# Paul Gouge

> Paul Gouge is a seed investor in London backing SaaS and Gaming. See 3 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Location: London, United Kingdom
- Total investments: 3
- Last investment: Feb 2023
- Lead investor: 33%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/paul-gouge-1243831
- Website: http://www.playdemic.com/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/paul.gouge.71

Paul Gouge is a seed investor in London focused on SaaS and Gaming. Paul Gouge is the CEO and Co-Founder of ForthStar. He previously worked at Playdemic Ltd as a CEO and Co-founder. Paul Gouge attended Alliance Manchester Business School.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $828k–$5.2M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| SaaS | 1 | 33% |
| Gaming | 1 | 33% |
| PC Games | 1 | 33% |
| Messaging | 1 | 33% |
| Video Games | 1 | 33% |

7 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 2 | 67% |
| Series A | 1 | 33% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Hardball Games | Hardball Games create interactive entertainment that allows people to interact in novel and satisfying ways. Hardball games are cross-play, multiplatform, and multiplayer. | $5.2M | Seed | Feb 09, 2023 | https://www.hardball.games |
| Scene Group | Cavalry is a brand new professional level motion design and animation application conceived and created by artists. | $828.2K | Seed | Jul 06, 2021 | https://cavalry.scenegroup.co/ |
| Nivo | Nivo has combined bank standard identity verification with secure instant messaging. Its network offers the convenience of an interface like WhatsApp but where both sides of a conversation can trust the other is who they say they are. You can use the latest technologies to identify customers, and you can share information, images, and fileseffortlessly. | $2.6M | Series A | May 02, 2019 | https://www.nivohub.com/ |

3 of 3 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [ACF Investors](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/angel-cofund) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [GP Bullhound](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gp-bullhound) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Griffin Gaming Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/griffin-gaming-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Paul Gouge invest in?

Paul Gouge invests primarily in SaaS, Gaming and PC Games startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 3 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United Kingdom. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Paul Gouge's check size?

Paul Gouge typically joins rounds of $828k–$5.2M 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 Paul Gouge participates in.

### How do I contact Paul Gouge?

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### When did Paul Gouge last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Paul Gouge closed in Feb 2023. Shizune tracks 3 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?

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