Griffin Gaming Partners

Griffin Gaming Partners is a venture capital firm established in 2019 and headquartered in Santa Monica, California. The firm specializes in the gaming industry, making investments across a diverse range of sectors, including content creation, software infrastructure, social platforms, and gaming-related web3 companies. With a focus on the evolving gaming ecosystem, Griffin Gaming Partners aims to support innovative projects that enhance the gaming experience and drive industry growth. As a Registered Investment Adviser, the firm is dedicated to fostering advancements in the gaming landscape.

Vic Bassey

Venture Partner

Tiago Teixeira Correia

Venture Partner

Swapan Dighe

Investor

Chris Hollenbeck

CFO

Chris Hollenbeck

CFO

Jim Huntley

Venture Partner

Tammy McDonald

Venture Partner

Seth Nutt

Investor

Anthony Palma

Principal

Pierre Planche

Partner

Chris Quaidoo

Associate

Isaac Ruiz

Vice President, Finance

Nick Tuosto

Managing Director and Co-Founder

Emily Wang

Partner and COO

James Wing

Principal

Frankie Zhu

Partner

Ibrahim Hafeez

Investor

Past deals in Entertainment

Opus Major

Seed Round in 2025
Opus Major is a company that develops video games with a focus on multiplayer experiences that blend gaming and music. Their games aim to create joyful, collaborative universes where players can connect and strengthen social bonds through shared gameplay. Each game is designed to be a unique experience, reflecting the company's commitment to creating distinct, high-quality content.

ForthStar

Seed Round in 2024
ForthStar is a gaming company focused on developing a variety of mobile games that appeal to a broad audience. The company aims to create engaging free-to-play titles that foster creative thinking and cultural collaboration among players. By prioritizing mass appeal, ForthStar seeks to enhance the overall gaming experience for its users, making it accessible and enjoyable for a diverse range of players.

Neon Media

Series A in 2023
Neon Media LLC is a production company based in Seattle, Washington, that specializes in the development and design of games and entertainment software. Incorporated in 2020, it focuses on transmedia and virtual production, offering gaming services tailored for the film and television industry. Neon Media produces real-time sets for virtual productions and creates photorealistic, physically-based rendered (PBR) scenes using its proprietary game engine. This enables collaboration among creators in various fields, including television, film, and comics, allowing clients to produce television series, high-budget special effects movies, and independent animations. As of September 2020, Neon Media operates as a subsidiary of The 4D Factory LLC.

Million Victories

Series A in 2023
Million Victories SAS is an independent game studio established in July 2017 and located in Villeurbanne, France. The company specializes in designing and developing interactive mobile games, with a focus on creating challenging and dynamic multiplayer online games. Its flagship product, Million Lords, is a massively multiplayer online real-time strategy game (MMORTS) that offers an immersive gaming experience for users. Currently, the game is available in early access in select countries, showcasing the studio's commitment to delivering competitive and engaging gameplay for mobile users.

Hardball Games

Seed Round in 2023
Hardball is an independent game studio focused on developing interactive gaming entertainment that emphasizes cross-play, multiplatform accessibility, and high-action multiplayer experiences. The company aims to create engaging video games that allow players to interact in innovative ways, enhancing their overall gaming experience. By fostering a community where gamers can connect and play together, Hardball strives to deliver world-class interactive entertainment that appeals to a diverse audience.

Nexus

Series A in 2023
Chrono, Inc. operates a digital distribution platform known as Chrono.gg, which focuses on marketing computer games. Founded in 2015 and located in Austin, Texas, the platform features a unique sales model by offering a single game at a significant discount for a limited time of just 24 hours. Each day, the showcased game is replaced with a new title, providing customers with a curated selection rather than an extensive inventory. This approach aims to enhance the buying experience by emphasizing quality over quantity.

Players' Lounge

Series A in 2022
Players' Lounge Inc., operating as Players' Lounge Online, is a social gaming platform that allows casual gamers to compete for cash and prizes. Founded in 2016 and based in New Castle, Delaware, it provides an online environment where users can find opponents willing to engage in friendly wagers over popular video games or participate in organized tournaments. The platform caters to the vast majority of gamers who aspire to earn money through gaming, even if only a small fraction succeed in becoming professional players. By facilitating instant e-sports competitions, Players' Lounge aims to democratize the opportunity for all gamers to monetize their skills and enjoy competitive play.

The Wildcard Alliance

Series A in 2022
Wildcard combines elements of arena based action, card collection & real time fan interaction to create the ultimate spectator sport.

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!

Palm NFT Studio

Series B in 2021
Palm NFT Studio is a collective of entertainment, technology, cryptoart and art industry leaders set up to on-ramp artists, creators and rights owners who want to establish NFT marketplaces and next-generation creative works on Palm.

Million Victories

Series A in 2021
Million Victories SAS is an independent game studio established in July 2017 and located in Villeurbanne, France. The company specializes in designing and developing interactive mobile games, with a focus on creating challenging and dynamic multiplayer online games. Its flagship product, Million Lords, is a massively multiplayer online real-time strategy game (MMORTS) that offers an immersive gaming experience for users. Currently, the game is available in early access in select countries, showcasing the studio's commitment to delivering competitive and engaging gameplay for mobile users.

Neon Media

Venture Round in 2021
Neon Media LLC is a production company based in Seattle, Washington, that specializes in the development and design of games and entertainment software. Incorporated in 2020, it focuses on transmedia and virtual production, offering gaming services tailored for the film and television industry. Neon Media produces real-time sets for virtual productions and creates photorealistic, physically-based rendered (PBR) scenes using its proprietary game engine. This enables collaboration among creators in various fields, including television, film, and comics, allowing clients to produce television series, high-budget special effects movies, and independent animations. As of September 2020, Neon Media operates as a subsidiary of The 4D Factory LLC.

Funzy

Seed Round in 2020
Funzy is a mobile game development studio focused on creating casual games that provide entertainment and engagement for users. The company designs both mobile and computer-based games, leveraging a talented team of developers, animators, artists, and narrative designers. Funzy's offerings include a free-to-play game featuring exciting bubble shooter levels and various renovation challenges within a mansion, allowing players to enjoy quality gaming experiences at their leisure.

Skillz

Series E in 2020
Skillz is a mobile games platform focused on enhancing competition through engaging gameplay. It enables game developers to create successful franchises by facilitating social competition within their games. Utilizing patented technology, Skillz hosts billions of casual gaming tournaments, attracting millions of players globally. As a leader in skill-based mobile gaming, the company offers a variety of games, including Dominoes Gold, Blackout Bingo, 21 Blitz, and Solitaire Cube. Skillz operates primarily through its eSports gaming platform, which allows developers to monetize their content via multiplayer competitions. The company generates most of its revenue from the United States, with additional income from international markets such as Israel, China, and Malta. Skillz has received recognition for its workplace culture and innovation in the technology sector.
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