# David Gardner

> David Gardner is a seed investor at LVP (Richmond Upon Thames) backing Gaming and Mobile. See 14 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [LVP](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/london-venture-partners)
- Location: Richmond Upon Thames, United Kingdom
- Total investments: 14
- Last investment: Jul 2025
- Lead investor: 36%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/david-gardner/2/566/739
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/dgpilot

David Gardner is a seed investor at LVP in Richmond Upon Thames focused on Gaming and Mobile. DG is a co-founder and General Partner of LVP. He has over 30 years experience in the game sector.Former CEO & board director, Atari Previously EVP & COO, Worldwide Studios, Electronic Arts ("EA"). 25 years at EA including building EA Europe from 0 to $1bn in annual revenue. DG has spent his career working across SiliconValley and Europe. In 2007, David was awarded the Order of the British Empire for his services to industry, and in 2017 he was appointed BAFTA's first Vice President for Games.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $796k–$2.5M |
| Series A | $3.6M–$12M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Gaming | 3 | 21% |
| Mobile | 3 | 21% |
| Mobile Apps | 3 | 21% |
| Video Games | 3 | 21% |
| Analytics | 2 | 14% |

26 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 5 | 36% |
| Series A | 4 | 29% |
| Angel | 1 | 7% |
| Grant | 1 | 7% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 7% |

6 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United Kingdom | 4 | 29% |
| United States | 3 | 21% |
| Finland | 2 | 14% |
| Turkey | 1 | 7% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Rule | Rule is a fintech startup building a ‘save-to-win’ mobile game to combat the ‘ADHD tax’. | $1.1M | Pre-Seed | Jul 29, 2025 |  |
| Boby.ai | Boby.ai develops artificial intelligence-supported mobile applications for end users | $1.5M | Seed | Apr 15, 2025 |  |
| Singularity 6 | Singularity 6 is a game development studio dedicated to the idea that games can create deeper, more meaningful experiences.At Singularity 6, we explore new styles of game design and tackling difficult technical problems to create worlds that are beautiful and intricate, delivering far more than superficial entertainment or basic wish fulfillment,experiences that becomes a meaningful part of your life. | $30M | Series B | Jul 01, 2021 |  |
| Double Loop Games | Double Loop Games is a mobile studio dedicated to making delightful, relaxing experiences for the biggest audience in games. | $2.5M | Seed | Feb 12, 2020 |  |
| Founders Pledge | Founders Pledge is a global community of founders and investors committed to making the maximum possible impact on the social causes they're passionate about. Through Founders Pledge, members commit to donate a meaningful percentage of their personal exit proceeds to the charities and social causes of their choice following liquidity. Sincelaunching in 2015, Founders Pledge members have committed more than $2 billion to charity and donation $440 million. | $2.6M | Grant | Dec 27, 2019 |  |
| Singularity 6 | Singularity 6 is a game development studio dedicated to the idea that games can create deeper, more meaningful experiences.At Singularity 6, we explore new styles of game design and tackling difficult technical problems to create worlds that are beautiful and intricate, delivering far more than superficial entertainment or basic wish fulfillment,experiences that becomes a meaningful part of your life. | $2.5M | Seed | Sep 13, 2018 |  |
| Peak | Brainbow (now Peak) was founded in 2012 by a Physics PhD and Amazon, EA/Playfish and Google alumni.The company's mission is to reinvent how they consume and ‘play’ with knowledge - making it a more enjoyable experience and building healthy habits. Peak is brain training redesigned for the mobile you. Improve your cognitive skills andbuild healthy training habits with fun but challenging games, goals and workouts |  | Series A | Apr 16, 2015 |  |
| Boomlagoon | Based in the world mobile gaming capital Helsinki, Finland, our team consists of game industry veterans from companies like Rovio, Remedy, Digital Chocolate, Housemarque and Recoil. With a strong understanding of mobile games the company has won multiple Editor’s Choice awards and has been featured worldwide for it’s exclusive list of games basedon diverse gameplay mechanics and compelling experiences engaging players on a regular basis. | $3.6M | Series A | May 06, 2014 |  |
| BrightSun | BrightSun is a U.K.-based startup that helps venture capital and private equity investors decide which startups to invest in. it is plugged into a variety of data sources, including CapitalIQ, CrunchBase, AngelList, Appstores, Alexa rankings, company head counts on LinkedIn, press articles, and sites that the government use to track privatecompanies, like CompanyHouse. The company’s tools enable investors to source deals and track dozens of companies at any given time. BrightSun was founded in 2013. | $200K | Angel | Jan 13, 2014 |  |
| Peak | Brainbow (now Peak) was founded in 2012 by a Physics PhD and Amazon, EA/Playfish and Google alumni.The company's mission is to reinvent how they consume and ‘play’ with knowledge - making it a more enjoyable experience and building healthy habits. Peak is brain training redesigned for the mobile you. Improve your cognitive skills andbuild healthy training habits with fun but challenging games, goals and workouts |  | Seed | Apr 03, 2013 |  |

10 of 14 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Initial Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/initial-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [DN Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dn-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [LVP](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/london-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [1Up Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/1up-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Andreessen Horowitz](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/andreessen-horowitz) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Anthos Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/anthos-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About LVP

VC Fund · London, United Kingdom

LVP is a venture capital seed fund with a difference - they're operating experts in the games sector, and they only ever invest in the games ecosystem. That means they bring real experience and deep understanding. They speak the same language, share the same references, understand the same challenges - and they believe in the same vision.They know instinctively where the opportunities lie; where there are strengths to be harnessed and exposures to be covered. In fine-grain, no-hiding, straight-talking detail. They know when to bide time, when to iterate and when to go wide. And how.They invest in people. That means founders with the potential to build the best in the world; teams with terrific, creative games development skills, or fantastic ideas for revolutionary games technology or services… and a vision that sets them apart.

5 contacts available at LVP.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Are Mack Growen | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/are-mack-growen |
| Catherine Ress | Executive Admin | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/catherine-ress |
| David Gardner | General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/david-gardner |
| David Lau-Kee | General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/david-lau-kee |
| Gavin Harrison | Finance Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gavin-harrison-85fb |

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## FAQ

### What does David Gardner invest in?

David Gardner invests primarily in Gaming, Mobile and Mobile Apps startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 14 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 David Gardner's check size?

David Gardner typically joins rounds of $796k–$2.5M at Seed and $3.6M–$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 David Gardner participates in.

### When did David Gardner last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for David Gardner closed in Jul 2025. Shizune tracks 14 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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