# Shanti Bergel

> Shanti Bergel is a seed investor at Transcend. (San Francisco) backing Gaming and PC Games. See 23 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Transcend.](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/transcend-fund)
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 23
- Last investment: Jul 2024
- Lead investor: 26%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/shanti
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/sbergel
- Website: https://www.transcend.fund/

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.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $450k–$6M |
| Series A | $4M–$17M |
| Series B | $6.4M–$30M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Gaming | 12 | 52% |
| PC Games | 7 | 30% |
| Mobile | 5 | 22% |
| Online Games | 5 | 22% |
| Video Games | 3 | 13% |

30 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 13 | 57% |
| Series A | 4 | 17% |
| Series B | 3 | 13% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 4% |
| Series D | 1 | 4% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 13 | 57% |
| Canada | 1 | 4% |
| Finland | 1 | 4% |
| Portugal | 1 | 4% |
| Slovenia | 1 | 4% |

6 countries tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Dotplay | 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 | Midsummer Studios is a independent, well-funded and committed to building a new kind of studio. | $6M | Seed | May 14, 2024 |  |
| Gardens | 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 | Kings of Games is a gaming studio that designs, develops, and publishes mobile board games. |  | Seed | Aug 16, 2021 |  |
| Gardens | 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 | 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 | 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 | Big Run Studios is a building cutting edge mobile games for overlooked and underserved audiences. | $5.3M | Seed | Aug 05, 2020 |  |
| Carbonated | 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 | Treehouse Games is a game studio dedicated to collaborative games that help players share memorable experiences and deepen their friendships. |  | Seed | Jun 23, 2020 |  |

10 of 23 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [1Up Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/1up-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [LVP](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/london-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Andreessen Horowitz](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/andreessen-horowitz) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Betaworks Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/betaworks-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [BITKRAFT Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bitkraft-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [FunPlus](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/funplus-game) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

## About Transcend.

VC Fund · San Francisco, United States

Transcend Fund is a venture firm founded by game industry veterans who have spent decades building digital entertainment firms. The company works on some of the industry's largest franchises and with some of the world's most innovative developers and ambitious creators.

3 contacts available at Transcend..

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Andrew Sheppard | Managing Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/andrew-sheppard |
| Brett Krause | Managing Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/brett-krause |
| Shanti Bergel | Managing Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/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 is Shanti Bergel's check size?

Shanti Bergel typically joins rounds of $450k–$6M at Seed, $4M–$17M at Series A and $6.4M–$30M at Series B. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Shanti Bergel participates in.

### 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.

### 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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