# Laton Ventures

> Laton Ventures is a VC fund in Amsterdam backing Gaming, Mobile and Mobile Apps. See 8 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Total investments: 8
- Last investment: May 2026
- Lead investor: 38%
- Last fund: Apr 2024
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/laton-ventures/
- Website: https://www.laton.vc

Laton Ventures is a venture capital firm.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1.8M–$4.5M |
| Pre-Seed | $1.5M–$3M |
| Series A | $15M–$30M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Gaming | 3 | 38% |
| Mobile | 2 | 25% |
| Mobile Apps | 2 | 25% |
| Online Games | 1 | 13% |

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Pre-Seed | 3 | 38% |
| Seed | 1 | 13% |
| Series A | 1 | 13% |
| Series B | 1 | 13% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Turkey | 2 | 25% |
| United States | 1 | 13% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Grand Games | Grand Games is shaping the future of gaming by creating genre-defining games played by millions worldwide. | $70M | Series B | May 11, 2026 |  |
| Antihero Studios | Antihero Studios creates multiplayer mobile games focused on social interaction and community engagement. | $4.5M | Seed | Mar 03, 2026 |  |
| Born | SLAY is a social gaming company. | $15M | Series A | Sep 10, 2025 |  |
| Surpass Games | Surpass Games goal is to redefine the hybrid casual puzzle genre. | $1.5M | Pre-Seed | Feb 26, 2025 |  |
| Grand Games | Grand Games is shaping the future of gaming by creating genre-defining games played by millions worldwide. | $30.1M | Series A | Jan 09, 2025 |  |
| Grand Games | Grand Games is shaping the future of gaming by creating genre-defining games played by millions worldwide. | $3M | Pre-Seed | Jul 15, 2024 |  |
| Pine Games | Pine Games operates as a mobile gaming company that creates impactful experiences with widespread appeal. | $2.3M | Pre-Seed | Jan 16, 2024 |  |
| Layer AI | Layer AI offers a generative AI platform to assist game developers in creating 2D, 3D, and video assets. The platform enables artists to train custom AI models using their own artwork, generate game assets, and refine them using an integrated canvas tool. Layer AI supports various workflows, including live service content, game characters,backgrounds, UI elements, in-game items, and marketing campaigns. The platform is model-agnostic, allowing integration with industry-standard tools such as Photoshop, Illustrator, Blender, Maya, Unreal Engine, Unity, and Godot. Layer AI is built to be enterprise-ready, offering features like SOC 2 Type II compliance, single sign-on (SSO), role-based access controls, and full audit trails. The company provides different pricing plans, including a free tier for individual users and paid plans for teams and enterprises. | $1.8M | Seed | Dec 31, 2023 |  |

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## FAQ

### What does Laton Ventures invest in?

Laton Ventures invests primarily in Gaming, Mobile and Mobile Apps startups, most often at Pre-Seed and Seed stage. Most of the 8 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Turkey. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Laton Ventures's check size?

Laton Ventures typically joins rounds of $1.8M–$4.5M at Seed, $1.5M–$3M at Pre-Seed and $15M–$30M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Laton Ventures participates in.

### When did Laton Ventures last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Laton Ventures closed in May 2026. Shizune tracks 8 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.

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