SOSV

Founded in 1995, SOSV is a global venture capital firm headquartered in New Jersey. It focuses on seed-to-growth stage investments in deep tech innovations, primarily in bio-tech/life sciences and hardware/robotics sectors, with a commitment to human and planetary health.

Michael Aberman

Partner

Lindsay Atkenson

Analyst

Hugh Bowen

Associate

Shawn Broderick

Venture Partner

Stephen Chambers

General Partner

Navin Danapal

Director, South East Asia

Cyril Ebersweiler

General Partner

Hiruy Ephrem

Analyst

Sheng Ge

Partner

Weichang Ge

Analyst

TR Harrington

Partner

Bradford Higgins JD

Venture Partner

Mohan S. Iyer

General Partner

Benjamin Joffe

Partner

Stephen McCann

CFO and General Partner

Carthach McCarthy

CFO

Yuan-Ting Meng

Analyst

Paul Monaghan

Principal

Brian Murphy

Finance Director

Sean O'Sullivan

Managing Partner

Oscar Ramos

General Partner

Eric Ramsay

Analyst

Susan Schofer Ph.D

Partner

Parikshit Sharma

Principal

Sabriya Stukes Ph.D

Partner

Duncan Turner

General Partner

Pae Wu

General Partner

Past deals in Gaming

MixRift

Pre Seed Round in 2024
MixRift is a gaming company specializing in designing and developing interactive mixed-reality gaming experiences. It offers survival and puzzle games, aiming to provide immersive entertainment that bridges the gap between virtual and real-world gaming.

MixRift

Seed Round in 2024
MixRift is a gaming company specializing in designing and developing interactive mixed-reality gaming experiences. It offers survival and puzzle games, aiming to provide immersive entertainment that bridges the gap between virtual and real-world gaming.

Last Gameboard

Seed Round in 2023
Last Gameboard is a technology company developing the world's first board game console. Its patented SenseScreen Touch technology enables players to use their own dice, cards, and miniatures, facilitating in-person and online gameplay.

Last Gameboard

Convertible Note in 2023
Last Gameboard is a technology company developing the world's first board game console. Its patented SenseScreen Touch technology enables players to use their own dice, cards, and miniatures, facilitating in-person and online gameplay.

League of Play

Seed Round in 2023
Founded in 2023, League of Play is an interactive entertainment platform based in Los Angeles, California. It connects creators and athletes to produce engaging content with integrated e-commerce features.

Esports XO

Convertible Note in 2023
Esports XO is a comprehensive tournament discovery platform that caters to the esports community, featuring the largest pool of content creators and professional players. The company specializes in developing online tournament management systems that facilitate the organization and execution of virtual gaming competitions. This allows professional players, gaming enthusiasts, brands, and creators to converge in one platform for tournaments, weekly scrims, and content creation. Additionally, Esports XO owns several tournament intellectual properties and operates XOspace, the country's first and largest gaming house, enhancing the gaming experience for both participants and organizers.

AuraSense

Pre Seed Round in 2023
AuraSense employs AI and automation to convert subjective neurological examinations into objective, quantifiable data. This enables neurologists to accurately assess their patients' cognitive and physical health.

Goka

Seed Round in 2022
Goka operates a web3 platform that enables the creation and management of real-world friendly assets and composable NFTs. The platform integrates with web2 systems to support digital promotions, subscription campaigns, and gamified content, helping brands grow communities and extend product reach. It offers a SaaS toolkit, a non-fungible token launchpad, and features that let clients create composable NFT containers capable of storing digital assets, real-world documents, coupon codes, and other materials, bridging physical promotions with digital assets.

Looking Glass Factory

Series B in 2022
Founded in 2015, Looking Glass Factory develops and manufactures holographic displays designed for 3D creators. Its flagship product, the Looking Glass, combines light field and volumetric display technologies to enable users to create, share, and interact with 3D content without needing VR or AR headsets.

The Money Club

Seed Round in 2022
The Money Club is a mobile platform facilitating peer-to-peer chit funds. Users apply, undergo verification, then form groups ('Money Clubs') with other verified users for collective savings and loans at better rates than banks.

Morfyus

Seed Round in 2022
Morfyus is a pioneering platform leveraging blockchain technology to revolutionize global talent acquisition in the tech industry. It empowers undiscovered talents by giving them control over their data and reputation, fostering transparency and trust. Morfyus curates job listings and employs advanced AI algorithms for precise skill matching, connecting talent with top tech jobs and driving career growth.

