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Top 50 ESports Angel Investors

A list of 50 angel investors that invest in Esports startups. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Esports companies. This investor list updates every month.

Top 50 ESports Angel Investors

Investor eSports investments
Sam Enrico Williams 17
Kevin Lin 5
Colin Carrier 4
Michael Ryan Dubin 3
Calvin Ayre 3
Jonas Nordlander 3
Zlatan Ibrahimovic 3
Kushal Shah 3
Shubhrendu Koche 3
David Ng 3
Tom Varkey 3
YuChiang Cheng 3
Daniel Tomov 3
Lance Priebe 3
Chad Hurley 3
Andrew Bogut 2
Ryan Moore 2
Dan Gilbert 2
Avichal Garg 2
Eric Seufert 2
Roger Ehrenberg 2
Richard Melmon 2
Kevin Durant 2
Blake Van Leer 2
Gabby Dizon 2
Gady Nemirovsky 2
Sandy Khaund 2
Gregory Milken 2
Rupert Loman 2
Ryan Shuler 2
Roham Gharegozlou 2
Jas Purewal 2
Vasim Akram 2
Donato Gonzalez 2
William Hockey 2
Nolan Bushnell 2
George Miller 2
Per Brilioth 2
Loren Roosendaal 2
Kai Huang 2
Ben Holmes 2
Steven Kaplan 2
Khalid AlTawil 2
Strauss Zelnick 2
Jaynti Kanani 2
Chris Lee 2
Tim Chae 2
Baron Davis 2
Michael Dornbrook 2
Alex Rigopulos 2
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Sam Enrico Williams Angel · London, England, United Kingdom · 9 investments in the past 12 months
Sam Enrico Williams is a CEO & Founder at Zloadr. Having built intelligent systems for the past 10 years, that have been implemented into corporate structures and organisations, Sam Enrico Williams brings a deep level and understanding of System Architecture. Sam has strong experience in Cryptocurrency, blockchain technology and economymarkets; needed to drive DocTailor to unprecedented levels.
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Investment focus
  • Blockchain, Web Apps, Fantasy Sports
  • Pre-Seed
  • United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
  • NFT Metadata Editor — Edit and customize the metadata of your NFTs. Connect your wallet, select the NFT, and this tool will allow you to modify the metadata, charging a fee for the service.
  • NFT Exhibition Space — Showcase your NFT collection in a virtual exhibition. Connect your wallet, select the NFTs, and this tool will create a virtual exhibition space for your collection.
  • Crypto Wealth Manager — Connect your wallet, input your holdings and financial goals, and this tool will provide portfolio management features and recommendations.
Kevin Lin Angel · San Francisco, California, United States · 5 investments in the past 12 months
Lin is the COO of Twitch, the world’s leading social video platform and community for gamers. He was instrumental in the 2011 launch of the platform when he joined Justin.tv in 2008. His role included attracting the site’s largest broadcasters and building out the partnership team among other activities which have helped grow the Twitch brand.Currently more than 100 million gamers gather every month on Twitch to broadcast live video, watch and chat about gaming, making the platform an industry leader.
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Investment focus
  • Gaming, Information Technology, Video Games
  • Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • United States, India, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
  • Karat Financial — Karat is the best card for creators, helping you save money, earn rewards, and grow your channel faster - because content IS a business.
  • Nest Wallet — Nest Wallet is a wallet created exclusively for traders, and all wallets are linked across mobile and extension.
  • Scriptic — Scriptic, interactive story games on mobile.
Colin Carrier Angel · Los Angeles, California, United States
Currently building new things @Oooh and @PinataFarms. Angel Investor. Venture Partner and Startup Advisor. Most recently at @Twitch I was leading a portfolio of incubation projects and corporate development.I like building companies and solving problems creatively. I've spent the better part of my career at three different live videostartups - two of which have been acquired for more than $1.2 billion combined. I've helped raise more than $100 million in fundraising from institutional and private investors. Back in the day, I learned how to PPT and XLS as a strategy consultant focused on media, entertainment and technology.
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Investment focus
  • Software, Internet, Apps
  • Seed, Series A, Funding Round
  • United States, Denmark
Portfolio highlights
  • MetaMap — Metamaps are customisable trust workflows that empower service providers to reach more customers.
  • Alt — Alt is increasing the transparency and liquidity of alternative assets
  • Empirical — Culinary & scientific innovations applied in flavor to spirits and cans. From premium spirits to ready to drink cans, Empirical has an exciting selection. Order today!
Michael Ryan Dubin Angel · Santa Monica, California, United States
Michael Dubin is a co-founder and chief executive officer of Dollar Shave Club, a monthly membership service that delivers fresh, stainless steel razor blades, and other personal grooming products to customers. Previously, he was the director of marketing and business development at Feed Company as well as a marketing associate at TIME Magazine.
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Investment focus
  • Gaming, Retail, eSports
  • Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • United States
Portfolio highlights
  • 4D Sight — Native video monetization and compliance platform.
  • Glosslab — We modernized the mani. Hygienic. Waterless. Efficient. The new salon experience that keeps you polished and ready for anything.
  • Liquid Death — Don't be scared, it's just water. 100% stone-cold mountain water (8.1+ PH). Infinitely recyclable aluminum cans. Death to plastic.
Calvin Ayre Angel
Calvin Ayre (born May 25, 1961, in Lloydminster, Saskatchewan, Canada) is the founder of the Bodog online gaming and entertainment brand, which he developed and launched in 1994.Ayre received a Bachelor of Sciences (BSc) in General Sciences from the University of Waterloo in 1984. In 1989, Ayre earned an MBA in Management Finance from CityUniversity of Seattle.
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Investment focus
  • Blockchain, Information Technology, Bitcoin
  • Seed, Funding Round, Series A
  • United States, United Kingdom, Spain
Portfolio highlights
  • Mijem — Mijem is the buy sell marketplace app to tap into your campus community. Save money. Earn cash. Connect with students. Download the free app.
  • Centi — Get a real-time payment solution designed for media, events, and e-commerce. Download the app and discover all the benefits Centi brings for business worldwide!
  • Transmira — Augmented and Virtual Reality Solutions
Jonas Nordlander Angel
Jonas Nordlander is a Co-Founder & CEO at Avito.ru.
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Investment focus
  • Apps, E-Commerce, Lifestyle
  • Funding Round, Seed, Angel
  • Sweden, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
  • Werlabs — Werlabs is a Stockholm based medical technology company founded by Will Stoddart and Rickard Lagerqvist, a general practioner. Werlabs provides customers with health analysis via blood testing. The company’s aim is to give users the tools and information to take care of their health.
  • Glue Home — Imagine coming back from work to a clean home, the parcel from your favourite online store is in the hallway, your groceries have been delivered to the fridge and your dry cleaning is in the closet. All done while you were out. Imagine that at the same time you were helping reduce traffic, pollution and create jobs in your community.Glueenables the secure delivery of products and services into the home while you are away. Glue aims to improve ecommerce, foster trust and collaboration in communities and optimise time and resources.Glue connects consumers homes with businesses. We enable access to the home via a proprietary award-winning digital smart lock and other digital locks using Glue’s API which lets users give out digital keys in the Glue app. We are integrated with leading logistics, retail and services companies to offer delivery into the home. With Glue’s In-Home delivery app couriers can securely unlock a customer’s home to deliver an order while the customer is out.
