# Doug Griffin

> Doug Griffin is a seed investor at DART Ventures (San Francisco) backing Apps and Machine Learning. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [DART Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dart-17)
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Apr 2022
- Lead investor: 100%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/douggriffin/

Doug Griffin is a seed investor at DART Ventures in San Francisco focused on Apps and Machine Learning. Doug is a serial entrepreneur and investor, and has a wide range of M&E expertise. His startup experience includes exits to Roblox, Apple, and Disney. He focuses on product and company strategy, business development and technical development. His patents in spatial computing have been used in innovative products for the professional market. Hiswork at ILM, Disney, and EA can be enjoyed in some of the largest grossing projects in history, including Star Wars, Pirates of the Caribbean, Need For Speed, and Madden.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Apps | 1 | 100% |
| Machine Learning | 1 | 100% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 1 | 100% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| We Play Sport | We Play Sport aims to develop its product in a number of leagues across multiple targeted geographies during the first half of 2022 to test user engagement and refine its product in readiness for further commercial deployment. |  | Seed | Apr 21, 2022 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## About DART Ventures

VC Fund · Zürich, Switzerland

We invest in breakthrough technologies that positively impact health and climate.We put founders first. Our 12-month US expansion program guides startups on strategy, culture, fundraising, and GTM. Startups get experienced partners and their network, as part of their extended team. We invest in founders working on solutions to fundamentallyimprove health and climate. We believe that combining purpose and profit leads to impact.

5 contacts available at DART Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Arijana Walcott | Co-Founder & CEO Switzerland | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/arijana-walcott |
| Aimée Leifer | Venture Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/aimee-leifer |
| Andrej Kostresevic | Partner; Technology and Ventures | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/andrej-kostresevic |
| Doug Griffin | Venture Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/doug-griffin |
| Sophie Lamparter | Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sophie-lamparter |

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## FAQ

### What does Doug Griffin invest in?

Doug Griffin invests primarily in Apps, Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 1 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Switzerland. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Doug Griffin last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Doug Griffin closed in Apr 2022. Shizune tracks 1 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?

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