Looking Glass Factory

Convertible Note in 2022
Founded in 2015, Looking Glass Factory develops and manufactures holographic displays designed for 3D creators. Its flagship product, the Looking Glass, combines light field and volumetric display technologies to enable users to create, share, and interact with 3D content without needing VR or AR headsets.

Fando

Seed Round in 2022
Fando is a platform that leverages decentralized finance to monetize sports and esports creators through the issuance of creator tokens. It enables the creation of individual creator tokens, giving fans rewards and a say in certain creator actions, while expanding fan engagement and providing creators with additional monetization opportunities by unlocking tokens periodically and upon milestones.

Last Gameboard

Seed Round in 2022
Last Gameboard is a technology company developing the world's first board game console. Its patented SenseScreen Touch technology enables players to use their own dice, cards, and miniatures, facilitating in-person and online gameplay.

ASOBU

Seed Round in 2022
ASOBU is a company focused on enhancing the gaming experience through innovative technology. It allows gamers to easily try, own, and trade game assets without the complexities often associated with blockchain technology. In addition to catering to gamers, ASOBU develops a parental app designed to help parents monitor and engage with their children's digital activities. This app features interactive elements based on metaverse technology, aiming to provide a fun and engaging platform for both parents and children. By combining gaming and parental oversight, ASOBU addresses the needs of adults in the gaming ecosystem while fostering quality time between parents and their children.

Bounty Media

Seed Round in 2022
Headquartered in Singapore, Bounty Media connects consumers across Southeast Asia with brands via its transparent consumer data-sharing platform. It partners with leading service providers to reach hundreds of millions of users, enabling brands to engage directly with their target audiences while respecting privacy and obtaining explicit consent.

Esports XO

Seed Round in 2021
Esports XO is a comprehensive tournament discovery platform that caters to the esports community, featuring the largest pool of content creators and professional players. The company specializes in developing online tournament management systems that facilitate the organization and execution of virtual gaming competitions. This allows professional players, gaming enthusiasts, brands, and creators to converge in one platform for tournaments, weekly scrims, and content creation. Additionally, Esports XO owns several tournament intellectual properties and operates XOspace, the country's first and largest gaming house, enhancing the gaming experience for both participants and organizers.

The Money Club

Seed Round in 2021
The Money Club is a mobile platform facilitating peer-to-peer chit funds. Users apply, undergo verification, then form groups ('Money Clubs') with other verified users for collective savings and loans at better rates than banks.

Looking Glass Factory

Series A in 2021
Founded in 2015, Looking Glass Factory develops and manufactures holographic displays designed for 3D creators. Its flagship product, the Looking Glass, combines light field and volumetric display technologies to enable users to create, share, and interact with 3D content without needing VR or AR headsets.

Last Gameboard

Seed Round in 2021
Last Gameboard is a technology company developing the world's first board game console. Its patented SenseScreen Touch technology enables players to use their own dice, cards, and miniatures, facilitating in-person and online gameplay.

Bounty Media

Seed Round in 2021
Headquartered in Singapore, Bounty Media connects consumers across Southeast Asia with brands via its transparent consumer data-sharing platform. It partners with leading service providers to reach hundreds of millions of users, enabling brands to engage directly with their target audiences while respecting privacy and obtaining explicit consent.

Zebra Media

Convertible Note in 2021
Zebra Media is a video production company that specializes in multi-platform commercial and branded content creation. The firm collaborates with advertising agencies, broadcasters, and advertisers to produce a diverse range of engaging materials, including documentaries, web series, short films, and interactive projections. With a team of skilled directors and a flexible production structure, Zebra Media is able to adapt to varying project requirements while optimizing the clients' investment in visual content. Through its comprehensive services, Zebra Media aims to enhance audience engagement and entertainment in the digital landscape.

Bounty Media

Convertible Note in 2021
Headquartered in Singapore, Bounty Media connects consumers across Southeast Asia with brands via its transparent consumer data-sharing platform. It partners with leading service providers to reach hundreds of millions of users, enabling brands to engage directly with their target audiences while respecting privacy and obtaining explicit consent.

Last Gameboard

Seed Round in 2020
Last Gameboard is a technology company developing the world's first board game console. Its patented SenseScreen Touch technology enables players to use their own dice, cards, and miniatures, facilitating in-person and online gameplay.

