# Brian Cho

> Brian Cho is a seed investor at Patron (San Francisco) backing Gaming and Software. See 8 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Patron](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/patron-9285)
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 8
- Last investment: Oct 2025
- Lead investor: 75%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/brianjcho
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/brianjcho
- Website: https://x.com/brianjcho

Brian Cho is a seed investor at Patron in San Francisco focused on Gaming and Software. Brian has been investing in gaming and consumer startups since 2012, where he was a Partner at Andreessen Horowitz and worked on investments including Oculus, Lyft, and Slack. Since 2014, he built and led the investment arm at Riot Games as an executive, where he made 20+ strategic investments in games. In 2013 and 2014, Brian was recognized as oneof the best upcoming investors by Forbes magazine’s 30 Under 30.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Gaming | 4 | 50% |
| Software | 3 | 38% |
| Internet | 2 | 25% |
| Blockchain | 2 | 25% |
| Video Games | 2 | 25% |

17 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 6 | 75% |
| Series A | 1 | 13% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 13% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| ego AI | ego AI is a technology platform focused on creating persistent, human-like AI characters capable of moving across multiple digital experiences, enabling ongoing relationships and emergent storytelling that feels lifelike. | $6.7M | Seed | Oct 16, 2025 |  |
| Fundamental Research Labs | Altera build digital human beings that live, love and grow. | $9M | Seed | May 08, 2024 |  |
| Rascal Games | Rascal Games creates games that are unapologetically multiplayer. | $4.2M | Seed | Sep 13, 2023 |  |
| Tonic | Tonic is a pioneering gallery that offers specially curated art on the blockchain. It is an online marketplace for nonfungible tokens of artwork. | $5M | Seed | Apr 13, 2023 |  |
| MadMen AI | Sesame Labs is an internet publishing company that helps apps on Web3 with marketing automation products. | $4.5M | Seed | Feb 08, 2023 |  |
| Fast Break Labs | Building the future of sports gaming and entertainment | $6M | Seed | Feb 23, 2022 |  |
| Elodie Games | Elodie Games connect gamers around the globe by creating games with deep co-op gameplay and endlessly engaging experiences. They engaged with the community to evolve and improve the player experience. Elodie's studio is located in Venice California. It was co-founded by Christina Norman and David Banks. | $32.5M | Series A | Sep 16, 2021 |  |
| Curse | Curse is a global multimedia and technology company that creates content and products for gamers. It also provides information and tools to help gamers. The portal comprises community sites, tools, databases, videos, guides, live streaming, and eSports teams that enable its viewers to reach curse’s media content through a variety of channels,including websites, video, and desktop applications.The company was formerly known as Curse-Gaming. Curse was founded in 2005 and is based in Huntsville, Alabama. It has sales offices in New York, New York; Los Angeles, California; Surrey Hills, Australia; London, England; and Berlin, Germany. The company also has a sales and finance office in San Francisco, California. | $30M |  |  |  |

8 of 8 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Alumni Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alumni-ventures-group) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Andreessen Horowitz](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/andreessen-horowitz) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [A16Z GAMES Speedrun](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/a16z-games) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [a16z Speedrun](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/a16z-speedrun) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Accel](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/accel) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Blue Pool Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/blue-pool-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Patron

VC Fund · Santa Monica, United States

Patron is an early-stage venture firm leading seed rounds across gaming & consumer internet startups.

3 contacts available at Patron.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Amber Atherton | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/amber-atherton |
| Brian Cho | Co-Founder & General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/brian-cho |
| Jason Yeh | Co-Founder & General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jason-yeh |

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## FAQ

### What does Brian Cho invest in?

Brian Cho invests primarily in Gaming, Software and Internet startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 8 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 Brian Cho last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Brian Cho closed in Oct 2025. Shizune tracks 8 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?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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