  • NA-KD.com — NA-KD.com is the next generation of fashion marketplaces. A predominantly mobile-based online shopping sanctuary for fashion addicts all over the world. Combined with a unique merchant service that unleashes the e-commerce power of digital brands and social influencers. Funded by the original founder and team behind Nelly.com (170 million USDonline fashion store).
Zlatan Ibrahimovic Angel
Zlatan Ibrahimovic
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Investment focus
  • eSports, Internet, PC Games
  • Funding Round
  • Sweden
Portfolio highlights
  • Isbit Games
  • Challengermode — Leading platform for esports competitions. Compete in high quality tournaments from the best organizers or create your own Space & monetize your community.
Kushal Shah Angel
Kushal Shah is a Senior Partner at Roland Berger's Dubai office and a Managing Partner for the Middle East. Prior to joining Roland Berger, he spent 12 years with a leading consultancy in London and Dubai. He studied Economics at Cambridge in the UK and he is a certified Chartered Accountant.
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Investment focus
  • eSports, Video, Gaming
  • Seed, Series B
  • Egypt, United States, United Arab Emirates
Portfolio highlights
  • VUZ — 360VUZ is the pioneer Immersive Social Mobile App Teleporting people in time. It captures and delivers live and on-demand 360 video and immersive experiences. The 360VUZ Mobile app Ranked #1 in the Entertainment category on App Store ahead of top players.360VUZ teleports people in live, virtual reality and video content – supporting in buildingthe ecosystem for live and on-demand Video and VR to become a mainstream experience for sporting events, exclusive happenings, Influencer Appearances, concerts, and more. Out in the market in 2017, 360VUZ has more than 2 patents and reached over 500 Million Screen Views per Year.
  • GBarena — GBarena is an online esports platform that serves the ecosystem stakeholders by the combination of a strong network of different esports communities, and a highly analytical tool to provide authentic value for all stakeholders (Publishers, Gamers, Tournament Organizers, Sponsors, Teams, and Media Partners).
  • YaLLa esports — YaLLa Esports was born out of a passion for gaming shared by friends, which ignited a mission to build a community of gamers with an organized structure in the MENA region, championing the gaming culture and building the perfect environment for professional gamers to flourish. We aim to position ourselves as a supportive hub for gamers of alllevels with a future vision of constructing and managing the very best teams in the region, competing on a global scale and showcasing the Middle Eastern & African talent in the international gaming stratosphere.
Shubhrendu Koche Angel
Shubhrendu Koche
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Investment focus
  • E-Commerce, Sports, eSports
  • Seed, Pre-Seed
  • India, Singapore, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
  • Fando — Sports & eSports : Fan Engagement Platform
  • Epic Impact — Epic is the app that rewards you for buying ethical products that are better for the planet, and empowers you to do more good, from offsetting your carbon footprint to donating to good causes.
  • BazaarNXT — B2B Marketplace for Packaging Materials, Manufacturing & Distribution
David Ng Angel
David Ng is the CEO & Founder of goGame.
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Investment focus
  • eSports, Media and Entertainment, Sports
  • Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Singapore
Portfolio highlights
  • Ampverse — Offering data-driven, proprietary tech-enabled, and creative e-sports influencer marketing solutions for Thailand and South East Asia companies.
  • Fando — Sports & eSports : Fan Engagement Platform
Tom Varkey Angel · Westfield, New Jersey, United States
Tom is a veteran in financial markets and is Principal at Stonehill Capital. Prior to this he has held positions with Lazard Asset Management & Fidelity Investments focusing on emerging markets and corporate debt. Tom is an MBA from Harvard Business School & has a MA in Quantitative Economics from Tufts University.
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Investment focus
  • Media and Entertainment, E-Learning, Education
  • Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
  • India, Singapore
Portfolio highlights
  • Fando — Sports & eSports : Fan Engagement Platform
  • Knocksense — A local news and recommendations platform.
  • Clever Harvey — Clever Harvey JuniorMBA is an online programme led by IIM and Ivy league alumni to teach your child the essentials of entrepreneurship, strategy and technology!
YuChiang Cheng Angel · San Francisco, California, United States
YuChiang Cheng is the Chief Product Officer of Zwift. YuChiang graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree from Colorado College. He lives in Silicon Valley and, when not playing golf, you’ll find him restoring classic cars, playing hockey and wrestling his dogs.
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Investment focus
  • eSports, Video Games, Gaming
  • Seed, Series A
  • United States, Germany
Portfolio highlights
  • Boom.tv — Your all in one hub for playing games, watching esports, and growing your fans!
  • VENN — VENN is a new 24/7 post-cable network aimed at gaming, esports and entertainment audiences. Launching in 2020 and broadcasting live from studios in New York and Los Angeles, VENN will be distributed across a broad range of media platforms and offer original programming produced in-house and in partnership with some of the biggest names andcreators across industries.
  • G2 Esports — Welcome to G2 Esports, one of the leading global esports and entertainment brands. Home to legendary players, creators, and entertainers.
Daniel Tomov Angel · Sofia, Grad Sofiya, Bulgaria
Daniel is founding partner at Eleven Accelerator Venture Fund and investing in some of the most promising and exciting tech startups in CEE. Daniel has been involved in startups since 2000 as early stage investor and funded (in some cases bootstrapping) entrepreneur in diverse domains ranging from software to mobile to consumer goods torenewable energy. He has been lucky to meet and befriend with some of the greatest tech entrepreneurs in our region.
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Investment focus
  • Software, FinTech, Small and Medium Businesses
  • Seed, Pre-Seed, Series B
  • Bulgaria, United Kingdom, Malta
Portfolio highlights
  • Edgar — Edgar believes that a good story can beat even the biggest of marketing budgets. This is especially true for SMBs and all the crafters and makers out there. Instead of spending big on traditional advertising, brands should engage their peers with great content. To fix the industry, they created Edgar. Edgar gives brands the tools and access to thebest creatives (brand storytellers, writers, illustrators), so that they can delight their customers with awesome stories. StoryMarket is the place where Edgar hosts a hand-picked selection of storytellers from around the world. From copywriters, journalists, editors, illustrators, photographers to animators, outreach experts and community managers, they have the talent needed to craft awesome brand stories. Edgar handles strategy, management, creation and distribution of content. The scope of the campaign depends on each customer. Creating the brief and defining the scope is as easy as ordering a frozen yogurt. From a single piece of content, to a set of Instagram/Vine videos, or dedicated storytelling expert that sticks with the brand forever and ever. Edgar makes sure the content is nothing less than perfect and is delivered to you in record time (first piece no later than 10 working days). The creatives and freelancers working with Edgar benefit from their lightweight yet powerful storytelling tools. StoryCrafter is a tool for short, visual stories. Stories take the form of visualized storylines with interactive elements that boost engagement. You create the story by drag and dropping your photos, Instagrams, Vine or YouTube videos and spicing it up with short captions. Brands equip the stories with their contact, brief information and a call to action at the end of the story. Etsy artists for example sell their products straight from the story, while wineries invite people for a wine tasting. Sharing and embedding is done in seconds, while they make sure the story looks and feels exactly the same wherever. Be it web, mobile or tablets. With each story, the Edgar community is growing. A community of freelance storytellers that Edgar empowers with tools and opportunity to be rewarded for their skills. And a community of active visitors who return to be inspired by great content every single day. Brands and individuals benefit greatly from Edgar as it helps them engage their potential customers. And helps them convert existing customers into fans. At the end, there’s no more powerful instrument than people telling stories about your brand.
