Top 50 ESports Angel Investors in January 2025
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 in January 2025
Investor | eSports investments |
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Sam Enrico Williams | 17 |
Kevin Lin | 5 |
Colin Carrier | 4 |
Lance Priebe | 3 |
Calvin Ayre | 3 |
Chad Hurley | 3 |
Tom Varkey | 3 |
Zlatan Ibrahimovic | 3 |
Michael Ryan Dubin | 3 |
Kushal Shah | 3 |
Shubhrendu Koche | 3 |
YuChiang Cheng | 3 |
David Ng | 3 |
Jonas Nordlander | 3 |
Daniel Tomov | 3 |
Paul Bricault | 2 |
Todd McSweeney | 2 |
Christian Edler | 2 |
Aubrey Graham (Drake) | 2 |
Strauss Zelnick | 2 |
Andrew Bogut | 2 |
Michael Dornbrook | 2 |
Ryan Shuler | 2 |
Khalid AlTawil | 2 |
Gabby Dizon | 2 |
Roger Ehrenberg | 2 |
Jaynti Kanani | 2 |
Blake Van Leer | 2 |
Valeri Petrov | 2 |
Eric Seufert | 2 |
Dan Gilbert | 2 |
Ryan Moore | 2 |
Kevin Durant | 2 |
John Maloney | 2 |
Charles N. Martin | 2 |
Nolan Bushnell | 2 |
Julien Lemoine | 2 |
Rupert Loman | 2 |
Vasim Akram | 2 |
Ivaylo Simov | 2 |
Loren Roosendaal | 2 |
Tim Chae | 2 |
Ben Holmes | 2 |
Philip A. Cutler | 2 |
David B. Kirk | 2 |
Chris Sang | 2 |
Richard Melmon | 2 |
Baron Davis | 2 |
Jas Purewal | 2 |
George Miller | 2 |
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
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Kevin Lin is the Co-Founder and CEO of Metatheory. He previously worked at Everyday Ventures as an Owner and Manager. Kevin Lin attended Yale University.
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Investment focus
- Gaming, Information Technology, Video Games
- Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- United States, India, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- Nest Wallet — A Wallet Built for Traders
- Cosmology — Cosmology is building a unified developer experience for interchain dApps
- Cosmology — Cosmology is building a unified developer experience for interchain dApps
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 — Buy and sell authenticated, investment-grade trading cards and use our industry-leading research tools to make informed investment decisions.
- Alt — Alt is increasing the transparency and liquidity of alternative assets
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!
- Nurture — Learn Foundational Life Skills Through Immersive Play
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 — Unlocking Financial Potential with Blockchain Empowering businesses and individuals with innovative solutions that bridge traditional...
- Transmira — Augmented and Virtual Reality Solutions
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, Series A, Funding Round
- 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.
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!
Zlatan Ibrahimovic
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Investment focus
- eSports, Internet, PC Games
- Funding Round
- Sweden
Portfolio highlights
- Isbit Games —
- Challengermode — Challengermode is the competitive engagement platform that helps game studios, publishers, esports organizers, and brands drive engagement and create competitive experiences for all gamers.
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.
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
- 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).
- LabLabee — Gain practical expertise in the most in-demand Telco Cloud technologies with instantly set up labs.
- 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
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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 — BazaarNXT is an e-commerce company that optimizes the packaging procurement for Businesses using technology. It is a modern, futuristic, and extended version of the local bazaar. BazaarNXT was founded by Gaurav Badharkhe and Dhananjaya S. in 2017 and is headquartered in Karnataka, India.
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.
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 — Ampverse champions hyperlocal gaming communities through a connected universe of owned esports teams, gaming channels, original content, and merchandise. Through our ecosystem of talent, content, and technology, we create the connective tissue that bridges brands with gaming audiences.
- Fando — Sports & eSports : Fan Engagement Platform
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).
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.
Paul Bricault is the Co-Founder and Managing Director at Amplify.LA. and a Venture Partner at Greycroft Partners. He was a Board of Directors at Livefyre. He attended the University of Southern California and Western University.
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Investment focus
- Software, E-Commerce, Enterprise Software
- Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- United States
Portfolio highlights
- Obsesh — Real-time sports platform connecting consumers to top athletes and personalities. Our digital marketplace makes it easy for fans to access, discover, and book personal experiences to level up their obsessions.
- Revere VC — Venture capital for the modern asset allocator.
- Embrace — Stay informed with Embrace's mobile monitoring solutions. Optimize app performance & user experience with our comprehensive platform. Learn more now.
