Michael Cheung
Founding General Partner @ Makers Fund
Michael Cheung is a seed investor at Makers Fund focused on Gaming and Software. Michael Cheung currently works as the Founding General Partner for Makers Fund. He previously worked at Unit 2 Games as a Board Member.
- Total investments:
- 14
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 57%
Last updated:
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Industries Michael Cheung invests in
Stages Michael Cheung invests in
Countries Michael Cheung invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
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Round size
- Seed
- $4M–$6M
- Series A
- $9M–$26M
- Series B
- $18M–$155M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Gaming 8 (57%)
- Software 3 (21%)
- Online Games 3 (21%)
- Mobile Apps 2 (14%)
- Video Games 2 (14%)
Stage
- Seed 5 (36%)
- Series B 3 (21%)
- Series A 2 (14%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 2 (14%)
- Series C 1 (7%)
Country
- Turkey 3 (21%)
- Finland 2 (14%)
- India 1 (7%)
- Germany 1 (7%)
- Australia 1 (7%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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| Bold Games operates as a mobile game development studio that creates casual puzzle video games. The company's core business model focuses on building free-to-play mobile applications sustained through integrated gameplay mechanics and digital monetization streams like in-app purchases. Its primary value proposition lies in engineeringlogic-based, interactive experiences that offer accessible, engaging, and long-term entertainment for mainstream mobile players. By utilizing stylized 3D graphics and satisfying organizational mechanics, the studio transforms everyday activities into highly engaging digital gameplay loops. | $6M / Seed / Jul 08, 2026 | ||
| Vento Games is an interactive entertainment company that develops and publishes video games and digital experiences for a global audience. The company focuses on creating titles for mobile, console, and PC platforms that blend storytelling, gameplay mechanics, and visual design to engage players across genres. Its offerings include original gameconcepts as well as community-driven features such as in-game events, social interaction systems, and content updates that extend player engagement. Vento Games works with creative talent, designers, and technical developers to plan, build, and launch interactive entertainment products, incorporating iterative testing and design feedback throughout development cycles. The company also manages publishing activities that support distribution, platform optimization, and player community outreach for its games. Through its development and publishing services, Vento Games supports the lifecycle of digital entertainment projects from concept through release and ongoing content engagement. | $4M / Seed / Mar 03, 2026 | ||
| Dream Games is a mobile gaming company based in Istanbul. Their objective is to combine technology and creativity to develop high-quality mobile games that will be played for years. It specializes in the fields of casual games, video games, and the gaming industry. | $255M / Series C / Jan 18, 2022 | ||
| mod.io is cross-platform mod support and user-generated content (UGC) service created by the team behind ModDB. It’s designed for studios that want to enable their community’s creativity on PC, console, and mobile. Since its launch in 2019, it has been used by more than 50 games to power their mod and creator communities, with 400,000 usersaccessing the platform daily. Together they have created 600,000 pieces of content, with over 100 million mods installed total. mod.io offers an automated, scalable, easy to implement a way to tap into the goodwill and growth UGC can drive and is designed for the modern game that values long-term user engagement and creator economies. | $26M / Series A / Nov 08, 2021 | ||
| Dream Games is a mobile gaming company based in Istanbul. Their objective is to combine technology and creativity to develop high-quality mobile games that will be played for years. It specializes in the fields of casual games, video games, and the gaming industry. | $155M / Series B / Jun 30, 2021 | ||
| WinZO is a mobile e-sports social gaming platform that offers monetary benefits and prizes to players.The platform offers nearly 70+ games including carrom, cricket, bubble shooter, fruit samurai, knife up, memory mania, fantasy league, and trivia-based questions. WinZO hosts all its games on a single platform across multiple formats in 12+regional languages and 60% of content on our platform is consumed in non-English languages.It was founded in 2018 and headquartered in New Delhi, Delhi, India by Paavan Nanda and Saumya Singh Rathore. | $9.5M / Debt Financing / Apr 09, 2021 | ||
| Creating action games with epic stories to foster lasting connections with players around the world. | $4.4M / Seed / Jan 17, 2021 | ||
| mod.io is cross-platform mod support and user-generated content (UGC) service created by the team behind ModDB. It’s designed for studios that want to enable their community’s creativity on PC, console, and mobile. Since its launch in 2019, it has been used by more than 50 games to power their mod and creator communities, with 400,000 usersaccessing the platform daily. Together they have created 600,000 pieces of content, with over 100 million mods installed total. mod.io offers an automated, scalable, easy to implement a way to tap into the goodwill and growth UGC can drive and is designed for the modern game that values long-term user engagement and creator economies. | $4M / Seed / Dec 03, 2020 | ||
| WinZO is a mobile e-sports social gaming platform that offers monetary benefits and prizes to players.The platform offers nearly 70+ games including carrom, cricket, bubble shooter, fruit samurai, knife up, memory mania, fantasy league, and trivia-based questions. WinZO hosts all its games on a single platform across multiple formats in 12+regional languages and 60% of content on our platform is consumed in non-English languages.It was founded in 2018 and headquartered in New Delhi, Delhi, India by Paavan Nanda and Saumya Singh Rathore. | $18M / Series B / Sep 03, 2020 | ||
| Superplus Games was founded 2015 and is based in the heart of Helsinki, Finland.Their hit game Hills of Steel has been downloaded over 50 million times and has received the Editors’ Choice badge from Google Play.They are seeing lots of untapped potential in mobile multiplayer games as most of the developers are focusing on highly competitivemarkets such as RTS, RPG and FPS. Their games however, will bring playful competition to casual games. The driving ambition they have is to create games people will love and continue to play for a long time, and to support that mission, their team is strongly data-driven in everything they do or decide not to do. | $4.7M / Venture - Series Unknown / Apr 15, 2020 | ||
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Co-Investors
About Makers Fund
Makers Fund is a global interactive entertainment venture capital firm focused on early stage investments. The team supports founders through an extensive network and deep experience in the industry.
Makers Fund Contacts
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Adalsteinn Alli Ottarsson
Principal
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Andrew Wilson
Principal
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Archie Stonehill
Investor
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Eric Feddersen
Graduate Intern
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Jay Chi
Founding Partner
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FAQ
What does Michael Cheung invest in?
Michael Cheung invests primarily in Gaming, Software and Online Games startups, most often at Seed and Series B stage. Most of the 14 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Turkey. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What round sizes does Michael Cheung invest in?
Michael Cheung typically joins rounds of $4M–$6M at Seed, $9M–$26M at Series A and $18M–$155M at Series B. These are whole funding-round sizes, not Michael Cheung's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds Michael Cheung took part in.
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When did Michael Cheung last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Michael Cheung closed in Jul 2026. Shizune tracks 14 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.
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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 Oct 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.
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