  • Native Teams — Native Teams is a platform that offers payments and employment tools for freelancers, remote workers, and clients. Native Teams was founded in 2021 and was headquartered in London.
  • Join The Players — Join The Players is a tech company that brings the sports experience to the next level by providing automatic video, highlights, and statistics of mini-football games.
Lance Priebe Angel
Lance Priebe
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Investment focus
  • eSports, SaaS, Content Delivery Network
  • Seed, Angel, Funding Round
  • Canada
Portfolio highlights
  • WTFast — WTFast is here to help you get rid of pesky online gaming problems and bid farewell to Fortnite lag, PUBG lag, Dota 2 lag, CSGO lag, LOL lag and hundred of other games.
  • PLAYR.gg — Surf Giveaways is the #1 platform to run giveaways, sweepstakes, and contests for gamers. Grow your audience and build your community with giveaways now!
  • Two Hat Security — Community Sift product page.
Chad Hurley Angel · Burlingame, California, United States
Chad Hurley is the Co-Founder and Chairman at Greenpark Sports and the Co-Founder of AVOS Systems. He earned his bachelor's degree in fine art at Indiana University of Pennsylvania.
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Investment focus
  • Internet, Sports, Software
  • Seed, Funding Round, Pre-Seed
  • United States, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
  • Polycam — Capture reality with Polycam's LiDAR scanner & photogrammetry. Make 3D scans and download 3D models. Available on iPhone, iPad, Android and Web.
  • NocoDB — NocoDB is an open-source Airtable alternative that transforms existing databases into a smart spreadsheet. The company was founded in 2021 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California, United States.
  • Socket — Socket fights vulnerabilities and provides visibility, defense-in-depth, and proactive supply chain protection for JavaScript, Python, and Go dependencies.
Andrew Bogut Angel
Andrew Bogut
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Investment focus
  • Sports, eSports, Gaming
  • Seed, Series A, Series D
  • Australia, United States
Portfolio highlights
  • SportsIcon — Venture Studio harnessing frontier technology to build innovative approaches in sports, media, and entertainment.
  • Bare — Bare provides a quality cremation service and a dedicated care team that helps you each step of the way. Arrange online or via phone. Call us on 1800 071 176
  • Live Graphic Systems — Live Sports Graphics - "Next-gen" live graphics for a new era of sports broadcast. No hardware, no designers, no graphics operators, up and running in minutes.
Ryan Moore Angel · Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Ryan is known as a founding investor who takes on the riskiest sectors and business models. Undaunted by regulatory risk around antiquated gambling laws and convinced of a new generation of sports fans indoctrinated into the world of reality TV and experiential media, he was the first institutional investor in the United States to bet on andvalidate Daily Fantasy Sports and online gambling. In 2011 a small team of performance marketers at Vistaprint founded DraftKings; Ryan seeded the company with $500k and for the first two years of the company’s existence was its sole institutional investor. In 2013 Ryan brokered DraftKings’ landmark partnership with Major League Baseball, paving the way for the company to establish partnerships with every major professional league and a majority of professional teams in the US. He has structured every round of capital on DraftKings’ cap table since its founding, facilitating over $900M in fundraising despite significant regulatory headwinds. Today, DraftKings is operating the first legal online sportsbook in the US and has 11M, active users, on its platform that generate over $3B in entry fees and handle.In 2012 Ryan was the founding investor in Plastiq, an online payments platform founded by Harvard undergrads. Payments is a legacy industry reluctant to change and fraught with regulatory barriers, but Ryan was undaunted by the risk of both the sector and first-time founders. Since founding, Ryan sourced and facilitated each of the company’s fundraising rounds, most recently bringing in Kleiner Perkins and DST for a $27M financing. Plastiq processes over $1B in transactions annually.In 2013 Ryan was the founding investor in Crew, a design and development services marketplace. In 2017 he and the founders crafted and spun out Unsplash, the world’s largest photo-sharing community built on the theme of decentralization of photos and visual content. Unsplash has outpaced both Shutterstock and Getty combined. In 2018, Ryan facilitated Unsplash’s $12M Series A with Bedrock Capital.Ryan is a well-networked fundraiser. Most recently he sourced and structured financings at Currencycloud (Sapphire Ventures, Series C/D, $43M; Google Ventures, Series E) and Skillz (Telstra and Liberty Media, Series C, $17M; NFL and Wildcat, Series D, $35M). Before joining Atlas, he sourced and facilitated the sale of Enpocket to Nokia, WHERE to Paypal, and Vela Systems to Autodesk.Ryan also sits on the board of MOO, Globoforce, and Secret Escapes, all of which generate over $100M in revenue annually. He graduated with an AB in economics from Princeton, where he captained the football team and served in the ROTC.
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Investment focus
  • E-Commerce, Internet, Marketplace
  • Series A, Seed, Series B
  • United States, Canada, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
  • Jock MKT — Jock MKT is where daily fantasy sports becomes a stock exchange. Buy and sell in real-time for real money. Stay in the game and start trading today!
  • WePlayed — WePlayed Sports' intelligent short-form video platform automatically converts full-length game film into ready-to-share highlights.Powered by pioneering technology, the WePlayed Sports platform is focused on providing a new, efficient way to make the most meaningful #moments in sports readily available to fans everywhere. By automaticallyconverting the full-length game film into ready-to-share #moments, WePlayed empowers teams, leagues, and other sports-centric organizations to meet fans’ growing demand for short-form video.WePlayed has partnered with several industry leaders, including LEARFIELD, SIDEARM Sports, WMT, and the NCAA along with schools from the SEC, ACC, Big 12, Big East, Ivy League, Sun Belt, and NEWMAC conferences. WePlayed is helping these organizations increase fan engagement and showcase athletes through short-form videos.
  • FanUp — FanUp gamifies sports and esports for every fan.FanUp is, Fantasy sports and esports re-imagined; with fun, interactive, and pop-culture styled contests. Our brands, prizes and social features, cater to causal fans and a younger demographic, ensuring we grow the entire market.We’re not a betting app, we’re far greater.Most apps focus on35-60-year-old middle-age men.FanUp was created for 18-34 year-old social fans and young professionals.Our users:- Love sports and esports gaming - Are 2.5x more likely to game and compete w/ social features - Are more diverse (43% are women) - Want to interact with pop-culture, brands and influencersOur mantra: Fans and innovation first, always.We’re leading a transformative shift in sports and culture.Squad up and compete year-round in contests for your fav sports & esports leagues.FanUp, and may the best fans win.
Dan Gilbert Angel · Detroit, Michigan, United States
Dan Gilbert is the Founder and Chairman of Quicken Loans. He previously worked at StockX as an Investor. Dan Gilbert attended Wayne State University.
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Investment focus
  • Sports, Digital Media, Internet
  • Series B, Series A, Series D
  • United States, Israel, Germany
Portfolio highlights
  • dub — The first Copy-Trading platform for stocks. Copy anyone's investments. For free. Regulated Broker-Dealer member FINRA and SIPC & FDIC insured.
  • G2 Esports — Welcome to G2 Esports, one of the leading global esports and entertainment brands. Home to legendary players, creators, and entertainers.
  • 100 Thieves — 100 Thieves is the premier lifestyle brand and gaming organization. Find out more about 100 Thieves and shop the latest premium apparel drops at 100thieves.com.
