Sisu Game Ventures
Venture capitalOslo · Pre-Seed–Series A · 7 people tracked
Also known as SISU MANAGEMENT LLC
Investment thesis
Sisu Game Ventures is an early-stage fund focused entirely on games, run by veteran game developers who position themselves as builders helping other founders. The firm prefers to invest very early — often first money in, at pre-revenue and pre-product stages. With deep roots in the Nordic region and its tradition of open collaboration, Sisu extends that collaborative ethos to its portfolio companies and co-investors, aiming to accelerate their growth and provide an edge in global competition. Its portfolio and founder network are fully global, and its own backers come largely from the game industry, including individual developers and game companies.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 7, 2026.
Team · 7 people
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What they invest in
from 40 of 67 portfolio companiesGaming ×36AI & Machine Learning ×9Consumer ×6Media & Entertainment ×5Developer Tools ×3Creator Economy ×2Enterprise Software ×2SaaS ×2
HQs:Finland×4United States×4Canada×1France×1Sweden×1
Investments · 67 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathHelsinki
Paul Bragiel(Board Member)Moaffak Ahmed(Board Chairman)Samuli Syvahuoko(Board Member)
Board seatMoaffak Ahmed· per SEC Form D · $1.1M raise · filed Jul 2015
Antihero Studios is a game studio building multiplayer mobile games focused on social play with friends.
ConsumerGaming
Bit Magic is a browser-based platform where users create playable games from text descriptions without coding or a game engine, and publish them instantly to a built-in audience.
AI & Machine LearningCreator EconomyGaming
Chamogames is a Swedish game developer creating physics-based, non-lethal first-person shooter (FPS) games focused on strategy and precision without violence.
Gaming
Dash Games develops casual mobile games, starting with Puzzle Punks, a player-versus-player match-3 game for iOS and Android.
Gaming
Austin, US
Garrett Young(Director)Jere Partanen(Director)Emanuel Palalic(Executive Officer, Director)Jeonghee Jin(Director)Daniel Bunting(Director)
Exit Plan Games is a video game developer whose title Bang-On Balls: Chronicles is a 3D platforming and collect-a-thon game set across various historical events, available on Steam.
Gaming
coherence provides a multiplayer engine, hosting options, and co-development services for building and running online multiplayer games in Unity.
Cloud ComputingDeveloper ToolsGaming
Phoenix Games acquires free-to-play game development studios and helps them grow through its proprietary AI-based "Uplift Platform," which optimizes user acquisition and monetization while letting founders retain studio independence.
AI & Machine LearningGaming
Extra Dimension Games is a video game development studio that prototypes, iterates, and builds original games based on player feedback.
GamingKitchener, CA
Unknown CEO & Co-Founder(CEO & Co-Founder)Unknown CTO & Co-Founder(CTO & Co-Founder)Unknown VP Eng & Co-Founder(VP Eng & Co-Founder)
Jam & Tea Studio is a game development studio building multiplayer games with emergent, AI-powered gameplay, including its released title Retail Mage and a flagship project codenamed Project Emily.
AI & Machine LearningGaming
J Aaron Farr(Co-founder & Chief Technical Officer)inT Carl Kwoh(Co-founder & Chief Executive Officer)inSamantha Bong(Chief Operating Officer)
Kinoa is an AI-powered LiveOps platform that lets mobile app companies and game studios manage user engagement, retention, and monetization from a single dashboard — including communications, remote config, segmentation, A/B testing, and user flows — without code changes or new app releases.
AI & Machine LearningGamingSaaS
Lightheart is a game studio that develops mobile action games, including Mr.
ConsumerGaming
Solfar is a virtual reality studio that develops VR games and experiences, including the title "In Death" and "Everest VR," available on platforms such as PlayStation VR.
Gaming
Neon Giant is a game development studio that creates AAA gaming entertainment experiences.
Gaming
Network Next provides network acceleration for multiplayer games, reducing latency for players with high ping.
Data & InfrastructureGaming
Nimble Fox is an AI tool for Unity developers that generates game assets and Unity components — including GameObjects, Prefabs, scripts, audio, characters, and particle systems — from text ideas.
AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsGaming
Playco develops web-based games that can be played instantly without app downloads, enabling multiplayer gaming across multiple platforms and devices.
Gaming
Playmore Games is a software and gaming company that develops Dized, a companion app helping players learn and play board games without reading rulebooks.
ConsumerGamingSaaSHelsinki, FI
Jouni JussilaTomi Vainikka
Psyon Games develops research-based mobile and visual novel games focused on health awareness, gamified diagnostics, and therapy, covering topics such as COVID-19 and ADHD.
Digital HealthGamingHealthtech
Resolution Games develops VR and spatial computing games including titles like Demeo, Spatial Ops, and Angry Birds VR for platforms including Apple Vision Pro, Meta Quest, PlayStation VR, and Nintendo Switch.
Gaming
Carl-Arvid Ewerbring(Founder)
Rocky Road is building a social gaming network that connects gamers.
GamingSocial
ScoreSpace runs monthly game jams where developers build games around a theme in 72 hours, then advances top titles to live platform testing and full publishing with monetization and live ops support.
GamingMedia & Entertainment
Seven Stars is a mobile game studio that develops casual games, including "Castaway Isle," a merge-and-restore game with a mystery narrative.
ConsumerGaming
Matchmade is an influencer marketing platform that connects brands and advertisers with YouTube creators, using machine learning and big data to match campaigns across over 16 million channels.
AI & Machine LearningCreator EconomyMarketing Tech
Skunkworks is a game development studio building games and products, with published work including collaboration with PG SOFT on the game Wild Bandito.
GamingHelsinki, FI
Starborne is a science-fiction strategy game set in an intergalactic universe where players command fleets, engage in tactical space battles, and explore frontiers.
Gaming
Superplus is a mobile game studio founded by former Rovio developers that builds casual multiplayer games for mobile devices.
GamingHelsinki, FI
Theorycraft Games is a game studio building competitive multiplayer and player-focused games, led by veterans from major franchises including League of Legends, VALORANT, Overwatch, and Diablo.
Gaming
Areeb Pirani(CEO)in
Rows marked “SEC filing” are inferred from directors named on the company's SEC Form D — public regulatory data, not a portfolio list published by the firm.
Frequently asked questions
- What stage does Sisu Game Ventures invest at?
- Sisu Game Ventures invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A stages.
- What sectors does Sisu Game Ventures focus on?
- Sisu Game Ventures focuses on Gaming.
- Where is Sisu Game Ventures located?
- Sisu Game Ventures is headquartered in Oslo, NO.
- Does Sisu Game Ventures lead rounds?
- Yes, Sisu Game Ventures leads investment rounds.
Media · Podcasts & interviews
featuring the teamSamuli Syvähuoko, Sisu Game Ventures
Bit1 Game Award · Samuli Syvähuoko
Co-investors · 1
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