Lootcakes

Seed Round in 2020
Lootcakes Inc. is a New York-based company founded in 2012 that provides an online platform focused on gaming data, particularly for free-to-play games. The platform allows players to consolidate their gaming activity and social engagement across different platforms. By utilizing in-game purchasing and social data, Lootcakes connects high-value players—those who spend money and engage socially with others—to game publishers. This connection is essential as game publishers increasingly rely on these players, who drive revenue and attract new users through their social interactions. Lootcakes aims to empower gamers by helping them unlock the value of their game activity data, enabling them to benefit from their influence within the gaming community.

Looking Glass Factory

Series A in 2020
Founded in 2015, Looking Glass Factory develops and manufactures holographic displays designed for 3D creators. Its flagship product, the Looking Glass, combines light field and volumetric display technologies to enable users to create, share, and interact with 3D content without needing VR or AR headsets.

L2P Limited

Seed Round in 2020
L2P Limited is an international educational technology company focused on the eSports sector, developing a comprehensive platform to enhance the skills of both professional and non-professional gamers. The company utilizes artificial intelligence and machine learning to create personalized educational tracks for users, integrating features such as individual post-match feedback, tactical insights, video lessons from professional players, and in-game tasks. L2P Limited has garnered over 1.5 million subscribed users across its products for popular games like Dota 2 and League of Legends, analyzing more than 60 million matches and producing over 2,000 instructional videos. The company is also planning to expand its offerings to include additional games and enter new language markets. Based in Russia, L2P Limited is dedicated to improving the gaming experience through innovative educational solutions.

Vivid Vision

Series A in 2020
Vivid Vision is a technology company that develops a virtual reality based therapy platform for vision disorders such as amblyopia (lazy eye) and strabismus. The core offering, the Vivid Vision software suite, provides interactive tests for eye dominance, suppression, angle of deviation, and contrast sensitivity, and allows clinicians to monitor and control a patient's experience from a touchscreen interface. The system measures eye muscle imbalance and delivers different images to each eye to assess binocular vision and treat amblyopia, enabling ophthalmologists to treat strabismus and convergence disorders effectively. The platform is designed for use in eye clinics, primarily in North America. The company was founded in 2014 in San Francisco and later renamed from Apollo VR to Vivid Vision in 2015.

Esports Charts

Seed Round in 2019
Esports Charts is a global analytics platform designed to enhance understanding and engagement within the electronic sports (esports) industry. It offers four interconnected services: Streams Charts, Events Charts, Teams Charts, and Games Charts. These services collect and analyze data from various broadcasting platforms, enabling users to track key metrics for channels, streams, communities, events, teams, and games. By providing exhaustive historical data and predictive viewership analytics, Esports Charts aims to increase transparency and trust in esports viewership data, benefiting sponsors, organizers, viewers, gamers, streamers, and businesses alike.

CAPSL Entertainment

Seed Round in 2019
CAPSL Entertainment is a mobile gaming platform that specializes in creating and promoting online gaming tournaments. The company provides services that enable users to organize, view, and participate in esports competitions across various games. CAPSL's platform facilitates instant tournament creation, allowing brands to manage gaming events effectively while fostering community engagement. Through its innovative approach, CAPSL aims to enhance the online gaming experience for both players and fans, supporting their favorite esports titles and streamers.

PODD

Seed Round in 2019
game and mobile development firm

Esports Charts

Seed Round in 2019
Esports Charts is a global analytics platform designed to enhance understanding and engagement within the electronic sports (esports) industry. It offers four interconnected services: Streams Charts, Events Charts, Teams Charts, and Games Charts. These services collect and analyze data from various broadcasting platforms, enabling users to track key metrics for channels, streams, communities, events, teams, and games. By providing exhaustive historical data and predictive viewership analytics, Esports Charts aims to increase transparency and trust in esports viewership data, benefiting sponsors, organizers, viewers, gamers, streamers, and businesses alike.

Esports Charts

Seed Round in 2019
Esports Charts is a global analytics platform designed to enhance understanding and engagement within the electronic sports (esports) industry. It offers four interconnected services: Streams Charts, Events Charts, Teams Charts, and Games Charts. These services collect and analyze data from various broadcasting platforms, enabling users to track key metrics for channels, streams, communities, events, teams, and games. By providing exhaustive historical data and predictive viewership analytics, Esports Charts aims to increase transparency and trust in esports viewership data, benefiting sponsors, organizers, viewers, gamers, streamers, and businesses alike.

