# Griffin Gaming Partners

> Griffin Gaming Partners is a VC fund backing Gaming and Video Games. See 80 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Los Angeles, Mexico
- Total investments: 80
- Last investment: Jun 2026
- Lead investor: 54%
- Fund size: $750M
- Last fund: Mar 2022
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/griffin-gaming-partners/
- Website: http://www.griffingp.com/

Griffin Gaming Partners is a venture capital firm focused exclusively on the gaming industry The firm invests across the broad gaming ecosystem, including content, software, and platforms.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for Griffin Gaming Partners. Shizune tracks 8 team members at Griffin Gaming Partners. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/griffin-gaming-partners?utm_source=investor_profile

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1.9M–$18M |
| Series A | $6.5M–$46M |
| Venture - Series Unknown | $6M–$46M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Gaming | 36 | 45% |
| Video Games | 21 | 26% |
| Blockchain | 12 | 15% |
| Software | 9 | 11% |
| PC Games | 7 | 9% |

55 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 28 | 35% |
| Series A | 20 | 25% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 7 | 9% |
| Series B | 6 | 8% |
| Series C | 3 | 4% |

11 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 32 | 40% |
| United Kingdom | 6 | 8% |
| France | 5 | 6% |
| Israel | 3 | 4% |
| Turkey | 3 | 4% |

12 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Peter Levin | Managing Director | 9 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/peter-levin-2 |
| Phil Sanderson | Managing Director & Co-founder | 35 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/phil-sanderson |
| Chris Hollenbeck | Chief Financial Officer | 22 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/chris-hollenbeck |
| Emily Wang | Chief Operating Officer and Partner | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/emily-wang-3d65 |
| Nicholas Tuosto | Managing Director & Co-Founder | 9 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nicholas-tuosto |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| TinyBuild | TinyBuild is an independent video game developer and publisher. TinyBuild is known for publishing and developing a variety of indie games across different genres. Some of their popular titles include "Hello Neighbor," "SpeedRunners," "Party Hard," and "Clustertruck."They gained recognition for theirinvolvement in the indie gaming scene, often collaborating with smaller development studios to bring unique and innovative games to a broader audience. TinyBuild has a focus on supporting indie developers and helping them bring their projects to market. |  | Post-IPO Equity | Jun 29, 2026 |  |
| Scott Coker MMA | Scott Coker is building it to organize and promote professional MMA events worldwide. | $60M | Seed | May 21, 2026 |  |
| Watch.fun | Watch.fun is a platform that offers ticket-based entries for luxury watch giveaways. | $8.6M | Venture - Series Unknown | Mar 26, 2026 |  |
| games2gether | games2gether is a player-centric community and co-creation platform that supports collaboration between game developers and player communities throughout the development process. The company enables studios to share early game builds, gather player feedback, and involve users in testing and discussion. Its services include community managementtools, feedback collection systems, and structured participation programs that connect players with development teams. The platform facilitates ongoing interaction, enabling developers to refine gameplay, features, and content based on user input. games2gether also supports communication through forums, updates, and organized events that keep participants engaged during different stages of game production. | $5.2M | Series A | Mar 20, 2026 |  |
| Giant | Giant is an AI-powered digital studio delivering personalized storytelling experiences fostering children's creativity, curiosity, learning. | $8M | Seed | Feb 23, 2026 |  |
| One Rule Games | One Rule Games is a startup based in a mobile studio. |  | Seed | Jan 12, 2026 |  |
| GAIM.FUN | GAIM.FUN turn a single sentence into an explorale, fully interactive 3D environment, |  | Seed | Oct 06, 2025 |  |
| Palladio AI | Palladio AI operates as an artificial intelligence platform, designed to revolutionize product-led growth. |  | Seed | Aug 19, 2025 |  |
| Shrapnel | Shrapnel is an AAA Extraction FPS powered by next-gen community-driven tools, built on the blockchain to offer true ownership. | $19.5M |  | Aug 13, 2025 |  |
| Zoot | ZOOT (getzoot.us) is a free-to-play social gaming platform offering casual arcade-style games like Plinko, Mines, Crash, and Dice, with sweepstakes prize options allowing players to win real cash rewards. It operates legally in most U.S. states, using virtual currencies—Gold Coins and Sweeps Coins—with no traditional slots or table games. ZOOTemphasizes simple, engaging gameplay inspired by early Flash games, combined with daily bonuses, quests, and a social community focus | $6M | Seed | Jun 17, 2025 |  |

10 of 80 investments shown.

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## FAQ

### What does Griffin Gaming Partners invest in?

Griffin Gaming Partners invests primarily in Gaming, Video Games and Blockchain startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 80 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 Griffin Gaming Partners's check size?

Griffin Gaming Partners typically joins rounds of $1.9M–$18M at Seed, $6.5M–$46M at Series A and $6M–$46M at Venture - Series Unknown. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Griffin Gaming Partners participates in.

### How do I contact Griffin Gaming Partners?

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### Who are the partners at Griffin Gaming Partners?

The team at Griffin Gaming Partners includes Peter Levin (Managing Director), Phil Sanderson (Managing Director & Co-founder) and Chris Hollenbeck (Chief Financial Officer), among 8 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### 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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