# Michael Morhaime

> Michael Morhaime is a seed investor backing Gaming, Video on Demand and Media and Entertainment. See 6 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Total investments: 6
- Last investment: Dec 2022
- Lead investor: 17%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mike-morhaime-1081a7170

Michael Morhaime is a seed investor focused on Gaming and Video on Demand. Mike Morhaime is the president and a co-founder of Blizzard Entertainment, creators of World of Warcraft. In 2008, Morhaime was inducted into the Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences' Hall of Fame.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1.2M–$15M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Gaming | 2 | 33% |
| Video on Demand | 2 | 33% |
| Media and Entertainment | 2 | 33% |
| TV | 1 | 17% |
| SaaS | 1 | 17% |

22 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 4 | 67% |
| Series B | 1 | 17% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 17% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 5 | 83% |
| Norway | 1 | 17% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Artifact | Artifact conducts professional interviews with guests and records life and family stories on audio, creating an instant heirloom that families can cherish and listen to. The interviews are 30 minutes and held over the phone or computer, then Artifact edits each interview into a studio-quality, 20-minute episode. Artifacts are viewed on a websitewhere people can upload an unlimited number of photos and invite friends and family to listen. | $5M | Seed | Dec 15, 2022 |  |
| Emerge | Emerge is a consumer technology company building a multi-sensory communication platform to bridge distance and time—through touch, sight, sound, and brain activity, powered by emotion AI, to allow users to digitize and transmit their emotions. With over 2 billion people worldwide feeling disconnected from others—one of the greatest life hazards ofour generation—it's time for a new communication platform that focuses on what really matters: our emotional connection with others.The first step is to introduce touch to virtual interactions—via TVs, AR, and VR displays. Emerge Wave-series is the anchor product line for the emotion AI. The patented consumer device emits precise ultrasonic forcefields that can be physically felt with bare hands—imagine a “virtual high five” or holding hands across the globe, with no gloves or controllers needed.We are proud of our impact-focused and diverse team—70% of us are immigrants and first-generation Americans. We are former entrepreneurs and industry veterans who have developed and launched products in the fields of consumer electronics, augmented reality, brain-computer interfaces, gaming, and space exploration.Founded in 2015 and based in Los Angeles, CA, Emerge is backed by venture capital firms including M13 and Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen’s Vulcan Capital, and other notable investors such as former Google CEO Eric Schmidt, and co-founders of Blizzard Entertainment, Twitch, and Riot Games. | $13.7M | Venture - Series Unknown | Nov 11, 2021 |  |
| Lightforge Games | Lightforge Games is a new, all-remote studio of industry veterans on a quest to change how the world plays RPGs. They building a studio for the long haul, rooted in a culture of empathy, honesty, and growth. We're looking for wild dreamers and renaissance thinkers from all walks of life. | $5M | Seed | May 12, 2021 |  |
| PortalOne | PortalOne is a pioneering startup in the videogames industry, taking the best parts of games and the best parts of TV and merging them together to create an immersive entertainment experience unlike anything that's been seen before. PortalOne's business model is centered around the concept of 'hybrid games', a novel categorythat combines elements of traditional gaming with interactive TV shows.Currently accessible only via mobile devices, the company hosts daily 24-hour tournaments every day where players can compete in a variety of games across different genres, including Atari games, for which the company has the exclusive global distribution rights for many of its titles like 'Pong', 'Breakout' and 'Centipede'. These games are not just standalone experiences, but are integrated with TV shows broadcasted within the games themselves. Players play throughout the day with the goal of climbing the Leaderboards for each game, with the opportunity to win real prizes such as cash and holidays.PortalOne's first show format, the 'Arcade Show' -- the TV component of hybrid games -- is hosted every single day in the PortalOne app. The show sees special guests come into the PortalOne universe and become immersed inside the game worlds as real characters. They play a round of a PortalOne game, and then players play against them on their mobile device at home. Previous guests on the Arcade Show include Justin Bieber, Demi Lovato, Tori Kelly, and Atari founder Nolan Bushnell. The company has been operational since 2018 and has been steadfast in its mission to merge the best aspects of the gaming and TV industries. PortalOne's vision is to be the ultimate destination for hybrid games, in the same way that Spotify is for music and podcasts, and Netflix is for TV and film. PortalOne will host hundreds of games across all genres on its platform, with multiple show formats in its universe. The company also intends to become cross-platform. Currently operating in the US & Canada and Norway, PortalOne aims to be available worldwide with studios around the world producing localized TV shows for different geographies. | $15M | Seed | Apr 29, 2021 |  |
| Maestro Interactive Inc | Maestro provides a white-label platform for enterprise live streamers to own, engage, and monetize their audiences. We focus on engagement tools that drive actions at key moments while capturing user data to be used in analytics and marketing campaigns. Customers include Microsoft, PlayStation, E3, ESL, Capcom, WB Games, ELEAGUE, and more. | $15M | Series B | Mar 02, 2021 |  |
| Rally Cry | Rally Cry is an early-stage gaming technology startup located in Southern California. We’re creating an organized way for people of all ages and skill levels to connect, play, and compete with each other. We are engineers, designers, entrepreneurs, and lifelong gamers who believe that gaming is a force for good. | $1.2M | Seed | Mar 26, 2020 |  |

6 of 6 investments shown.

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- [Acronym Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/acronym-venture-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
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## FAQ

### What does Michael Morhaime invest in?

Michael Morhaime invests primarily in Gaming, Video on Demand and Media and Entertainment startups, most often at Seed and Series B stage. Most of the 6 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 Michael Morhaime's check size?

Michael Morhaime typically joins rounds of $1.2M–$15M at Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Michael Morhaime participates in.

### When did Michael Morhaime last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Michael Morhaime closed in Dec 2022. Shizune tracks 6 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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