Overhand Fitness

Seed Round in 2019
Overhand Fitness operates a technology-driven fitness facility that specializes in interactive group workouts. Located in Shanghai, China, the company utilizes advanced fitness tracking technology and immersive displays to enhance the workout experience. By developing and manufacturing fitness trackers, Overhand Fitness monitors individual movements, identifies various activities, counts repetitions and sets, and measures workout intensity. The integration of real-time movement tracking and gamified elements fosters a competitive environment, encouraging users to engage more deeply with their fitness routines and stay motivated.

Tinkamo

Seed Round in 2019
Tinkamo, headquartered in Shanghai, China, specializes in designing and manufacturing modular STEM toys for young children. Their primary product is connected smart blocks that simplify learning electronics and coding, making education engaging and entertaining for kids. The company caters primarily to the Chinese playschool market.

Goama

Seed Round in 2019
Founded in Singapore in 2018, Goama is a mobile game company offering a subscription-based platform for ad-free, uninterrupted gameplay on smartphones.

CAPSL Entertainment

Angel Round in 2018
CAPSL Entertainment is a mobile gaming platform that specializes in creating and promoting online gaming tournaments. The company provides services that enable users to organize, view, and participate in esports competitions across various games. CAPSL's platform facilitates instant tournament creation, allowing brands to manage gaming events effectively while fostering community engagement. Through its innovative approach, CAPSL aims to enhance the online gaming experience for both players and fans, supporting their favorite esports titles and streamers.

Vivid Vision

Convertible Note in 2018
Vivid Vision is a technology company that develops a virtual reality based therapy platform for vision disorders such as amblyopia (lazy eye) and strabismus. The core offering, the Vivid Vision software suite, provides interactive tests for eye dominance, suppression, angle of deviation, and contrast sensitivity, and allows clinicians to monitor and control a patient's experience from a touchscreen interface. The system measures eye muscle imbalance and delivers different images to each eye to assess binocular vision and treat amblyopia, enabling ophthalmologists to treat strabismus and convergence disorders effectively. The platform is designed for use in eye clinics, primarily in North America. The company was founded in 2014 in San Francisco and later renamed from Apollo VR to Vivid Vision in 2015.

Jianghu

Seed Round in 2018
Jianghu utilizes a data-driven training system to create, manage, market, and monetize professional Esports teams across multiple games. Jianghu has created 5 teams, developed and traded over 50+ players, and has done over US$2mil+ in commercial deals.

Goama

Seed Round in 2018
Founded in Singapore in 2018, Goama is a mobile game company offering a subscription-based platform for ad-free, uninterrupted gameplay on smartphones.

Giroptic

Convertible Note in 2017
Giroptic is a company that specializes in developing innovative imaging technology, specifically a patented real-time image fusion process that integrates multiple sensors. The firm gained recognition for its consumer product, the Giroptic 360cam, which was successfully funded through a Kickstarter campaign in 2014, raising over $1.4 million and becoming France’s largest crowdfunding initiative at that time. The Giroptic 360cam is a digital panoramic camera designed to capture high-quality, immersive 360-degree images and videos, allowing users to communicate and share their experiences in a more engaging manner. By providing a new way to capture visual content, Giroptic aims to enhance both personal and professional storytelling through immersive photography and videography.

Tinkamo

Seed Round in 2017
Tinkamo, headquartered in Shanghai, China, specializes in designing and manufacturing modular STEM toys for young children. Their primary product is connected smart blocks that simplify learning electronics and coding, making education engaging and entertaining for kids. The company caters primarily to the Chinese playschool market.

PT Galactic Multimedia

Seed Round in 2017
PT Galactic Multimedia is an Android content provider based in Indonesia, specializing in application stores for a variety of smartphone brands. The company offers a diverse range of digital content, including applications, music, videos, games, digital books, and both static and live wallpapers. Its platform caters to both local and international entertainment needs, positioning it as a key player in the Indonesian digital content market.

Lootcakes

Pre Seed Round in 2017
Lootcakes Inc. is a New York-based company founded in 2012 that provides an online platform focused on gaming data, particularly for free-to-play games. The platform allows players to consolidate their gaming activity and social engagement across different platforms. By utilizing in-game purchasing and social data, Lootcakes connects high-value players—those who spend money and engage socially with others—to game publishers. This connection is essential as game publishers increasingly rely on these players, who drive revenue and attract new users through their social interactions. Lootcakes aims to empower gamers by helping them unlock the value of their game activity data, enabling them to benefit from their influence within the gaming community.