Todd McSweeney
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Investment focus
- Sports, eSports, Consumer
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- United States
Portfolio highlights
- QL Gaming Group — The QL Gaming Group (QLGG) is a direct to consumer sports data and iGaming affiliate platform. QLGG operates three consumer facing data/analytics brands: BetQL (for betting), RotoQL (for daily fantasy) and SquadQL (for season long fantasy). QLGG has over half a million users across these products and tens of thousands of paying customers.QLGG holds a gaming license in New Jersey to act as an affiliate to sportsbook operators such as DraftKings, FanDuel, BetStars and more.
- OfferLogic (Acquired by Rokt) — OfferLogic is a marketing technology company that helps B2B brands reach its exclusive SMB audience. With an unprecedented partner network, series of owned and operated websites, OfferLogic is an important marketing-lever for companies targeting small businesses. OfferLogic capabilities uniquely combines both a demand-side & sell-sideplatform. Small businesses benefit from smart offer recommendations during their lifecycle whether just starting out, up & running, or growing.
- Gamer Sensei — Professional, one-on-one training that boosts your skills in your favorite games.
Christian O. Edler is an investor and entrepreneur with a proven track record in sectors ahead of mainstream adoption. He invests opportunity-driven, sector- and business-model agnostic. Christian built a 10-year track record investing in early-stage ventures and securing exclusive deal flow in primary and secondary growth opportunites. He isco-investing with the best investors and VCs in the world – like Andreessen Horowitz, Peter Thiel, Christian Angermayer, Gsquared, Bitkraft, Bessemer Ventures, Coatue, Sony, FirstMark Capital, DN Capital, FJ Labs, Moore Capital, Alexis Ohanian (Seven Seven Six), Left Lane, Insight, Tencent, Hive and many others. Due to his track record, he has access to exclusive opportunities in the EU/US. Christian’s >75 angel startup investments returned over 20x including several unicorns. As an entrepreneur, Christian recruited, educated and led over 1,500 sales people with $500M in annual sales. His primary focus is on world-class entrepreneurs with new categories of ideas and a potential for massive scale. If you like to co-invest with him, follow his syndicate on AngelList: https://angel.co/s/edleredler/fCORTChristian is a Scout Partner of Sequoia Capital, Venture Partner of BITKRAFT VC, an alumnus of Harvard Business School, a former semi-pro alpine skier, and based in Berlin & Los Angeles.
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Investment focus
- Financial Services, Information Technology, FinTech
- Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- United States, Germany, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- Cloover — Cloover provides a flexible financing solution that allows you to rent renewable technologies and make savings from day 1, completely risk and worry free!
- Weflow — All-in-one workspace to manage your Salesforce pipeline, notes & to-dos. Designed for sales teams who like to move with speed.
- Visual Layer — Visual Layer is a Tel Aviv based startup providing visual data management platform that scales to billion images and videos.
Aubrey Graham (Drake) is the Founder of OVO Sound.
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Investment focus
- eSports, Shopping, Gaming
- Series A, Seed, Angel
- United States, Canada
Portfolio highlights
- MoonPay — MoonPay offers a fast and simple way to buy and sell cryptocurrencies. Buy crypto with credit card, bank transfers or Apple Pay today.
- Bullrider — There's cannabis then there's Bullrider. Legacy in the making since 2004. Cannabis dispensary selling and delivering legal weed in Brampton, Canada from 67 Shelby Road.
- StatusPro — Completely rewrite the rules of the game and leave your legacy in the latest NFL and NFLPA-licensed VR experience, NFL PRO ERA 25
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!
Andrew Bogut
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Investment focus
- Sports, eSports, Gaming
- Seed, Series A, Series D
- Australia, United States
Portfolio highlights
- SportsIcon — Venture Studio and Sports Agency 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.
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.
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.
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 — UAE Listings and Directories for Vape and Tobacco Shop in UAE
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
- Gaming, Blockchain, Cryptocurrency
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- United States, Hong Kong, Australia
Portfolio highlights
- Moku — Moku is a web3 gaming platform that enables players connect to gaming guilds, NFT casting pages, game strategy communities, and more.
- Sapien — Sapien offers Data Labelling Services with RLHF to fine-tune your LLMs potential. Improve model performance with better data to improve outcomes. Consult us now!
- Clout Kitchen — Combining fandom and emerging technology, Clout Kitchen builds generational digital products with supercharged distribution. We help creators become icons that last.
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 — The first AI cloud for sports
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
- Rep3 — Rep3 is a Web3 community management application. Rep3 uses gamification methods to assist lps encryption projects in managing communities, members, and contributions.
- NovaNet — NovaNet offers local verifiable computing and privacy protection applications, including AI, decentralized Internet of Things (DePIN), and games.
