Rare Candy
Seed Round in 2024
Rare Candy is a collectibles marketplace created by fans of trading card games and other collectibles. It operates a platform that enables collectors to buy authenticated items curated by influential figures in the space and to participate in live auctions of anime-based trading cards, making remarkable cards accessible to a broad audience.
Allstar is a company that focuses on empowering gamers to become creators of short-form video content through innovative tools and infrastructure. Its platform allows users to easily capture, personalize, and share their most significant gaming and esports moments as high-quality videos. By democratizing gaming content, Allstar enables gamers to produce professional-quality clips, facilitating the discovery and sharing of their favorite gaming experiences across various platforms and devices. Through its technology, Allstar aims to enhance the gaming community's engagement and creativity by providing accessible content creation solutions.
M80 is a pioneering organization dedicated to fostering the creative economy through esports and gaming. It operates an innovative platform that connects players to their fans, offering digital items with real-world utility, exploring emerging technologies like web3 and blockchain, and providing opportunities for professional esports players to compete and earn rewards.
The Believer Company
Series A in 2023
The Believer Company is a game development studio focused on creating engaging gaming experiences by prioritizing the player. With a diverse team of developers from around the globe, the company has a rich history of crafting various popular titles, including games like Words With Friends and League of Legends. The Believer Company specializes in developing open-world games that are accessible across multiple platforms, allowing players to immerse themselves in entertainment that transcends traditional boundaries.
Stadium Live
Series A in 2022
Stadium Live is a Toronto-based developer of a sports entertainment platform for the next generation of sports and esports fans. The platform builds a digital universe at the intersection of sports and culture, enabling fans to follow live scores, engage with sporting events remotely with friends, and participate in play, earn, and shop experiences around sports and culture. The ecosystem also includes a sports community platform that creates a virtual space where fans can hang out, express individuality, and buy and earn digital collectibles, aiming to become a go-to destination for contemporary sports and culture fans.
Kryptomon
Series A in 2022
Kryptomon is an NFT Play-and-Earn blockchain game, where Pokémon meets Tamagotchi and CryptoKitties.
Breed, Train and Fight with your NFT Kryptomon. It's a new world where trainers can live a new adventure on Blockchain.
Set in the Kryptomon metaverse, community members play as ‘Trainers’ of their own individual monsters — Kryptomons — each of which is a completely unique digital asset connected to an NFT. Each has a unique but mutable genetic code made up of 38 randomised parameters that determine all of the aspects — physical and behavioral — of the creature.
This not only ensures that each Kryptomon is unique but also brings to life each Kryptomon as a digital companion in the Kryptomon metaverse. They are capable of learning, falling sick, getting hungry, and protecting their trainers when out on an adventure in the physical world. In turn, trainers will have to care for, feed, and train their Kryptomon partners in order to grow and prepare for the battles ahead.
Kryptomon creates the next step in the evolution of crypto-gaming by using advanced blockchain technologies, digital genetics, and location-based technologies.
So what are you waiting for? Play and participate in the Kryptomon league to become the Kryptomon Metaverse Champion!
Sizzle is an innovative web service that utilizes artificial intelligence to create condensed highlights from gaming videos on platforms like Twitch and YouTube. By transforming lengthy gameplay sessions, such as a 20-minute Fortnite video, into concise five-minute summaries, Sizzle addresses the needs of the 700 million gaming fans who often find long livestreams overwhelming and highlight compilations insufficient. The platform captures key moments in chronological order, allowing viewers to experience the full narrative of streams from popular figures like Ninja and Daequan. Sizzle provides a streamlined option for fans seeking engaging content without the extensive time commitment, enhancing the viewing experience for both casual and dedicated audiences. More information about Sizzle can be found at www.sizzle.gg.
GamerGains
Seed Round in 2022
GamerGains operates a play-and-earn platform for traditional gamers on PCs and consoles like Xbox and PlayStation. Its user-friendly interface enables members to confidently earn cryptocurrency through fair, transparent contests with instant payouts.
GreenPark Sports
Series B in 2021
Founded in 2018, GreenPark Sports develops and operates an online gaming platform that provides digital experiences and games for sports and esports fans. Its flagship product is a free-to-play mobile game played over the top of sporting events, allowing users to compete as 'Best Fans' of their favorite leagues and teams.
Mainline
Seed Round in 2021
Mainline.GG, LLC is a Houston-based company that specializes in developing esports tournament software. Founded in 2017, Mainline provides a comprehensive platform that enables users to run, manage, and monetize esports tournaments effectively. The company adopts a tailored approach to assist colleges, universities, brands, and organizations in establishing and enhancing their esports programs. Through custom technology, expert tournament organization, and focused production, Mainline supports a range of clients in navigating the esports landscape. The platform features ongoing tournaments and events, facilitating engagement within the gaming community while helping brands achieve broader distribution through branded technology and marketing strategies.
Esports One
Venture Round in 2020
Esports One is a company based in Santa Monica, California, focused on providing comprehensive esports data and analytics. Founded in 2012, the company operates platforms that offer real-time knowledge evaluation and information resources for players, fans, streamers, teams, and event broadcasters. Esports One utilizes computer vision and machine learning to capture and analyze thousands of data points in real-time, creating one of the most extensive databases of League of Legends esports statistics, dating back to 2011. The company aims to enhance fan engagement with esports through innovative platforms like Esports One Fantasy, which allows users to research teams and players and compete in fantasy leagues tailored for esports enthusiasts.
VENN is a 24/7 post-cable network focused on gaming, esports, and entertainment. Launched in 2020, it broadcasts live from studios located in New York and Los Angeles. The network aims to develop and circulate engaging content related to gaming and esports while also covering pop culture. VENN distributes its programming across various media platforms and offers original content produced both in-house and in collaboration with prominent creators and industry leaders. This approach allows VENN to connect with audiences interested in the dynamic worlds of gaming and entertainment.
Midgame
Seed Round in 2018
Midgame is a technology company focused on enhancing the gaming experience through voice-enabled applications and analytics tailored for gamers and esports teams. The company has developed an artificial intelligence-based gaming assistance application that aims to reduce friction in gameplay and improve immersion. This application captures player communication via a bot, utilizing machine transcription to analyze in-game dialogue. By identifying key decision moments, Midgame's technology allows gamers to track, review, and refine their performance. Currently, the company is in early access with its voice-enabled gaming assistant designed specifically for Stardew Valley.
Sleeper
Seed Round in 2017
Sleeper is a fantasy sports platform that connects fans worldwide. It offers real-time news, expert advice, cash prizes, and social features like chat, enabling users to engage in competitive yet communal sporting experiences.
Sleeper
Seed Round in 2015
Sleeper is a fantasy sports platform that connects fans worldwide. It offers real-time news, expert advice, cash prizes, and social features like chat, enabling users to engage in competitive yet communal sporting experiences.