypto & Web3

Co-investorsGOAL VenturesTRANSCENDBig Brain HoldingsHashedIVC

Zentry, formerly GuildFi, is building a blockchain-based "Superlayer" that unifies Web3, Web2, social and real-world gaming activity.

Co-investorsLongHash VenturesLPI FinancePantera CapitalPetRock CapitalSkyVision CapitalDWF Labs+1 more