- Electron — Proof Aggregation using #superproofs. Backed by Sandeep Nailwal, Martin Köppelmann, Jaynti Kanani, Anurag Arjun, Aztec CTO, and many others. Etheruem Foundation grant recipient.
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.AI — 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
Valeri is primarily in charge with investment opportunities in Bulgaria and the Western Balkans. Prior to that, he was Partner at Bancroft Private and, before joining Bancroft, he was Investment Director with Global Finance, running the company’s activities in Bulgaria. Valeri led and co-led many transactions in various countries acrossSouth-Eastern Europe (Romania, Bulgaria, Croatia and Turkey among others). Prior to moving to the Private Equity industry, Valeri ran Orgachim, the largest paints & coating company in Bulgaria (backed by private equity funds, including RAEF) as CEO, where he completed a successful turnaround. Valeri also worked for the Royal Dutch/Shell, and held various positions within the organization. Valeri holds an MSc in Engineering from the Technical University of Sofia. He also attended Management Academy in London and ETP on Business Management in Delaware University, Sofia branch.
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Investment focus
- B2B, SaaS, Health Care
- Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Germany, United States, Bulgaria
Portfolio highlights
- Langaware — Our use of language and speech can provide a window into our brain's health. When we speak, complex neural networks work together to form our thoughts and ideas. Utilizing our patented system and proprietary biomarkers.
- Vivian Lab — Vivian Lab is a women's digital health startup. It integrates menopause education, telehealth, personalized treatment regimens, community support, and AI assistants.
- 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.
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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- Digital Entertainment, Mobile Advertising, Digital Marketing
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- Israel, Poland, Austria
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- 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!
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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- Sports, Digital Media, Internet
- Series B, Series A, Seed
- 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.
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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- 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.
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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- 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.
Managing Partner @TerrapinBale, Former President @Tumblr, @Circa, Co-founder UrbanBaby, angel investor
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- Education, Software, Video
- Seed, Series A, Angel
- United States, Canada, France
Portfolio highlights
- Svrf — Svrf was founded with the vision to empower people to see the world differently. Today, the Svrf platform does this by making 3D searchable, shareable, and accessible on all platforms.Svrf's iOS app enables anyone to create and share 3D filters on their phone. No prior 3D or game engine knowledge required!Svrf's API supercharges yourcamera or messaging application with the largest cross-platform database of 3D face filters, objects, and more: developers.svrf.com.
- SIMULATE — Upgrading the world to a positive food system.
- Pandascore — Stop worrying about collecting data and computing odds. Start building your esports project. PandaScore API provides everything you need from live scores to live odds through a wide selection of matches, leagues and tournaments for League of Legends, CS:GO, Dota 2, Overwatch.
Charlie has been praised as one of the most successful serial CEOs in hospital management. His successes include building de novo hospitals, acquiring and improving for-profit and not-for-profit hospitals and leading sustained periods of rapid growth in revenues, earnings, EPS and shareholder value as Chairman and CEO of numerous hospitalcompanies. His additional experience as an entrepreneur and investor in diverse healthcare sectors include ambulatory surgery centers, imaging centers, and cancer centers, among others.Charlie served as Chairman and CEO of Vanguard Health Systems since the company's inception in 1997. Under his leadership, Vanguard grew to become a Fortune 500 company. Vanguard was acquired by Blackstone Group in 2004 for approximately $1.75 billion. Prior to forming Vanguard, he served as Chairman, President and CEO of OrNda HealthCorp. Under his leadership, OrNda grew from revenue of $450 million to $3 billion in four years to become the nation's third-largest investor-owned hospital management company. His career includes serving as President, Director and COO of HealthTrust Inc., as well as Executive Vice President and Director of Hospital Corporation of America (HCA) and COO and Director of General Care Corp.Charlie has served on numerous Boards of Directors, including 10 healthcare companies. He previously served on the board of Council Capital portfolio company NotifyMD. He received a BS from Southern Adventist University.
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Investment focus
- Enterprise Software, Events, Sports
- Funding Round, Seed, Series C
- 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
- HealthStream — Learn why over half of U.S. healthcare organizations have chosen HealthStream as their partner for improving clinical and business outcomes.
- Artera — Well Health provides a communication platform that connects patients to healthcare organizations through text, email, phone, and live chat. WELL is a communication tool that allows front offices to have two-way text conversations with patients, using existing office phone numbers. The platform is designed from the ground up to make patientcommunications more intuitive across the enterprise. Well Health's mission is to make going to the doctor as easy as meeting up with a close friend.
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.
