# Brandon Beck

> Brandon Beck is a Series B investor at Riot Games (Los Angeles) backing Sports and Computer. See 3 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Riot Games](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/riot-games)
- Location: Los Angeles, United States
- Total investments: 3
- Last investment: Aug 2018
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/pub/brandon-beck/3/636/1b4
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/BrandonBeck/

Brandon Beck is a Series B investor at Riot Games in Los Angeles focused on Sports and Computer. Brandon Beck co-founded Riot Games, a company that has redefined the way video games are developed, delivered, and supported for players. A lifelong gamer, he co-created Riot’s globally popular League of Legends game, helps guide its creative vision across games and media, and is a champion of the company’s social impact efforts. After becoming aparent, Brandon began to focus on the health impacts of everyday household products and consumer goods. He is inspired by EWG’s mission to bring transparency to consumer decision making and address misinformation currently plaguing the marketplace. Brandon is a co-managing owner of the Los Angeles Football Club (LAFC), and serves on the boards of the LAFC Foundation and the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences. A graduate of the University of Southern California, Brandon received the USC Alumni Entrepreneur of the Year award. Brandon is married to his high school sweetheart, Natasha. The two live in Los Angeles with their three young (and very active) kids.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Sports | 1 | 33% |
| Computer | 1 | 33% |
| Internet | 1 | 33% |
| Association | 1 | 33% |
| Event Management | 1 | 33% |

8 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series B | 2 | 67% |
| Series A | 1 | 33% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Professional Fighters League | Professional Fighters League is a mixed martial arts league. | $28M | Series B | Aug 08, 2018 |  |
| Rival | Rival is building the platform for the most coveted live events on the planet. They are a technology company powered by an exceptional team of engineers, product managers, and designers, bringing DNA from a broad swath of industries to solve decades-old problems with next generation technologies. They create amazing consumer and enterpriseexperiences for teams, venues, artists, and fans. Backed by world class venture capital, sports teams, venue owners across the globe, and leaders from the tech industry’s highest profile companies, their mission is to inspire the fan in everyone. | $8M | Series A | Jul 31, 2017 |  |
| HackerOne | HackerOne is a global leader in Continuous Threat Exposure Management (CTEM). The HackerOne Platform unites agentic AI solutions with the ingenuity of the world’s largest community of security researchers to continuously discover, validate, prioritize, and remediate exposures across code, cloud, and AI systems. Through solutions like bug bounty,vulnerability disclosure, agentic pentesting, AI red teaming, and code security, HackerOne delivers measurable, continuous reduction of cyber risk for enterprises. Industry leaders, including Anthropic, Crypto.com, General Motors, Goldman Sachs, Lufthansa, Uber, UK Ministry of Defence, and the U.S. Department of Defense, trust HackerOne to safeguard their digital ecosystems. HackerOne was recognized in Gartner’s Emerging Tech Impact Radar: AI Cybersecurity Ecosystem report for its leadership in AI Security Testing and has been named a Most Loved Workplace for Young Professionals (2024). | $25M | Series B | Jun 24, 2015 |  |

3 of 3 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Andreessen Horowitz](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/andreessen-horowitz) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Elysian Park Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/elysian-park-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [NaHCO3](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nahco3) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [New Enterprise Associates](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/new-enterprise-associates) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Red Swan Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/red-swan) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Temerity Capital Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/temerity-capital-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Riot Games

VC Fund · Los Angeles, United States

Riot Games is a global company that develops online games. The company was founded by a couple of entrepreneurial gamers who believe player-focused game development can result in better quality games. In 2009, Riot Games released its debut title, League of Legends, a game played by over 67 million users every month. Riot Games was placed third onthe Great Place to Work’s 2013 Best Medium Workplaces list and ranked fourth place in the "25 Best Companies to Work for in Technology" list, an accolade based on Glassdoor reviews of Riot by Rioters. Riot Games was founded by Marc Merrill and Brandon Beck in March 2007 and is headquartered in Culver City, California.

5 contacts available at Riot Games.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Dylan Jadeja | President | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dylan-jadeja |
| Emily Winkle | Chief People Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/emily-winkle |
| Brandon Beck | Co-Chairman & Co-founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/brandon-beck |
| Chris Cunningham | Development Management Discipline Head | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/chris-cunningham |
| Daniel Calvert | Hong Kong and Singapore Studios - Director, Art Direction | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/daniel-calvert |

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## FAQ

### What does Brandon Beck invest in?

Brandon Beck invests primarily in Sports, Computer and Internet startups, most often at Series B and Series A stage. Most of the 3 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Brandon Beck last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Brandon Beck closed in Aug 2018. Shizune tracks 3 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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