# Chris Gonsalves

> Chris Gonsalves is a seed investor at Community Gaming (New York) backing Gaming and Blockchain. See 5 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Community Gaming](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/community-gaming-88c8)
- Location: New York, United States
- Total investments: 5
- Last investment: Dec 2021
- Lead investor: 20%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/esports/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/CryptoGamr
- Website: https://communitygaming.io/

Chris Gonsalves is a seed investor at Community Gaming in New York focused on Gaming and Blockchain. Cofounder & CEO of Community Gaming

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $181k–$5M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Gaming | 2 | 40% |
| Blockchain | 2 | 40% |
| Video Games | 2 | 40% |
| Online Games | 2 | 40% |
| Video | 1 | 20% |

13 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 3 | 60% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 20% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 2 | 40% |
| Canada | 1 | 20% |
| Singapore | 1 | 20% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| AAG Ventures | AAG Ventures is the IT business behind AAG, one of the fastest-growing Play-To-Earn guilds in the industry. | $181K | Seed | Dec 01, 2021 |  |
| Sequence | Horizon is building a New Dimension where Internet economies are fun, accessible, and for the benefit of all participants. We have two amazing products to make this real:Sequence, which consists of i) a friendly crypto, NFT + Web3 smart wallet, and ii) a seamless developer platform for Ethereum, NFTs, Web3, DeFi and Dapps. Sequence makes it easyfor users to access and for developers to build the next generation of Internet economies and experiences.Skyweaver, a digital trading card game—powered by Sequence + blockchain—where players actually own the game items they win and purchase. For the first time, gamers can easily and securely sell and trade their items. | $5M | Seed | Mar 10, 2020 |  |
| Sequence | Horizon is building a New Dimension where Internet economies are fun, accessible, and for the benefit of all participants. We have two amazing products to make this real:Sequence, which consists of i) a friendly crypto, NFT + Web3 smart wallet, and ii) a seamless developer platform for Ethereum, NFTs, Web3, DeFi and Dapps. Sequence makes it easyfor users to access and for developers to build the next generation of Internet economies and experiences.Skyweaver, a digital trading card game—powered by Sequence + blockchain—where players actually own the game items they win and purchase. For the first time, gamers can easily and securely sell and trade their items. | $5M | Seed | Mar 10, 2020 |  |
| Community Gaming | CommunityGaming.io combines social gaming, match automation, and blockchain payment technology to make it easy to organize and compete in esports tournaments. Their solution uses automated software and blockchain payment tech to produce fair, transparent, automated results without the complexity normally associated with blockchain solutions. Ourevent platform is a network of thousands of gamers, dozens of venues, and brands who we've proudly brought together across over 200 live and online esports competitions. | $25K | Pre-Seed | Jun 01, 2019 |  |
| Evil Geniuses | Evil geniuses offers contracting professional gamers, creating online and offline video game broadcasts, and developing engaging marketing initiatives aimed at attracting and influencing gamers. With a client portfolio that includes intel corporation, anheuser-busch, papa johns, monster energy, and kingston technology among many others, gamersacross the globe consider evil geniuses to be the world's premiere video gaming team and a preeminent leader in e-sports. |  | Seed | Feb 10, 2019 |  |

5 of 5 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [CMT Digital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cmt-digital-ventures-llc) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [ConsenSys](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/consensus-systems) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Digital Currency Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/digital-currency-group) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Golden Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/golden-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Initialized Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/initialized-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Polychain](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/polychain-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

## About Community Gaming

VC Fund · New York, United States

CommunityGaming.io combines social gaming, match automation, and blockchain payment technology to make it easy to organize and compete in esports tournaments. Their solution uses automated software and blockchain payment tech to produce fair, transparent, automated results without the complexity normally associated with blockchain solutions. Ourevent platform is a network of thousands of gamers, dozens of venues, and brands who we've proudly brought together across over 200 live and online esports competitions.

3 contacts available at Community Gaming.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Chris Gonsalves | Cofounder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/christopher-gonsalves-3 |
| Gregory Laird | Head of Sales & Partnerships | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gregory-laird-chaos-esports-club |
| Samet CAYMAZ | Product Manager | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/samet-caymaz |

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## FAQ

### What does Chris Gonsalves invest in?

Chris Gonsalves invests primarily in Gaming, Blockchain and Video Games startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 5 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

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

Chris Gonsalves typically joins rounds of $181k–$5M at Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Chris Gonsalves participates in.

### When did Chris Gonsalves last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Chris Gonsalves closed in Dec 2021. Shizune tracks 5 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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