Julien Lemoine is a Co-Founder of Algolia, Inc. and serves as its Chief Technology Officer. Julien Lemoine is a Co-Founder at Algolia SAS and serves as its Chief Technology Officer. Julien Lemoine defined the technology strategy of MASA Group (an international software editor of simulation software) and led the development of strategic R&Dproducts in indexing and natural languages processing at Exalead (Dassault Systèmes subsidiary) and Thales Group. He has extensive experience in architecture design and implementation from his leading work in Exalead and Thales.
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Investment focus
- Software, Cloud Management, Cloud Computing
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- France, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Tailwarden — Tailwarden is an open source platform that empowers the next generation of developers to take control of their cloud infrastructure while building secure, scalable and cost-effective applications along the way.
- Kate — Kate redefines everyday mobility by offering electric vehicles made in France.
- Inboxbooster — Inboxbooster fixes your email in spam. It starts with a free inbox placement test, then we analyze your email including your content.
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.
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.
Ivaylo Simov devised eleven’s strategy. His notorious shyness can be overcome only with ample amounts of beer, preferably while skiing. He was previously a director in a private equity fund, but now wants to change the VC industry from the bottom up.
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Investment focus
- Agriculture, Coffee, Big Data
- Seed, Pre-Seed
- Bulgaria, Greece, Estonia
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.
- LAM'ON — LAM'ON OOD was created with the intention of creating a product that would be recyclable or compostable, improve environmental and human health safety, and readily replace the existing petroleum-based plastic solutions.
- 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.
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!
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.
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.
Philip Cutler is the Founder and Chairman at Laurus Summer Camp. Philip Cutler attended McGill University.
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- Education, Sports, eSports
- Series A, Seed
- United States, Canada, Germany
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- Zoomph — Zoomph delivers advanced analytics for viewership insights, enabling partners to measure engagement and make informed decisions across platforms.
- Hypatos — Manual document processing is a major cost driver. Hypatos' deep learning tech automates complex document processing tasks. Make back office more efficient!
- Stellic — Stellic provides next generation degree management tools for your entire campus - students, advisors, administrators and leaders - with one goal in mind. A better path to academic success.
David Kirk is the President Of The Board Of Directors at Parker School Hawaii and was a Fellow at NVIDIA. He attended Caltech,
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- Mobile, Music, Neuroscience
- Seed, Convertible Note
- United States, The Netherlands
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- Ozarka — Why Just Eat When You Can Inspire? Beautiful Reusables for Caterers Who Lead. Save money, time, and storage space with reusables services. Ozarka reusables are not just a sustainable choice
- Ryu Games — Launch games from your own white labeled game store.
- BioTrillion — We so often think of Healthcare as an industry, that we tend to forget about Healthcare as a purpose. Globally and annually, trillions of dollars are ineffectively spent on healthcare and trillions of life data points are ineffectively connected to insights about our health. There is a better way.BioTrillion is a little startup with boldambitions to more efficatiously and scalably advance Healthcare – via Digital Biomarkers.Every human generates massive amounts of life data that will unlock novel health insights & applications. BioTrillion is developing a mobile health technology platform called BioEngine4D™ – for digitally detecting dangeous drugs, digitally detecting developing diseases, and data driven drug development – by measuring data from life, analyzing it through computational advancements in machine learning and artificial intelligence, and applying it back for life.BioTrillion, Inc. is headquartered in San Francisco, CA and is reimagining Life Sciences through the fundamental principles of many sciences.Our mission is to enable consumer smart devices to empower ordinary consumers with extraordinary health insights. Advances in technology have amplified our individual capabilities in many ways, and healthcare should be no exception.Website: www.biotrillion.com Contact: contact@biotrillion.com Jobs: https://www.biotrillion.com/opportunities Application: https://biotrillion.typeform.com/to/wSvoKI
Venture Capitalist, Managing Partner, Chief Technology Officer
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- Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- United States, Australia, India
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- Fiable — Embed financial health insights within your application using our world leading API service
- Cloobot Inc — Cloobot X: Your Premier Software Implementation transforms your vision into reality with our state-of-the-art software implementation studio. Leveraging cutting-edge AI technology, our expert team delivers rapid, efficient, and innovative solutions tailored to your unique business needs.
- Tokenise — Tokenise acts as a data layer for web3 projects and their tokens. We help founders build their tokens simply, mint/launch their tokens on-chain and then manage their tokens in one place. Tokenise enables founders to curate rich data rooms that make it easier for investors to get onboard. We empower community with unprecedented insights andaccessibility into their favourite projects and their tokens.
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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- 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
Baron Davis is the Founder at Baron Davis Enterprise.
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- E-Commerce, Mobile, Mobile Apps
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- United States, Sweden, Hong Kong
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- 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!
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.
George Miller
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- Gaming, Sports, eSports
- Seed, Series A
- United States
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- Nerd Street Gamers — Bringing Esports to Everyone
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