# Ed Fries

> Ed Fries is a seed investor at FigurePrints (Seattle) backing Gaming and Video Games. See 9 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [FigurePrints](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/figureprints)
- Location: Seattle, United States
- Total investments: 9
- Last investment: Nov 2025
- Lead investor: 33%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/edfries
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/Ed_Fries
- Website: https://x.com/Ed_Fries

Ed Fries is a seed investor at FigurePrints in Seattle focused on Gaming and Video Games. Ed Fries is the Board Director of Z2.He was a Vice President of game publishing at Microsoft during much of the Xbox's lifecycle. He was a prime evangelist of the platform to game developers and had an important role in the acquisition of developers Bungie Studios, Ensemble Studios and Rare.He is currently listed as the Advisor forthe Ouya, an Android-based game console and development platform.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Gaming | 7 | 78% |
| Video Games | 5 | 56% |
| PC Games | 3 | 33% |
| Online Games | 3 | 33% |
| Console Games | 2 | 22% |

18 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 7 | 78% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 11% |
| Series A | 1 | 11% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 7 | 78% |
| Israel | 1 | 11% |
| Germany | 1 | 11% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Torpor Games | Torpor Games is a video game company that offers PC, switch, android, and iOS game development services. |  | Seed | Nov 21, 2025 |  |
| Day 4 Night Studios | Day 4 Night Studios is a game development studio that offer interactive and original computer as well as video games. | $4M | Seed | Oct 01, 2024 |  |
| Sprocket Games | Sprocket Games is game development studio launching a cross-platform, social adventure game. | $5M | Seed | Aug 31, 2022 |  |
| Toya Pioneering Women | Toya is developing multilayer games for girls on a Minecraft platform. The playful learning experience enables girls to become the heroes while revealing the life stories of exceptional women. | $4M | Seed | Sep 08, 2021 |  |
| Twin Suns | Twin Suns Corp is a video game studio developing action games for console and PC. The company creates video games with its AAA class platform title, which will debut with an original game franchise, providing players around the world with creative and unexpected experiences. Tim Longo, Forest Swartout, and Jeff Morris co-founded the company. | $3.9M | Seed | May 12, 2021 |  |
| Bebopbee | BebopBee crafts exceptional, emotive and enduring casual gaming experiences | $2M | Seed | Feb 24, 2021 |  |
| Bit Fry Game Studios | Bit Fry Game Studios is a critically acclaimed game designer, world champion athlete, and award-winning Hollywood producer. Bit Fry is an eight years-in-the-making studio with heavy financial backing from sports and gaming luminaries, including X-Box Co-Creator Ed Fries (1UP Fund), former Red Sox LP, and Vice Chairman Les Otten, and MLB All-Starturned esports VC Ryan Howard. | $3.5M | Series A | Feb 12, 2020 |  |
| Absurd:Joy | Absurd:Joy is a remote collaboration application for flexible working. It aids the gap between existing remote collaboration tools with a human-friendly and expressive environment. | $850K | Pre-Seed | Sep 25, 2019 |  |
| Starform | Starform was started by industry veterans with the goal of changing the way people play games together. It puts together small, autonomous teams of talented game developers and provides them with the tools, infrastructure, and support to design and build games in partnership with players, enabling gamers to get state of the art graphics and qualityentertainment.The company was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in Seattle, Washington. | $1.3M | Seed | Sep 17, 2019 |  |

9 of 9 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [BITKRAFT Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bitkraft-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Krafton](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bluehole) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Gaingels](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gaing) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Hiro Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hiro-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [1Up Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/1up-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Drive by DraftKings](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/drive-by-draftkings) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About FigurePrints

VC Fund · Vancouver, Canada

FigurePrints manufactures and distributes video game statues for its clients. The company enables its clients to upload a portion their preferred game worlds on its platform to have it created as a statue. FigurePrints was founded in 2007 by Ed Fries and is based in Washington.

1 contacts available at FigurePrints.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Ed Fries | Founder & Owner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ed-fries |

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## FAQ

### What does Ed Fries invest in?

Ed Fries invests primarily in Gaming, Video Games and PC Games startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 9 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Ed Fries last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Ed Fries closed in Nov 2025. Shizune tracks 9 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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