Avichal Garg Angel · Stanford, California, United States · 2 investments in the past 12 months
Avichal is Managing Partner at Electric Capital. He is a serial entrepreneur and technology executive. Avichal sold two companies and was most recently Director of Product at Facebook, which acquired his company Spool in 2012. He previously worked at Google on search ranking and ads ranking, is part-time at YCombinator, and an active angelinvestor.Avichal's firm, Electric Capital, focuses on cryptocurrencies that are rooted in technological utility. Electric performs deep technological diligence, such as compiling code, profiling nodes, and analyzing blockchains with in-house software. The founders of Electric have started and sold five companies, have been investing in cryptocurrencies since 2013, and are investors in Anchor, Bitwise, Chia, Coda, dYdX, Dfinity, Oasis, Thunder and many other crypto projects.
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Investment focus
  • Software, Blockchain, Internet
  • Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • United States, Canada, Mexico
Portfolio highlights
  • Pulley — Pulley has helped thousands of companies manage their cap table and equity. Onboard with us today.
  • Soul Wallet — Soul Wallet is a smart contract wallet.
  • Magrathea — Magrathea Metals is a mining company that unlocks centuries of growth in human civilization by reducing the socioenvironmental impacts.
Eric Seufert Angel · San Francisco, California, United States
Eric Seufert is a quantitative marketing and user acquisition specialist with a deep appreciation for the freemium business model. He is currently the VP of User Acquisition and Engagement at Rovio Entertainment; prior to Rovio, Eric held marketing, strategy, and analytics positions at Wooga, Digital Chocolate, and Skype. In 2014, Eric published abook on the Freemium Model, Freemium Economics, through Elsevier.
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Investment focus
  • Mobile Advertising, Digital Marketing, Marketing
  • Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
  • Israel, Austria, Finland
Portfolio highlights
  • INCRMNTAL — INCRMNTAL is an incrementality measurement platform for mobile Advertising. True mobile attribution focuses on incrementality testing.
  • ContextSDK — ContextSDK transforms your app using real-time user context to improve conversions. Enhance user satisfaction and raise app revenue by knowing your users' unique needs, no matter where they are.
  • Odeeo — People play casual games to relax and have fun. So it’s no wonder the world’s 2.7bn free2play mobile gamers find aggressive full-screen ads annoying. Odeeo’s audio ad platform gets gamers. It’s built to amplify the in-game experience by overlaying contextual audio ads that players actually want to hear. For game developers, that meansmonetizing untapped in-game real estate and boosting incremental ad revenue—without hurting retention.For leading brands, it means cutting through the noise to target an attentive audience at ultra scale in an immersive brand-safe environment. And gamers? They can just play on!
Roger Ehrenberg Angel · New York, New York, United States · 5 investments in the past 12 months
Roger Ehrenberg is the founder and Managing Partner of IA Ventures, a firm that invests in companies creating competitive advantage through data.
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Investment focus
  • Advertising, FinTech, Software
  • Series A, Seed, Series B
  • United States, United Kingdom, Canada
Portfolio highlights
  • SlamBall — SlamBall is a global sports league association. It was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, California.
  • FL Newsletter — Fantasy Life keeps you up to date on all of the latest NFL news, fantasy analysis, sports betting tips, and hot topics around the fantasy watercooler.
  • Gemini Sports Analytics — Gemini Sports Analytics teams improve operations from top-to-bottom by making each step of the data lifecycle simpler and powerful analytics more accessible. Leveraged expertise supports organizations in the business of improving athlete welfare and enhancing performance.
Richard Melmon Angel · San Francisco, California, United States
Richard Melmon is the Co-founder and an Emeritus Partner at Bullpen Capital. He previously worked at Regis McKenna Inc as a Partner. Richard Melmon attended Stanford University Graduate School of Business.
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Investment focus
  • Events, Sports, eSports
  • Seed, Funding Round
  • United States
Portfolio highlights
  • Hearo.Live - Multiplayer TV — Laugh, talk, and cheer with friends while watching YouTube, Netflix, ESPN, and more in full-screen HD, like you're on a big cozy couch together. #MultiplayerTV #TheFutureOfTogether
Kevin Durant Angel · Oakland, California, United States · 7 investments in the past 12 months
Kevin Durant is a 12-year NBA veteran who plays for the Brooklyn Nets. He is a 2x NBA Champion and Finals MVP; having also won an NBA MVP Award, four NBA scoring titles, two Olympic gold medals, two NBA All-Star Game MVP Awards, and an NBA Rookie of the Year Award. He is also a ten-time NBA All-Star. Off the court, Durant is co-founder andpartner of Thirty Five Ventures. Thirty Five Ventures includes his diverse investment portfolio, including companies such as Postmates, Acorns, Overtime, & Coinbase; the media and creative development arm; and the Kevin Durant Charity Foundation.Projects under the Thirty Five Ventures umbrella include the sports business vertical “The Boardroom,” in partnership with ESPN, which examines the ins and outs of sports business and illuminates the world of sports far beyond what fans ordinarily see. Kevin also served as an executive producer on Fox Sports Films’ “Q Ball,” which premiered at the San Francisco International Film Festival in Spring 2019. Upcoming projects include the scripted series “SWAGGER” with Imagine Entertainment and Apple. Last fall also saw the opening of The Durant Center in Suitland, Maryland, the Kevin Durant Charity Foundation’s college pipeline program in conjunction with College Track.
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Investment focus
  • Financial Services, Software, FinTech
  • Series A, Seed, Series B
  • United States, Canada, France
Portfolio highlights
  • MEDIVIS — Medivis is a leader in AR for healthcare, using augmented reality and artificial intelligence to advance medical imaging and surgical precision.
  • Plenty — Plenty makes it easy for modern partners to invest and plan for their future together. Effortlessly invest like the 1% and turn your goals and dreams into reality.
  • Shibuya — Welcome to Shibuya, a platform for high potential short films. We provide creators with a full-stack solution to fund films and shorts, build community, and foster an engaged fanbase. Fans can fund their favorite films, participate in the creative process, and join communities for the films they love most.
Blake Van Leer Angel · Charlotte, North Carolina, United States
Experienced executive and entrepreneur with the proven ability to drive company growth with a North Star metric. Demonstrated ability to lead a team and process to meet revenue benchmarks. Extensive experience in growth strategies, revenue lift, team building, strategic acquisitions, business development, sales processes, customer retention, branddevelopment, product-market fit, data analytics, ROI, ecommerce and AI tool management.Blake’s love for technology and business began as a teenager with developing online video games, involving complex ecosystems, community building, fictional currency, economics and guerilla marketing. After college, he started his career with data analytics and project management for land development companies where he assisted with the siting, permitting, marketing and technology of numerous residential, commercial, heavy construction, solid waste and gas to energy projects. Blake also oversaw data analytics for population growth and trash production calculations.Today, Blake serves as EVP and GM at Proto AI, a AI company for practical real world applications He serves as Special Advisor to Kathy Ireland® ($3.1B annual revenue) providing strategic planning on high level topics, partnerships, acquisitions and technology endeavors. Blake is also the Co-Founder & Advisor of Padlist, Inc., a national real estate platform, and Padfinders, an apartment locator service in Washington, DC.Specialties: Growth & Revenue Strategies, Product or Vertical Launch, Product-Market Fit, Sales Processes, North Star Metrics, Brand Voice, Team Leadership, Brand Development, Blockchain, AI, Data Analytics and Virality.
