# Sundance DiGiovanni

> Sundance DiGiovanni is a seed investor at Major League Gaming (New York) backing Video and Events. See 6 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Major League Gaming](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/major-league-gaming)
- Location: New York, United States
- Total investments: 6
- Last investment: Mar 2022
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sundance-digiovanni-864966129/
- Website: http://www.vindex.gg

Sundance DiGiovanni is a seasoned executive, recognized thought leader in video game culture, and veteran creative director with more than 18 years of experience in the media, technology and video game industries. He co-founded MLG in 2002 with Mike Sepso, with the goal of creating a company that would reflect both his lifelong passion for gamingand his deeply competitive nature. Sundance currently serves as the CEO of MLG, focuseing on the long-term growth of competitive video gaming and the various distribution channels that are helping to bring this burgeoning sport to an ever-growing community. Prior to co-founding MLG, Sundance was Worldwide Creative director at Gotham Broadband, a broadband media pioneer. He is a veteran creative executive and has worked closely with a wide variety of brands, including AOL Time Warner, DirecTV, Sony, Pfizer, Nortel Networks, and Sprint.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1M–$7M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Video | 1 | 17% |
| Events | 1 | 17% |
| Gaming | 1 | 17% |
| FinTech | 1 | 17% |
| Software | 1 | 17% |

12 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 4 | 67% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 17% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 3 | 50% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 17% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Aggero | Aggero is a B2B SaaS/Marketplace for esports&gaming and livestreaming industry. Connecting brands and streamers. | $2M | Seed | Mar 23, 2022 |  |
| Mana Interactive | Mana Interactive Inc. is a Boston-based financial solutions provider focusing on providing a new rewards platform designed specifically for gamers. Founded in 2021, Mana Interactive is comprised of a team of passionate gamers striving to evolve the fintech space and change the way people see rewards, payments, and technology working together. | $7M | Seed | Dec 16, 2021 |  |
| Major League Hacking (MLH) | Major League Hacking (MLH) is a mission-driven organization focused on empowering the next generation of technologists. MLH runs the largest community of early-career developers worldwide that now has more than 500,000 members. Through programs like hackathons, internships, and workshops, community members count on MLH to gain practical hands-onexperience, build their professional networks, and ultimately launch their careers. MLH works with employers like AWS, Facebook, & Capital One to identify, train, and hire amazing, diverse technical talent directly from that community. MLH has been a community first, mission driven organization from the beginning. We measure our success by the number of hackers we empower, and we want to keep it that way. That’s why we made it official and became a Certified B Corporation in 2016. | $1M | Seed | Mar 28, 2016 |  |
| Lightstream | Lightstream builds live streaming creative tools and technology with a true passion for live video production, gaming and supporting the explosive growth of creators and their communities. Their cloud-based technology and products transform difficult technical hurdles into streamlined workflows – empowering creators to effortlessly share theirpassion, talent, and creativity on live streaming platforms like Mixer, Twitch, Facebook, YouTube, and more.Since 2014, they have been building a cloud-based live streaming studio with the goal of removing all the technical hurdles and putting advanced production capabilities in the hands of beginners. Today, they have thousands of creators streaming with Lightstream Studio for thousands of hours every day. They have partnered with Microsoft to offer Lightstream Studio to millions of Xbox and Windows streamers as part of the native OS experience – in addition to licensing their technology to major game studios and media companies. |  | Seed | Oct 01, 2015 |  |
| Lightstream | Lightstream builds live streaming creative tools and technology with a true passion for live video production, gaming and supporting the explosive growth of creators and their communities. Their cloud-based technology and products transform difficult technical hurdles into streamlined workflows – empowering creators to effortlessly share theirpassion, talent, and creativity on live streaming platforms like Mixer, Twitch, Facebook, YouTube, and more.Since 2014, they have been building a cloud-based live streaming studio with the goal of removing all the technical hurdles and putting advanced production capabilities in the hands of beginners. Today, they have thousands of creators streaming with Lightstream Studio for thousands of hours every day. They have partnered with Microsoft to offer Lightstream Studio to millions of Xbox and Windows streamers as part of the native OS experience – in addition to licensing their technology to major game studios and media companies. | $1.4M | Seed | Jul 06, 2015 |  |
| Lightstream | Lightstream builds live streaming creative tools and technology with a true passion for live video production, gaming and supporting the explosive growth of creators and their communities. Their cloud-based technology and products transform difficult technical hurdles into streamlined workflows – empowering creators to effortlessly share theirpassion, talent, and creativity on live streaming platforms like Mixer, Twitch, Facebook, YouTube, and more.Since 2014, they have been building a cloud-based live streaming studio with the goal of removing all the technical hurdles and putting advanced production capabilities in the hands of beginners. Today, they have thousands of creators streaming with Lightstream Studio for thousands of hours every day. They have partnered with Microsoft to offer Lightstream Studio to millions of Xbox and Windows streamers as part of the native OS experience – in addition to licensing their technology to major game studios and media companies. |  | Pre-Seed |  |  |

6 of 6 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [1517 Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/1517-fund) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [OKX Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/block-dream-fund) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [bValue Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bvalue-angels) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Engine Media](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/engine-media) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Techstars Chicago](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/excelerate-labs) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Founders Factory](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/founders-factory) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Major League Gaming

VC Fund · New York, United States

Major League Gaming is a digital network to promote eSports globally through premier competition and to deliver premium gaming content to viewers anytime, anywhere through its global streaming platform. It operates MLG.tv, an online broadcast network for professional level competitive gaming; the MLG Pro Circuit, the longest-running eSports leaguein North America; and GameBattles, the largest cross platform online gaming tournament system with 9 million registered users across the globe.Each month, Major League Gaming reaches millions of fans via web, mobile, connected TVs, and gaming consoles. It was launched in 2002 by Sundance DiGiovanni and Michael Sepso. The network is based in New York, N.Y.

3 contacts available at Major League Gaming.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Allen De La Cruz | SVP Engineering | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/allen-de-la-cruz |
| Brian Dugan | VP of Communications | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/brian-dugan |
| Sundance DiGiovanni | Co-founder, CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sundance-digiovanni |

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## FAQ

### What does Sundance DiGiovanni invest in?

Sundance DiGiovanni invests primarily in Video, Events and Gaming startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed 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 Sundance DiGiovanni's check size?

Sundance DiGiovanni typically joins rounds of $1M–$7M 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 Sundance DiGiovanni participates in.

### When did Sundance DiGiovanni last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Sundance DiGiovanni closed in Mar 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?

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