# Chris Lee

> Chris Lee is a seed investor at Hutch (London) backing Software, Apps and Video Games. See 10 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Hutch](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hutch)
- Location: London, United Kingdom
- Total investments: 10
- Last investment: Dec 2022
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/leechris1

Chris Lee is an investor at Facemoji. The Attended University of Nottingham.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $2.2M–$4.1M |
| Series A | $3.7M–$12M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 3 | 30% |
| Apps | 2 | 20% |
| Video Games | 2 | 20% |
| Virtual Reality | 2 | 20% |
| iOS | 1 | 10% |

22 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 6 | 60% |
| Series A | 2 | 20% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 10% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United Kingdom | 5 | 50% |
| Finland | 1 | 10% |
| United States | 1 | 10% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Carter | Carter is a startup working on conversational AI to help game developers make computerized gaming characters. | $2.1M | Pre-Seed | Dec 19, 2022 |  |
| Viker | Viker is a mobile studio that designs, develops and publishes mobile and computer games for OS and Android systems. | $4.1M | Seed | Nov 08, 2022 |  |
| Godmode | The nocode programmatic marketing tool for actionable blockchain insights and driving user acquisition on ad networks. | $2.6M | Seed | Oct 07, 2022 |  |
| Sidequest | Sidequest is a community driven app store for virtual reality. | $12M | Series A | Oct 03, 2022 |  |
| Alter | Alter is a platform SDK consisting of a real-time 3D avatar system and motion capture built from scratch for web3 interoperability and the open metaverse. Developers can pipe avatars into their apps, games, and websites. They offer computer vision, 3d technology, web3, machine learning, avatars, rendering engines, blockchain, and NFTs. | $3M | Seed | Oct 07, 2021 |  |
| Alter | Alter is a platform SDK consisting of a real-time 3D avatar system and motion capture built from scratch for web3 interoperability and the open metaverse. Developers can pipe avatars into their apps, games, and websites. They offer computer vision, 3d technology, web3, machine learning, avatars, rendering engines, blockchain, and NFTs. | $3M | Seed | Oct 07, 2021 |  |
| OTHERWORLD | Step into your immersion pod and we'll transport you to a Luxury Virtual Resort in the cloud, home to a growing collection of VR’s greatest social experiences — from multisensory DJ sets, to science fiction adventures, to cutting-edge art shows. Feel the sun on your face, the wind in your hair, and the quake of a new world to explore.Alreadythe UK’s most popular location-based virtual reality experience, we have transported over 250,000 people to another dimension, including celebrities Adele, Skepta, Jonathan Ross, KSI and Fnatic. Now expanding across the UK and US. | $3.7M | Series A | Jun 16, 2021 |  |
| OTHERWORLD | Step into your immersion pod and we'll transport you to a Luxury Virtual Resort in the cloud, home to a growing collection of VR’s greatest social experiences — from multisensory DJ sets, to science fiction adventures, to cutting-edge art shows. Feel the sun on your face, the wind in your hair, and the quake of a new world to explore.Alreadythe UK’s most popular location-based virtual reality experience, we have transported over 250,000 people to another dimension, including celebrities Adele, Skepta, Jonathan Ross, KSI and Fnatic. Now expanding across the UK and US. | $4.1M | Seed | Jun 16, 2021 |  |
| Omeda Studios | Developing Predecessor, a Third Person Multiplayer Online Battle Arena game for PC and console. | $2.2M | Seed | Mar 09, 2021 |  |
| Armada Interactive | They are trying to create a new kind of mobile gaming experience, one where the player is challenged as well as entertained; where mobile accessibility is not a shortcut for lower quality. | $3M | Seed | Apr 20, 2016 |  |

10 of 10 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Aream & Co](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/aream-co) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Edge VC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/edge-investments) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Play Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/play-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Connect Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/connect-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [GFR Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gfr-fund) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Google Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/google-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

## About Hutch

VC Fund · London, United Kingdom

Hutch is entirely focused on making the best action-packed, visually stunning racing games that can be played and enjoyed by anyone, anywhere on Mobile. Their head office is in London and they are growing teams in Brighton and Nova Scotia, Canada.They design and build their free to play game services from instinctive, aspirational ideas and theytake stock of the good and bad from a wide group of games, communities and digital experiences. Over time their games are iterated, moulded and sculpted from the feedback of their players, they use their player data to assist creativity, not replace it.They always strive to improve and are incredibly tough on theirselves about meeting their values, they encourage constant team learning as a vital part of the way they make better games, you're expected to share with your team the good and the bad days and they empower their teams to solve problems, you manage your own time. Ideas are free flowing but execution is challenging so they like to keep their teams small and simple and lastly they think Hutchies have a curious nature to ask why things work and how things can be better, that makes working at Hutch such a fun place to be.

5 contacts available at Hutch.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Andrew Watson | COO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/andrew-watson-dc92 |
| Chris Lee | Investor & Advisor | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/chris-lee-11 |
| James Levick | Co-Chief Technology Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/james-levick |
| Peter Chambers | Chief Financial Officer & Chief Revenue Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/peter-chambers-52ad |
| Sean Turner | Studio Head Canada, Co-CTO, co-founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sean-turner-b2ef |

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## FAQ

### What does Chris Lee invest in?

Chris Lee invests primarily in Software, Apps and Video Games startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 10 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United Kingdom. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Chris Lee's check size?

Chris Lee typically joins rounds of $2.2M–$4.1M at Seed and $3.7M–$12M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Chris Lee participates in.

### When did Chris Lee last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Chris Lee closed in Dec 2022. Shizune tracks 10 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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