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Investment focus
  • Artificial Intelligence, FinTech, Financial Services
  • Seed, Equity Crowdfunding, Funding Round
  • United States
Portfolio highlights
  • Padlist — Rent an apartment ASAP from thousands of options
  • Jet Token — Jet Token is a private aviation booking and membership platform. They offer their own HondaJets for member service in the Southwestern US, or book any one of 4,000 jets on their marketplace - including the largest open fleet of private aircraft in the country.
  • Hearo.Live - Multiplayer TV — Laugh, talk, and cheer with friends while watching YouTube, Netflix, ESPN, and more in full-screen HD, like you're on a big cozy couch together. #MultiplayerTV #TheFutureOfTogether
Gabby Dizon Angel · Pasig, Rizal, Philippines · 4 investments in the past 12 months
Gabby Dizon is the Chairman and co-founder of Alto.io, a Singapore-based game platform that connects games to the blockchain. He helped pioneer the Philippine game industry as part of the team that released the first Filipino-made game in 2003. Gabby is also CEO of game developer Altitude Games and former President of the Game DevelopersAssociation of the Philippines. Gabby helps champion the game development industry in Southeast Asia and is an active member of the Philippine startup community.
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Investment focus
  • Blockchain, Gaming, Cryptocurrency
  • Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • United States, Australia, Hong Kong
Portfolio highlights
  • Mocaverse — Mocaverse is the Animoca Brands membership NFT collection of 8,888 unique beings: The Mocas. Join the Mocas in the realms to Learn, Play, Do Good, and Build together as we champion our Web3 values!
  • Pixels — Pixels is a play-to-earn MMO game built around the NFT assets you already own. Build your NFT a home in the metaverse and get farming.
  • Proof of Play — We are a team of veteran game developers and entrepreneurs creating onchain games and open source technology. Our vision is simple: to create generation-defining games that fundamentally grant power and ownership to the players who play them.
Gady Nemirovsky Angel · San Francisco, California, United States
Nemirovsky has more than 20 years of experience, including 10 years as founder and CEO of Sonnet Financial and Adzaar. Prior to Sonnet, Nemirovsky held senior positions at AlterEgo Networks and C*ATS Software, and began his career as an institutional funds manager at J.P. Morgan Investment Management. Gady serves as director or advisor on severalcorporate boards, including Grayboxx.com, Kinfo.com, Glyphiti.com, and TransAria. Gady holds a BS Economics from the Wharton School of Business and a BS Electrical Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania.
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Investment focus
  • Apps, Social Media, Software
  • Seed, Angel, Funding Round
  • United States
Portfolio highlights
  • Buffer — Use Buffer to manage your social media so that you have more time for your business. Join 160,000+ small businesses today.
  • Hearo.Live - Multiplayer TV — Laugh, talk, and cheer with friends while watching YouTube, Netflix, ESPN, and more in full-screen HD, like you're on a big cozy couch together. #MultiplayerTV #TheFutureOfTogether
  • Handipoints — Handipoints features a virtual world for kids and a chore chart system for families. Parents create printable online playing charts and kids earn points by checking off their tasks.The more chores they do, the more points they earn. Kids can redeem their points for games, movies and clothes for their CoolCat kitty avatars in HandiLand. This isan online world where they can also talk to and play with other kids.Kids can also redeem their points for real life rewards to keep them motivated. Parents can use this system to set up allowance programs and more online.Unlike other children's sites, Handipoints is a practical chore solution for families married to a fun and motivational virtual world for kids.
Sandy Khaund Angel · San Francisco, California, United States
Unique mix of business, entrepreneurship, and leadership skills coupled with deep technical expertise in complex software systems & social computing. Diverse background including engineering management, strategy consulting, product marketing, business development, and startup experience across enterprise software, internet technologies, andmobile devices.
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Investment focus
  • Mobile, Sports, eSports
  • Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel
  • United States
Portfolio highlights
  • GiftAMeal — Each time a user takes a photo at a participating restaurant on the GiftAMeal app, a meal is provided to someone in need through a local food bank!
  • Mission Control — Mission Control is a platform for gathering and growing community using recreational esports, similar to a local adult softball league or college intramurals, but with video games.
  • Tutored by Teachers — Online Tutoring. Powered by Teachers. High Dosage Tutoring Programs.
Gregory Milken Angel · Santa Monica, California, United States
Gregory Milken is Managing Director at March Capital Partners, where he focuses on investments in digital media, gaming and esports. Gregory has led March Capital’s investments in broadcasting solution Genvid Technologies, game mastery platform Dojo Madness, and game developers nWay and Wavedash. Gregory has over 15 years of entrepreneuriall and operational experience. He was the co-founder and COO of AltEgo, a cloud-based technology and gaming company. Prior to his work in technology, he worked in strategy and operations for Knowledge Universe Education, new business development at Warner Bros. in Hong Kong and London, and at Twentieth Century Fox.Gregory received his M.B.A. from the Stanford University Graduate School of Business, and a M.A. in international policy studies from Stanford University. He also received a B.A. in international relations and Asian studies from the University of Pennsylvania.
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Investment focus
  • Video Games, eSports, Gaming
  • Seed, Series A, Series B
  • United States, Germany, India
Portfolio highlights
  • MovieLaLa — MovieLaLa is a social network for movie fans: discovering upcoming movies through friends and favorite stars. For marketers, MovieLaLa is a marketing platform to help movie marketers increase the buzz, awareness and engagement of upcoming movies to ensure strong first week sales.Marc Benioff's investment brings the startup to $750,000 infunding across its seed funding and angel rounds, and its other invetors include Machininma co-founder and CEO Allen DeBevoise, past HBO president of digital initiatives and Warner Bros Online co-founder Jim Moloshok, founding Flixster investor Larry Braitman and more investors from the entertainment industry. If the company succeeds, it could stengthen ties between Hollywood and Silicon Valley after an era of digital piracy tore them apart.
  • Knock Knock — WEB3.0 is not just the next generation of the Internet. It is an evolution that combines decentralization, cryptocurrencies, and smart contracts, bringing them into the world of game development.
  • Gunslinger Studios — Gunslinger Studios is a game studio bent on bringing the thrill of multiplayer gaming to mobile players in a minute or less-- something that fits a schedule but scratches the itch for competing and moving forward in a game world. The studio is creating quick, one-hand-controlled experiences for a ge
Rupert Loman Angel · Brighton, East Sussex, United Kingdom
Rupert Loman
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Investment focus
  • Digital Entertainment, Video Games, Media and Entertainment
  • Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • United Kingdom, United States
Portfolio highlights
  • Alter — Alter is an open source, cross-platform SDK consisting of a real-time 3D avatar system and motion capture built from scratch for web3 interoperability and the open metaverse.
  • Carter — Carter is a startup working on conversational AI to help game developers make computerized gaming characters.
  • OTHERWORLD — OTHERWORLD is a virtual island paradise in the cloud, home to VR’s best experiences across entertainment, arts, education and wellness, reached through unique, multi-sensory ‘immersion pods’ in its growing network of city centre venues.Since opening its first site in Shoreditch, East London in 2019, over 50,000 people have experienced OTHERWORLD,including celebrities Adele, Skepta, Jonathan Ross, KSI and Fnatic. The team have won plaudits at the FRAME Awards 2020 and a nomination for the VR Awards 2020.
