# Scopely

> Scopely is a VC fund in Culver City backing Video Games and Apps. See 9 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Culver City, United States
- Total investments: 9
- Last investment: Jul 2026
- Lead investor: 56%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/company/2057437
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/scopely
- Website: http://www.scopely.com
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ScopelyHQ/

Scopely is an interactive entertainment and video game company, home to many top-grossing, award-winning franchises including “Star Trek™ Fleet Command,” “MARVEL Strike Force,” “Stumble Guys”, and “Yahtzee With Buddies,” among others.Scopely creates, publishes, and live-operates immersive games that empower a directed-by-consumer™ experience.Scopely is fueled by a world-class team and a proprietary technology platform Playgami™ that supports one of the diversified portfolios in the mobile games industry. Recognized multiple times as Company’s “World’s Most Innovative Companies,” Scopely is a multi-billion-dollar business due to its ability to create long-lasting game experiences that players enjoy for years. Scopely has operations in more than a dozen markets across Asia-Pacific, including Bangalore and Shanghai, among others; EMEA, including Barcelona and Dublin, among others; and North America, including Boulder, Colorado, and Culver City, California, among others, with additional game studio partners across four continents.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for Scopely. Shizune tracks 11 team members at Scopely. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/scopely?utm_source=investor_profile

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Video Games | 3 | 33% |
| Apps | 2 | 22% |
| Gaming | 2 | 22% |
| Mobile | 2 | 22% |
| Internet | 2 | 22% |

20 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Corporate Round | 5 | 56% |
| Series A | 1 | 11% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 11% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 11% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United Kingdom | 2 | 22% |
| India | 1 | 11% |
| Japan | 1 | 11% |
| Spain | 1 | 11% |
| Canada | 1 | 11% |

7 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Ankur Bulsara | Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer | 2 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ankur-bulsura |
| Jonathan Palmer | Senior Director Business Intelligence | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jonathan-palmer-2 |
| Tim O'Brien | Chief Revenue Officer & Board Member | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tim-obrien-3 |
| Aaron Loeb | Chief Business Officer | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/aaron-loeb |
| Benjamin Webley | Chief Marketing Officer | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/benjamin-webley |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Studio AuKnow | Studio AuKnow develops game and cross-media businesses, focusing on game development while creating engaging content across multiple media platforms to deliver immersive entertainment experiences and expand its creative portfolio. |  | Corporate Round | Jul 02, 2026 |  |
| Helika | Helika is an AI character platform that helps brands and IP owners create interactive AI characters that engage audiences across websites, social media, and online communities. Founded three years ago in North America, the company serves more than 60 studios, including Nexon, Ubisoft, Yuga Labs, and Com2Us, and has co-designed projects withUbisoft. Helika has raised $15M from investors including Sagard, Pantera Capital, Animoca Brands, Fenbushi Capital, and Big Brain Holdings. | $8M | Series A | Feb 15, 2024 |  |
| Burlingame Studios | Burlingame Studios is a new game studio started by veterans of casual games. | $20M | Corporate Round | Mar 10, 2022 |  |
| Polygon | Polygon is a platform for Ethereum scaling and infrastructure development and web3. Its growing suite of products offers developers easy access to all scaling and infrastructure solutions: L2 solutions (ZK Rollups and Optimistic Rollups), sidechains, hybrid solutions, stand-alone and enterprise chains, data availability solutions, and more.Polygon’s scaling solutions have seen widespread adoption with 7,000+ applications hosted, 1B+ total transactions processed, ~130M+ unique user addresses, and $5B+ in assets secured. | $450M |  | Feb 07, 2022 |  |
| PixelToys | Pixel Toys create beautiful, rewarding entertainment experiences. PixelToys find the themes that global audiences can engage with, and reinvent them into exciting new experiences which are graphically rich and provide gripping and rewarding gameplay. Their game environments are beautifully realised, their game characters detailed and believable,and their audio and visual effects as rich as players will have come to expect from their most beloved releases. They create superior entertainment for mobile, tablet and VR audiences, games which players feel are great value and are excited to play. |  | Corporate Round | Jul 19, 2021 |  |
| Tag Games | Tag Games is an independent games studio which develops mobile applications for a range of international clients. Astro Ranch is one of the interesting applications by Tag Games. |  | Corporate Round | Jul 19, 2021 |  |
| Omnidrone | Omnidrone is a videogame developer focused on tablets and mobile platforms. All founding members have a long history of working in the gaming industry for big companies like Digital Chocolate, Playfish etc. The company is located in Barcelona, Spain. |  | Corporate Round | Jul 19, 2021 |  |
| Animoca Brands | Animoca Brands is a metaverse and gaming venture capital firm that focuses on driving digital property rights to gamers and internet users through NFTs. It utilizes gamification and blockchain to develop and market a portfolio of mobile applications, games, and additional products oriented to educational learning to ensure transparency, security,and new business models. | $50M | Venture - Series Unknown | Jul 01, 2021 |  |
| Animoca Brands | Animoca Brands is a metaverse and gaming venture capital firm that focuses on driving digital property rights to gamers and internet users through NFTs. It utilizes gamification and blockchain to develop and market a portfolio of mobile applications, games, and additional products oriented to educational learning to ensure transparency, security,and new business models. | $50M | Venture - Series Unknown | Jul 01, 2021 |  |

9 of 9 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Liberty City Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/liberty-city-ventures) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Blue Pool Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/blue-pool-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Coinbase Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/coinbase-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Gobi Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gobi-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Korea Investment Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/korea-investment-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Krypital Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/krypital-group) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Scopely invest in?

Scopely invests primarily in Video Games, Apps and Gaming startups, most often at Corporate Round and Series A stage. Most of the 9 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United Kingdom. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact Scopely?

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### Who are the partners at Scopely?

The team at Scopely includes Ankur Bulsara (Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer), Jonathan Palmer (Senior Director Business Intelligence) and Tim O'Brien (Chief Revenue Officer & Board Member), among 11 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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