# Hiro Capital

> Hiro Capital is a VC fund in Luxembourg backing Gaming and Video Games. See 60 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Luxembourg, Luxembourg
- Total investments: 60
- Last investment: Oct 2025
- Lead investor: 65%
- Fund size: $351M
- Last fund: Feb 2022
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/hirocapital/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/hirocapital?lang=en
- Website: https://hiro.capital/

Hiro Capital is a Luxembourg / London technology Venture Capital fund which invests in European and UK innovators in Games, Esports and Digital Sports. Hiro Capital generally invests at the post-seed Series A and B stages. We invest both in front-end Content creators in Games, Esports and Digital Sports and in deep tech sector-specificapplications of Cloud, Mobile, Streaming, Big Data, AI, Wearables, AR and VR technologies.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1M–$9M |
| Series A | $2.6M–$42M |
| Venture - Series Unknown | $3.4M–$35M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Gaming | 20 | 33% |
| Video Games | 14 | 23% |
| Software | 9 | 15% |
| PC Games | 4 | 7% |
| Information Technology | 4 | 7% |

59 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 15 | 25% |
| Seed | 11 | 18% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 7 | 12% |
| Funding Round | 4 | 7% |
| Pre-Seed | 3 | 5% |

8 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 16 | 27% |
| United Kingdom | 12 | 20% |
| India | 1 | 2% |
| Malta | 1 | 2% |
| Canada | 1 | 2% |

12 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Livingstone Ian | Co-Founder and Partner | 16 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ian-livingstone |
| Luke Alvarez | Founder, General Partner | 15 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/luke-alvarez |
| Freeman Cherry | Co-founding Partner | 4 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cherry-freeman-a9bd |
| Jason Willig | Operating Director | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jason-willig |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| GAIM.FUN | GAIM.FUN turn a single sentence into an explorale, fully interactive 3D environment, |  | Seed | Oct 06, 2025 |  |
| Meeple Corp | Meeple Corp is a digital board game developer dedicated to transforming classic tabletop games into captivating digital experiences. | $621.8K | Pre-Seed | Feb 03, 2025 |  |
| Maintain Altitude | Maintain Altitude is a new mobile game development company that loves both music and games. The company is based in the United Kingdom. | $500K | Pre-Seed | Oct 28, 2024 |  |
| Sidero Labs | Talos OS is a modern operating system designed for Kubernetes. Talos OS is not a general-purpose operating system, it reduces security vulnerabilities, and makes upgrading, and migrating from one environment to another, much easier. SideroLabs was founded in 2019 as Talos Systems. | $4M | Venture - Series Unknown | Oct 23, 2024 |  |
| FRVR | FRVR builds the ecosystem that brings captivating games to billions of players instantly. | $12.7M | Venture - Series Unknown | Aug 13, 2024 |  |
| Soccerverse | Soccerverse is a football management MMO of which utilizes cutting edge tech from blockchain and AI. Clubs and Soccer Players are owned by the gamers whom can influence clubs and soccer players decisions. | $3.2M | Seed | Jul 12, 2024 |  |
| Loric Games | Loric Games operates as a gaming studio that offers players story-driven experiences. The company aims to inspire players that seek adventure within fantastical worlds that are brought to life through shared story-driven experiences. | $4M | Seed | Jan 30, 2024 |  |
| Noodle Cat Games | Noodle Cat is an independent game studio on a mission to change the current standard of game development. The Noodle Cat team is committed to learning, collaborating, and pushing boundaries in a healthy, flexible working environment. | $12M | Series A | Oct 20, 2023 |  |
| Playbook | Playbook is the #1 creator economy platform for talent in the fitness & athletic industry. Our combination of mobile SaaS tools and services enables today's creator class to turn their iPhone training content into a meaningful subscription income (business in your pocket). | $7M | Series A | Mar 29, 2023 |  |
| Telltale Games | Telltale is the first and only digital publisher to release interactive episodic content on a monthly schedule. Their award-winning internal development studio is responsible for creating landmark episodic content, including Tales of Monkey Island, the Sam & Max series, Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People, and Wallace &Gromit's Grand Adventure. Telltale currently develops and publishes episodic series on PC, Wiiâ„¢, and Xbox 360â„¢, with plans to expand to additional platforms and channels this year. | $8M | Series A | Feb 16, 2023 |  |

10 of 60 investments shown.

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## FAQ

### What does Hiro Capital invest in?

Hiro Capital invests primarily in Gaming, Video Games and Software startups, most often at Series A and Seed stage. Most of the 60 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 Hiro Capital's check size?

Hiro Capital typically joins rounds of $1M–$9M at Seed, $2.6M–$42M at Series A and $3.4M–$35M 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 Hiro Capital participates in.

### How do I contact Hiro Capital?

Public channels for Hiro Capital include LinkedIn, X (Twitter) and the website linked on this profile. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.

### Who are the partners at Hiro Capital?

The team at Hiro Capital includes Livingstone Ian (Co-Founder and Partner), Luke Alvarez (Founder, General Partner) and Freeman Cherry (Co-founding Partner). 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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