Ryan Shuler Angel · New York, New York, United States
Ryan Shuler is a venture executive having held senior leadership roles leading direct-to-consumer practices in startup organizations across the private and public sectors. Prior to Legendary Ventures, he was the co-founder of a southern California-based 501(c)(3) non-profit. His entrepreneurial spirit subsequently led him to launch his own dietarysupplement company primarily targeting women. Ryan’s exemplary work ethic complement his natural affinity to “bridge gap” in some of the fastest growing startup categories in the venture ecosystem.
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Investment focus
  • Internet of Things, E-Commerce, Artificial Intelligence
  • Pre-Seed, Seed, Funding Round
  • United States, South Korea, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
  • Ome — Ome is reinventing the way we cook at home by leveraging smart technology to bring automation to the kitchen.
  • Donut Media — Shop exclusive merch and apparel from the Donut Media Official Store. Hoodies, tee shirts, posters, accessories, and more.
  • Immersive Systems — Immersive Systems is a media company that specializes in providing integration of stats, highlights, and images for e-sports fans. It provides a media platform for fan engagement in the e-sports industry and community. Immersive Systems was founded in 2017 and headquartered in Pennsylvania, United States.
Roham Gharegozlou Angel · San Francisco, California, United States · 4 investments in the past 12 months
Roham is founder and CEO of Axiom Zen, an award-winning venture studio that specializes in emerging technology. Axiom Zen’s first public blockchain project, CryptoKitties, is the world’s most successful blockchain game and the first decentralized application to effectively engage a consumer audience. CryptoKitties has been covered by Fortune,Bloomberg, and the BBC, accounting for roughly a quarter of the Ethereum network’s traffic within a week of launch and introducing hundreds of thousands of new users to blockchain technology. Axiom Zen was named first among Canada’s Most Innovative Companies by Canadian Business. Their products have touched 200+ million consumers and are used by the world’s leading companies, including Facebook, Microsoft, and NASA, as well as by eminent academic institutions and government organizations. They pride themselves in diversity of talent: a team of ~80+ creatives includes published authors, over a dozen former founders, diversity from 20+ national origins, and decades of collective experience at startups and Fortune 500s alike. Axiom Zen has been working with Bitcoin and various forms of blockchain and distributed ledger technologies since 2014. Axiom Zen is also the team behind ZenHub, the world’s leading collaboration solution for technical teams using GitHub; and the developer of Timeline, named Apple’s Best App of January, Editor’s Choice in 10 countries, and Best New App in 88 countries. Axiom Zen is the creator of Toby, recognized as Top Chrome Extension of the year by both Google and Product Hunt, and the parent company of Hammer & Tusk, a leader in the world of immersive experiences (AR/VR). Axiom Zen's work has been featured in TIME Magazine, The New York Times, Vice, and Fast Company. History Prior to founding Axiom Zen, Roham served with the Rising Tide Fund bas
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Investment focus
  • Blockchain, Software, Cryptocurrency
  • Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • United States, Canada, Poland
Portfolio highlights
  • Code — Code is a Canadian payment platform provider that makes it simple for web developers to collect modest payments from consumers worldwide.
  • Bastion — Bastion blends the best of web2 and web3 technologies to broaden opportunities for organizations and their customers.
  • Story Protocol — Story Protocol is building open IP infrastructure to grow the creativity of the internet era.
Jas Purewal Angel · London, England, United Kingdom
Jas Purewal is a leading European eSports and digital entertainment lawyer and business advisor. He advises some of the world’s leading eSports teams, investors, and more. He also advises leading European game developers and businesses. After over a decade of legal practice, Jas founded Purewal & Partners, Europe’s first digital entertainmentand tech law firm.
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Investment focus
  • Gaming, eSports, Video Games
  • Seed, Pre-Seed
  • United Kingdom, United States
Portfolio highlights
  • Alter — Alter is an open source, cross-platform SDK consisting of a real-time 3D avatar system and motion capture built from scratch for web3 interoperability and the open metaverse.
  • Carter — Carter is a startup working on conversational AI to help game developers make computerized gaming characters.
  • Village Studio — Village Studio aims to help Web3 games improve interoperability and provide value to players and developers.
Vasim Akram Angel · Cuddapah, Andhra Pradesh, India · 2 investments in the past 12 months
An Entrepreneur & Student
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Investment focus
  • eSports
  • Seed
  • India
Portfolio highlights
  • Flame Esports — Flame Esports is an organization that aims to provide opportunities in the world of esports games.
Donato Gonzalez Angel
Donato Gonzalez is the president at Société Générale Group.
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Investment focus
  • Gaming, Mobile, eSports
  • Series A, Funding Round
  • Spain
Portfolio highlights
  • EGoGames — EGoGames develops and provides an esports platform for mobile devices. It is a platform for mobile skill games that enable participants to compete against each other and win real money prizes. EGoGames has an ambitious and qualified team, surrounded by collaborators. With an initial valuation of 3 million euros, EGoGames positions itself as theSpanish Start-up with the highest pre-launch rating in history.EGoGames was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Madrid, Spain.
William Hockey Angel · San Francisco, California, United States · 5 investments in the past 12 months
William Hockey is the Co-CEO of Column. He previously worked at Bain & Company as an Associate. William Hockey attended Emory University.
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Investment focus
  • Software, FinTech, Financial Services
  • Seed, Series A, Series B
  • United States, Singapore, Pakistan
Portfolio highlights
  • Boom — Boom is the easiest way to build credit credit with your rent. With Boom, report your rent payments to all three credit bureaus for as little as $2 per month. Enroll in minutes.
  • Maza — Maza is a mobile app that offers financial products and digital banking services.
  • Slash — Tens of thousands of online businesses use Slash to track their profits, earn cash back, and get faster payouts from platforms like GOAT and Amazon. No LLC required, no account fees, no minimum balance, and no credit checks.
Nolan Bushnell Angel · Los Angeles, California, United States
Nolan Bushnell is the Founder and CEO of X2 Games. He previously worked at modalVR as a CoFounder and Chairman. Nolan attended the University of Utah.
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Investment focus
  • Gaming, Video Games, eSports
  • Seed, Angel, Debt Financing
  • United States, Canada
Portfolio highlights
  • WTFast — WTFast is here to help you get rid of pesky online gaming problems and bid farewell to Fortnite lag, PUBG lag, Dota 2 lag, CSGO lag, LOL lag and hundred of other games.
  • Wonder — Introducing a new kind of home dining experience. Currently available in areas of New Jersey.
  • Wonder — Introducing a new kind of home dining experience. Currently available in areas of New Jersey.
George Miller Angel
George Miller
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Investment focus
  • Gaming, Sports, eSports
  • Seed, Series A
  • United States
Portfolio highlights
Per Brilioth Angel · Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
Per Brilioth - CEO @ VNV Global
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Investment focus
  • Apps, Software, Transportation
  • Series B, Funding Round, Seed
  • Sweden, United Kingdom, The Netherlands
Portfolio highlights
  • memmo.me — memmo.me provides a webpage for offering and distributing personalized video messages from actors, athletes, musicians, and other talent.
  • Arro — Discover the shared daily operating system that helps you get more from life and work. Get to Day Zero together.
  • Surfboard — Surfboard; Simpler, smarter and fairer scheduling software for customer support teams at scale. Click to learn more about our WFM solution.
