Shanti Bergel
Managing Director @ Transcend.
San Francisco, United States
Shanti Bergel is a seed investor at Transcend. in San Francisco focused on Gaming and PC Games. Shanti Bergel is the Founding General Partner of the Transcend Fund, the premiere early stage venture capital firm focused on games and digital entertainment.
- Total investments:
- 23
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 26%
Last updated:
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Industries Shanti Bergel invests in
Stages Shanti Bergel invests in
Countries Shanti Bergel invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
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Round size
- Seed
- $450k–$6M
- Series A
- $4M–$17M
- Series B
- $6.4M–$30M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Gaming 12 (52%)
- PC Games 7 (30%)
- Mobile 5 (22%)
- Online Games 5 (22%)
- Video Games 3 (13%)
Stage
- Seed 13 (57%)
- Series A 4 (17%)
- Series B 3 (13%)
- Pre-Seed 1 (4%)
- Series D 1 (4%)
Country
- United States 13 (57%)
- Canada 1 (4%)
- Finland 1 (4%)
- Portugal 1 (4%)
- Slovenia 1 (4%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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| Dotplay is a web-based mobile distribution platform that provides developers an alternative to traditional app stores by enabling them to transform apps into cross-device mobile online games. | $1M / Pre-Seed / Jul 30, 2024 | ||
| Midsummer Studios is a independent, well-funded and committed to building a new kind of studio. | $6M / Seed / May 14, 2024 | ||
| Founded by designers of such award-winning indie titles as Journey, What Remains of Edith Finch, Dustforce, Blaseball, and more, Gardens Interactive is a game studio focused on the future of online play, growing lush, living spaces that need to be cared for by their communities, and fostering meaningful, memorable stories between players around theworld. | Seed / Feb 02, 2022 | ||
Kings of Games
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Kings of Games is a gaming studio that designs, develops, and publishes mobile board games. | Seed / Aug 16, 2021 | |
| Founded by designers of such award-winning indie titles as Journey, What Remains of Edith Finch, Dustforce, Blaseball, and more, Gardens Interactive is a game studio focused on the future of online play, growing lush, living spaces that need to be cared for by their communities, and fostering meaningful, memorable stories between players around theworld. | $4.5M / Seed / Jul 13, 2021 | ||
| Singularity 6 is a game development studio dedicated to the idea that games can create deeper, more meaningful experiences.At Singularity 6, we explore new styles of game design and tackling difficult technical problems to create worlds that are beautiful and intricate, delivering far more than superficial entertainment or basic wish fulfillment,experiences that becomes a meaningful part of your life. | $30M / Series B / Jul 01, 2021 | ||
| Goss is a maker of a social gaming platform that enables users to wager on things and events according to what they like. Women can wager on social and fashion events using the company's application in a fun and social setting because it offers social games for web and mobile settings. | $2.1M / Seed / Feb 03, 2021 | ||
| Big Run Studios is a building cutting edge mobile games for overlooked and underserved audiences. | $5.3M / Seed / Aug 05, 2020 | ||
| Carbonated's main focus is its upcoming mobile shooter, which uses AI to make the typically hardcore genre more accessible and easier to play with just one hand. It is also developing its own live ops system, Carbyne, which it will use to quickly deliver updates to its game. | $8.5M / Seed / Jul 16, 2020 | ||
| Treehouse Games is a game studio dedicated to collaborative games that help players share memorable experiences and deepen their friendships. | Seed / Jun 23, 2020 | ||
| See all 23 investments → | |||
Co-Investors
About Transcend.
Transcend backs AI-native entrepreneurs building the next generation of interactive entertainment. In a $250B global industry, AI is rewriting the economics and Transcend partners with the founders leading that shift. Founded in 2020 by veterans with 70+ years of operator experience and $10B+ in lifetime revenue, we invest from pre-seed through Series A.
Transcend. Contacts
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Andrew Sheppard
Managing Director
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Brett Krause
Managing Director
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Shanti Bergel
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FAQ
What does Shanti Bergel invest in?
Shanti Bergel invests primarily in Gaming, PC Games and Mobile startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 23 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What round sizes does Shanti Bergel invest in?
Shanti Bergel typically joins rounds of $450k–$6M at Seed, $4M–$17M at Series A and $6.4M–$30M at Series B. These are whole funding-round sizes, not Shanti Bergel's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds Shanti Bergel took part in.
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When did Shanti Bergel last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Shanti Bergel closed in Jul 2024. Shizune tracks 23 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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