# Kirill Gurskiy > Kirill Gurskiy is a seed investor at GEM Capital (Paphos) backing Gaming and Video Games. See 22 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026. - Type: Angel Investor - Fund: [GEM Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gem-capital) - Location: Paphos, Cyprus - Total investments: 22 - Last investment: Dec 2025 - Lead investor: 82% - Last updated: Aug 2026 - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kirill-gurskiy-cfa-aaa8983b/ - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kirill.gurskiy Kirill Gurskiy is a seed investor at GEM Capital in Paphos focused on Gaming and Video Games. Kirill Gurskiy is the Managing Director at GEM Capital ## Investment focus ### Industry | Industry | Investments | Share | | --- | --- | --- | | Gaming | 9 | 41% | | Video Games | 7 | 32% | | Mobile Apps | 4 | 18% | | Online Games | 4 | 18% | | PC Games | 3 | 14% | 20 industries tracked in total. ### Stage | Stage | Investments | Share | | --- | --- | --- | | Seed | 9 | 41% | | Pre-Seed | 5 | 23% | | Series A | 4 | 18% | | Venture - Series Unknown | 3 | 14% | | Funding Round | 1 | 5% | ### Country | Country | Investments | Share | | --- | --- | --- | | Cyprus | 7 | 32% | | United States | 4 | 18% | | Poland | 1 | 5% | | Belarus | 1 | 5% | | Finland | 1 | 5% | 6 countries tracked in total. ## Investments | Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Hypemasters | Hypemasters is a mobile games studio. Hypemasters create genre-defining games that players all over the world will enjoy for years. | $1M | | Dec 09, 2025 | | | Eschatology Entertainment | Eschatology Entertainment is a Cyprus-based game developers that creates an immersive hardcore experiences in a unique living game world. | $11.3M | Series A | Aug 14, 2024 | | | AppMagic | AppMagic is a mobile apps market intelligence SaaS | $3M | Series A | Jul 23, 2024 | | | Game Garden | Game Garden is one of the leading mobile and social networks game developers. With over 25 million players around the world, Game Garden currently develops family oriented games and is the leader in its segment with some of the highest ratings from players. Topping the charts of Apple App Store, Google Play and Amazon Store, Game Garden offersexceptional programming, art, and game design and technologies, as well as a team of highly professional individuals. | | Venture - Series Unknown | Jun 04, 2024 | | | VEA Games | VEA Games is an independent studio developing Nikoderiko: The Magical World. The project has received several awards, including a victory in the Excellence in Visual Art category at the DevGAMM Awards 2020. The company employs veterans of the gaming industry who have participated in the development of many iconic projects, including Allods Onlineand Skyforge. | | Venture - Series Unknown | May 30, 2024 | | | Weappy | Weappy is a small independent game development studio | | Venture - Series Unknown | May 30, 2024 | | | Red Rover | Red Rover is a game studio which create captivating multiplayer experiences and shake up the survival genre. | $14.9M | Series A | Apr 16, 2024 | | | Order of Meta | Order of Meta is a gaming studio brought to professional game creators, unique specialists who have created more than one project in the mid-core and hardcore genres. | $3.3M | Seed | Jan 30, 2024 | | | Sad Cat Studios | Sad Cat Studios is a game development company that specializes in the production of cinematic retro-futuristic action-thriller games. | $5M | Seed | Oct 03, 2023 | | | Made on Earth Games | Made on Earth Games is a mobile gamedevelopment company founded in 2021.Our objective is to combine high quality art, deep creative gameplay and modern technologies. We want to deliver an amazing game experience to mobile devices across the world.At Made on Earth Games all team members have a unique chance to contribute to the final productand the whole company. | $3.3M | Seed | Aug 21, 2023 | | 10 of 22 investments shown. ## Co-investors - [The Games Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/the-games-fund) — VC Fund, 7 deals together - [Acequia Capital (AceCap)](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/acequia-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together - [Behold Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/behold-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together - [Krafton](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bluehole) — VC Fund, 2 deals together - [Lifelike Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lifelike-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together - [Embria](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/embria) — VC Fund, 1 deal together ## About GEM Capital VC Fund · Paphos, Cyprus GEM Capital is one of the top gaming VC investors. This international investment company established in 2017 operates in private equity and venture capital markets. Today there are more than 25 projects with origins in Europe, the US and Israel in GEM Capital’s portfolio. GEM Capital's office is located in Paphos, Cyprus.GEM Capital focuseson the Games & Entertainment and Enterprise VC investment areas. GEM Capital also considers outstanding targets in other industries. GEM is always in search of promising creative business founders.Utilizing extensive networks in Europe, Israel and the US, GEM Capital manages to find and support the most promising projects in its targeted industries. GEM Capital highly values companies and startups with international ambitions and scalable business models.GEM Capital was named Best Investor of 2021 by App2top (the leading business media in Eastern Europe). In most recent InvestGame H1 2023 Gaming Deals Activity Report GEM Capital was included in the list of top-10 gaming VC funds (#5 place by number of deals and #8 place by deals value). Based on rating of Inc., 3 out of 7 most promising gametech companies from Eastern Europe are portfolio companies of GEM Capital. Based on rating of Mobidictum, 7 out of 10 top games startups emerging from Cyprus are portfolio companies of GEM Capital. 5 contacts available at GEM Capital. | Name | Title | Profile | | --- | --- | --- | | Kirill Gurskiy | Games & Entertainment Leader | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kirill-gurskiy | | Alex Bykhovskiy | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alex-bykhovskiy | | Anatoliy Paliy | Founder & Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/anatoliy-paliy | | Andrew Forsyth | Chief Financial Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/andrew-forsyth-2cc8 | | Dmitry Kaysin | Investment Manager | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dmitry-kaysin | ## Similar investors ### Similar stage - [Antler](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/antler-be9c) — VC Fund - [Alumni Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alumni-ventures-group) — VC Fund - [Right Side Capital Management](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/right-side-capital-management) — VC Fund ## FAQ ### What does Kirill Gurskiy invest in? Kirill Gurskiy invests primarily in Gaming, Video Games and Mobile Apps startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 22 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Cyprus. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio. ### When did Kirill Gurskiy last invest? The most recent investment recorded for Kirill Gurskiy closed in Dec 2025. Shizune tracks 22 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. # About Shizune Shizune.co is an investor database. 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