Loren Roosendaal Angel · Breda, Noord-Brabant, The Netherlands
Loren Roosendaal is the Founder and Chairman of Knowingo.
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Investment focus
  • eSports, Blockchain, Online Games
  • Seed, Funding Round
  • Panama
Portfolio highlights
  • Ignite Tournaments — Ready to take your mobile games to the next level? Join Ignite Tournaments and compete in real money esports tournaments. Download our app now and win big!
Kai Huang Angel · Cupertino, California, United States
Kai Huang is the Senior Advisor of Grishin Robotics. He attended the University of California Berkeley.Kai is a Venture Partner at Idea Bulb Ventures. He is the co-founder and ex-CEO of RedOctane and the co-creator of the Guitar Hero video game franchise, acquired by Activision in June 2006. Kai was also co-founder and CEO of Adux Software, asoftware company developing solutions for the server appliance market. Prior to Adux Software, he was a consultant with Accenture, where he worked with Fortune 500 clients in the area of supply chain management. He is an active, serial angel investor. Kai holds a BA in Computer Science from the University of California at Berkeley.
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Investment focus
  • Software, Gaming, Advertising
  • Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
  • United States, Canada
Portfolio highlights
  • Tresl — Segments by Tresl is a self-guided data analytics platform that helps you build long-lasting customer relationships.
  • Taelor — Taelor is a subscription fashion service that powers men to rent styles for work, weekends and events.
  • 4D Sight — Native video monetization and compliance platform.
Ben Holmes Angel · London, England, United Kingdom
Ben is a Partner at Index Ventures, having joined the London office in 2002. Ben focuses on the software and internet sectors and has been actively involved with many of the firm's consumer and media investments. He currently sits on the boards of Astley Clarke, Grey Area Labs, iZettle, Just-Eat, King.com, Mind Candy, Notonthehighstreet,Rebtel, Secret Escapes, Shapeways, Stardoll and Twoo. He was previously a Director of Panther Express and Playfish (Electronic Arts).Prior to joining Index Ventures, he worked at the NewMedia Spark investment fund, before becoming Vice President at EO plc, a Spark portfolio company in the consumer financial services sector. Previously he spent four years at OC&C Strategy Consultants, advising firms in the retail and IT sectors.He has a Masters degree in Engineering, Economics and Management from Oxford University.
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Investment focus
  • Gaming, Software, Internet
  • Seed, Series A, Series B
  • United Kingdom, Denmark, Sweden
Portfolio highlights
  • Viker — Viker is a mobile studio that designs, develops and publishes mobile and computer games for OS and Android systems.
  • Claimer — Claimer is a self-service application that gets credit claims done easily of money spent on research and development. Its platform empowers company owners and advisors to prepare their claims, without any specialist knowledge, no matter how big or small the claim. It also prepares and submits the amended tax return for free.Claimer was founded in2019 by Adam McCann and is headquartered in Croydon, United Kingdom.
  • MyJam — All the food you love in one place.
Steven Kaplan Angel
Mr. Kaplan is a Principal and the former head of Oaktree’s Global Principal Group. He joined Oaktree in 1995, having previously served as a managing director of TCW and portfolio manager in the TCW Special Credits Group. Prior to joining TCW in 1993, Mr. Kaplan was a Partner with the law firm of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher and responsible for thatfirm’s East Coast bankruptcy and workout practice. During his career as an attorney, Mr. Kaplan specialized in transactions involving the purchase and sale of companies undergoing financial restructurings. He presently serves on the boards of Oaktree Capital Group, LLC; Regal Entertainment Group, AdvancePierre Foods and Townsquare Media, Inc. Mr. Kaplan previously served on the boards of Alliance HealthCare Services, Inc.; Genco Shipping and Trading Ltd. and General Maritime Corporation. In addition, he currently serves on the boards of several private companies and nonprofit organizations, including the UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center Foundation and the New York University School of Law Foundation. Mr. Kaplan graduated with a B.S. degree in political science summa cum laude from the State University of New York at Stony Brook and a J.D. from the New York University School of Law.
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Investment focus
  • Sports, eSports, Software
  • Seed, Series A
  • United States
Portfolio highlights
  • Immortals Gaming Club — Immortals was founded in 2015 as a US-based esports and gaming organization that competes in League of Legends (LCS). At Immortals we aim to entertain, inspire, and be the voice of esports fans in the Great Lakes Region through our exciting players, talented creators and innovative regional experiences.
  • FieldLevel — Discover and share opportunities in sports. Join the network for FREE
Khalid AlTawil Angel · Riyadh, Ar Riyad, Saudi Arabia
Khalid AlTawil is a Board Member at Saudi Chemcial Company.
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Investment focus
  • Gaming, eSports, Rental
  • Seed
  • Egypt, India, United Arab Emirates
Portfolio highlights
  • Rooter — Rooter is an Indian game streaming platform that organizes multiple esports tournaments and owns many gaming IPs. It focuses on the massive mobile gaming market of more than 350 mn gamers. Conceptualized in 2016, Rooter was initially set up by Piyush and Dipesh Agarwal to build a strong community of sports fans around the world. But soon afterthe outbreak of COVID-19, Rooter forayed into game streaming to build one of the country’s biggest communities of gamers as well. Rooter has reached out to more than 23 mn users with an average user watching Live game streams daily for 26 mins. Rooter also runs the biggest community program to build the next million game streamers in India. Today Rooter is the biggest streaming platform in India available across Android, iOS, and Desktop.
  • GBarena — GBarena is an online esports platform that serves the ecosystem stakeholders by the combination of a strong network of different esports communities, and a highly analytical tool to provide authentic value for all stakeholders (Publishers, Gamers, Tournament Organizers, Sponsors, Teams, and Media Partners).
  • RentSher Middle East — RentSher was established in 2016 and is an online platform for renting event furniture and services, electronics, medical and travel essentials. It manages order bookings, payments, deliveries and value added services.
Strauss Zelnick Angel · New York, New York, United States
Strauss Zelnick, a partner in ZelnickMedia since 2001, became Chairman of Take-Two in March 2007 and Chief Executive Officer in January 2011. Mr. Zelnick is currently Chairman of ITN Networks and serves on the boards of directors of Naylor LLC, Alloy, Inc. and Starwood Property Trust, Inc. In August 2013, Mr. Zelnick was elected Vice Chairman ofthe Entertainment Software Association, the interactive entertainment industry’s trade association. In 2014, Mr. Zelnick was elected Chairman of the Entertainment Software Association, the interactive entertainment industry’s trade association. Prior to forming ZelnickMedia, Mr. Zelnick was President and Chief Executive Officer of BMG Entertainment, a $4.7 billion music and entertainment company. Mr. Zelnick's appointment as President and Chief Executive Officer of BMG Entertainment followed his tenure as President and Chief Executive Officer of the company's North American business unit from 1994 through 1998. Before joining BMG Entertainment, Mr. Zelnick was President and Chief Executive Officer of Crystal Dynamics, a leading producer and distributor of interactive game software. Prior to that, he spent four years as President and Chief Operating Officer of 20th Century Fox, where he managed all aspects of the worldwide motion picture and distribution business. Previously, he spent three years at Vestron Inc. as a senior executive, and rose to become President and Chief Operating Officer. Mr. Zelnick also served as Vice President, International Television for Columbia Pictures. Mr. Zelnick holds an MBA and a JD from Harvard University and a BA from Wesleyan University. He is an associate member of the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, has served on the Board of Directors of the Recording Industry Association of America and the Motion Picture Association of America and is a Trustee Emeritus of Wesleyan University.
