David Braben
President and Founder @ Frontier Developments
Cambridge, United States
David Braben is a seed investor at Frontier Developments in Cambridge focused on Big Data and Crowdfunding. David John Braben is based out of Cambridge, Cambridgeshire and is the President and Founder of Frontier Developments. David previously worked at Phonetic Arts as a Non-Executive Director. David John Braben attended the University of Cambridge.
- Total investments:
- 2
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 0%
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Industries David Braben invests in
Stages David Braben invests in
Countries David Braben invests in
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Investment Focus
Industry
- Big Data 1 (50%)
- Crowdfunding 1 (50%)
- Trading Platform 1 (50%)
- Financial Services 1 (50%)
- Business Intelligence 1 (50%)
Stage
- Seed 1 (50%)
- Funding Round 1 (50%)
Investments
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Funderbeam
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Funderbeam is a funding and trading platform that connects companies and investors to buy and sell equity stakes. The platform allows the founders to gain exposure, legal support, a funding manager, or an investor network. It also allows the investors to take control of their investments and trade anytime they want.The company was founded in 2013as a global data platform for startup companies. | $2.6M / Oct 12, 2016 | |
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Funderbeam
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Funderbeam is a funding and trading platform that connects companies and investors to buy and sell equity stakes. The platform allows the founders to gain exposure, legal support, a funding manager, or an investor network. It also allows the investors to take control of their investments and trade anytime they want.The company was founded in 2013as a global data platform for startup companies. | $2.6M / Seed / Oct 12, 2016 |
Co-Investors
About Frontier Developments
Frontier was founded in 1994 by David Braben, co-author of the seminal "Elite", to carry forward his groundbreaking work and development ethos into projects with a scale and ambition that only teams of skilled professionals can tackle.David plays a very active role in the company. With a talented team of developers and experiencedmanagers he has helped Frontier successfully to navigate three exciting decades of the ever-changing technology landscape of mass-market gaming platforms and overseen Frontier's emergence as one of the worldwide games industry's leading independent developers.Frontier’s development strengths are immersive, fun gameplay design and unparalleled artistic quality underpinned and enabled by cutting-edge technology development and a talent for getting the best out of hardware and UI.They get their games into customers’ hands by: i) working with a number of top publishers, with whom they have developed long term relationships, and ii) a growing number of self-published titles using digital distribution channels on the major gaming platforms.They are currently over 200 individuals with development studios in Cambridge, UK and Halifax, Canada. They are actively looking to recruit strong candidates, both graduate and industry experienced, in all areas to work on their exciting, diverse mix of projects on cutting-edge gaming platforms.
Frontier Developments Contacts
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David Braben
President and Founder
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Alex Bevis
CFO
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Jonny Watts
Chief Creative Officer
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Matthew Florianz
Principal Audio Designer
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What does David Braben invest in?
David Braben invests primarily in Big Data, Crowdfunding and Trading Platform startups, most often at Seed and Funding Round stage. Most of the 2 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United Kingdom. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
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When did David Braben last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for David Braben closed in Oct 2016. Shizune tracks 2 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.
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