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Investment focus
  • Enterprise Software, FinTech, Health Care
  • Seed, Series A, Angel
  • United States
Portfolio highlights
  • Prove — Prove is the modern way for businesses to enable their customers to prove their identities with just a phone. Prove offers phone-centric solutions that enable its customers to acquire new consumers and engage with their existing consumers by removing friction while bolstering security, and enhancing consumer privacy and consumer choice.Prove's solutions are used by more than 1,000 businesses across diversified industries, including banks, financial services, healthcare, insurance, and e-commerce.Prove has two main solutions + MFA:• Prove Pre-fill™ for Onboarding & Digital Acquisition, which helps companies increase signups and mitigate account opening fraud by authenticating consumer identities, and auto-filling verified data in any channel.• Fonebook™ for Digital Servicing, which helps companies:- Access a single identity authentication platform that reduces complexity and total cost of ownership to create a holistic view of your customer across their entire channels - Manage, add, and update customer phone numbers to ensure you always have the right number for your customerMulti-factor Authentication:- Standard SMS & Voice OTPs - Instant Link™ (authenticate through SMS link without needing OTP) - Mobile Auth™ (authentication via cellular networks; passive method for passwordless login) - Voice Biometrics – Match against a consumer’s voice for authentication - Push Authentication – App-based method to prove Possession, can also pull in behavioral biometrics, device (PKI), and environmental (Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, network) signals - Secure transactions across multiple digital servicing use cases, including login, high-risk transactions, call center, and passwordless login
  • Players' Lounge — Play For Something. Make money playing video games on Players' Lounge. Madden, NBA 2K, Fortnite, Call of Duty, FIFA, & more!
  • Ready — Compete in mobile games to WIN cash!
Jaynti Kanani Angel · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · 2 investments in the past 12 months
Jaynti Kanani - Co-Founder @ Polygon
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Investment focus
  • Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Internet
  • Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • India, Singapore, United States
Portfolio highlights
  • Nxyz — The most powerful blockchain data APIs for web3 developers. Fast and reliable, web3 indexing for querying networks like Ethereum, BSC, Polygon to get transactions, NFTs and more.
  • Rep3 — Rep3 is a Web3 community management application. Rep3 uses gamification methods to assist lps encryption projects in managing communities, members, and contributions.
  • AnotherBall — AnotherBall = Digital + Entertainment + Token economy
Chris Lee Angel · London, England, United Kingdom
Chris Lee is an investor at Facemoji. The Attended University of Nottingham.
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Investment focus
  • Software, Virtual Reality, Digital Entertainment
  • Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • United Kingdom, Finland, United States
Portfolio highlights
  • Carter — Carter is a startup working on conversational AI to help game developers make computerized gaming characters.
  • Sidequest — SideQuest is the early access layer for Virtual Reality. Get access to the latest Oculus Quest Games, Oculus App Lab games & lots of free apps on applab and sideload.
  • Troy Labs — GodmodeHQ is the modern way to go to market. Find leads by asking through chat with AI. Create outbound campaigns on email, Linkedin and chat messaging platforms. Manage relationships from a single inbox. Post targeted content on social media.
Tim Chae Angel · San Francisco, California, United States
Tim Chae is the Managing Partner at 500 Startups. Before that, he was the CEO and co-founder of PostRocket. Tim attended Babson College.
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Investment focus
  • FinTech, E-Commerce, Events
  • Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • United States, South Korea, Canada
Portfolio highlights
  • Finda — Finda is an online financial comparison platform across various financial products.
  • Hearo.Live - Multiplayer TV — Laugh, talk, and cheer with friends while watching YouTube, Netflix, ESPN, and more in full-screen HD, like you're on a big cozy couch together. #MultiplayerTV #TheFutureOfTogether
  • PeopleFund — Founded in 2015, PeopleFund is Korea's leading data-driven digital lender focused on consumer finance. Our mission is to give financial freedom to all consumers through more affordable loans and better investment opportunities. Leveraging its proprietary, data-driven credit model and eliminating inefficiencies with technology, PeopleFunddelivers better loan rates for borrowers while maintaining an industry low loss rate to benefit retail and institutional investors. PeopleFund is the first digital lender in Korea to surpass $1B in loan originations and has provided an innovative way to invest to nearly 400,000 retail investors. It is notably the first fintech platform to offer loan and investment products directly on KakaoTalk, Korea's equivalent of WhatsApp. To date, PeopleFund has completed its Series C round of funding with a total of $63.4M of equity capital raised. For more information, visit www.peoplefund.co.kr.
Baron Davis Angel · Los Angeles, California, United States · 4 investments in the past 12 months
Baron Davis is the Founder at Baron Davis Enterprise.
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Investment focus
  • E-Commerce, Mobile, Mobile Apps
  • Seed, Series A, Funding Round
  • United States, Sweden, Hong Kong
Portfolio highlights
  • Polywork — Launch an AI-powered personal website to showcase your work, grow your personal brand, or start your side hustle.
  • KiddieKredit — Kiddie Kredit is a mobile app designed to educate children on the credit system by completing chores.
  • COMMUNITYx — COMMUNITYx connects likeminded changemakers with another, as well as around calls-to-action. You can create events and petitions all from within the App! Whether you care about Environmental Justice, Black Lives Matter, Universal Healthcare, Poverty, and more, COMMUNITYx is the place for you!
Michael Dornbrook Angel · Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Michael Dornbrook Member of the Board of Directors at Modulate.ai. He attended University of Chicago during 1981-1983.
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Investment focus
  • Mobile, Software, Health Care
  • Seed, Convertible Note, Angel
  • United States, Canada
Portfolio highlights
  • Modulate — Modulate uses revolutionary machine learning to proactively detect and escalate toxic behavior in your game. ToxMod becomes an expert in your code of conduct and empowers your moderators to make the right decisions to protect your community from the worst behavior happening in voice chat in real time.
  • Hearo.Live - Multiplayer TV — Laugh, talk, and cheer with friends while watching YouTube, Netflix, ESPN, and more in full-screen HD, like you're on a big cozy couch together. #MultiplayerTV #TheFutureOfTogether
  • UptimeHealth — UptimeHealth, headquartered in Boston, MA, is a fast-growing software startup that simplifies medical device service events, purchases, and compliance practices through automation and predictive analytics.
Alex Rigopulos Angel · Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Alex Rigopulos Co-Founded Harmonix in 1995 with the mission of inventing new ways for non-musicians to experience the joy of making music. He was CEO until 2014. Now, as CCO, Alex is responsible for ensuring the creative excellence of all Harmonix products. Prior to co-founding Harmonix, Alex studied computer music at the MIT Media Laboratory andmusic composition at MIT.
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Investment focus
  • Mobile, Mobile Apps, Communities
  • Seed, Series A, Angel
  • United States, New Zealand
Portfolio highlights
  • Syng — Syng is an audio company transforming the human relationship with sound. Shop Cell Alpha, the world's first Triphonic speaker.
  • GameClub — GameClub offers a large and growing catalog of the best games on mobile. Games can be played offline, with new games being released every week.
  • Hearo.Live - Multiplayer TV — Laugh, talk, and cheer with friends while watching YouTube, Netflix, ESPN, and more in full-screen HD, like you're on a big cozy couch together. #MultiplayerTV #TheFutureOfTogether
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