Smart Lumies

Convertible Note in 2017
Smart Lumies develops connected physical toy cubes that combine colors, sounds, and sensors to enable children to play a wide range of educational games. Its flagship product, the Smart Lumies Cube, is simple to use and supports many games through a mix of physical toys and digital content. The platform includes mobile apps and analytics that monitor a child’s play and progress and tailor content and recommended games to boost skills such as creativity, motor development, logic, and problem solving. With an expanding dataset and more than 1000 levels, the company uses AI-powered recommendations to personalize future gameplay and content. Based in San Francisco and founded in 2017 by Filip Kovacic Popov and Martina Grgic, Smart Lumies aims to blend physical play with digital learning to entertain children while tracking development through play.

Vivid Vision

Seed Round in 2017
Vivid Vision is a technology company that develops a virtual reality based therapy platform for vision disorders such as amblyopia (lazy eye) and strabismus. The core offering, the Vivid Vision software suite, provides interactive tests for eye dominance, suppression, angle of deviation, and contrast sensitivity, and allows clinicians to monitor and control a patient's experience from a touchscreen interface. The system measures eye muscle imbalance and delivers different images to each eye to assess binocular vision and treat amblyopia, enabling ophthalmologists to treat strabismus and convergence disorders effectively. The platform is designed for use in eye clinics, primarily in North America. The company was founded in 2014 in San Francisco and later renamed from Apollo VR to Vivid Vision in 2015.

Looking Glass Factory

Series A in 2017
Founded in 2015, Looking Glass Factory develops and manufactures holographic displays designed for 3D creators. Its flagship product, the Looking Glass, combines light field and volumetric display technologies to enable users to create, share, and interact with 3D content without needing VR or AR headsets.

Fantasee

Seed Round in 2017
Fantasee is a mobile game provider that lets users participate in various fantasy sport leagues. Fantasee is first launching FunCricket in India.

Clever Robot Labs

Seed Round in 2017
Clever Robot Labs is a developer of a mixed reality creativity platform designed to enhance content creation in three-dimensional environments. The company specializes in immersive augmented reality (AR) gaming experiences, utilizing advanced technology to allow for instant remapping of physical spaces, effectively transforming any room into an engaging virtual world. Its platform includes a user-friendly drag-and-drop authoring interface, which simplifies the customization of games and interactive experiences. This interface is integrated with Clever Robot Labs' proprietary AR cloud, facilitating multiplayer functionalities and enabling users to create and share their unique mixed reality games across various AR-capable devices. The company's innovations in AR technology and cloud solutions position it at the forefront of the evolving landscape of interactive entertainment.

SwapBots

Convertible Note in 2016
SwapBots are collectible, customisable toys that are brought to life using augmented reality.

Giroptic

Seed Round in 2016
Giroptic is a company that specializes in developing innovative imaging technology, specifically a patented real-time image fusion process that integrates multiple sensors. The firm gained recognition for its consumer product, the Giroptic 360cam, which was successfully funded through a Kickstarter campaign in 2014, raising over $1.4 million and becoming France’s largest crowdfunding initiative at that time. The Giroptic 360cam is a digital panoramic camera designed to capture high-quality, immersive 360-degree images and videos, allowing users to communicate and share their experiences in a more engaging manner. By providing a new way to capture visual content, Giroptic aims to enhance both personal and professional storytelling through immersive photography and videography.

Arduboy

Seed Round in 2016
Arduboy manufactures a credit card-sized video game player powered by Arduino technology. It features a capacitive four-way digital controller, two buttons, and a tiny OLED display, running on a single coin-cell battery for up to nine hours.

Giroptic

Seed Round in 2015
Giroptic is a company that specializes in developing innovative imaging technology, specifically a patented real-time image fusion process that integrates multiple sensors. The firm gained recognition for its consumer product, the Giroptic 360cam, which was successfully funded through a Kickstarter campaign in 2014, raising over $1.4 million and becoming France’s largest crowdfunding initiative at that time. The Giroptic 360cam is a digital panoramic camera designed to capture high-quality, immersive 360-degree images and videos, allowing users to communicate and share their experiences in a more engaging manner. By providing a new way to capture visual content, Giroptic aims to enhance both personal and professional storytelling through immersive photography and videography.

Geili Giving

Convertible Note in 2015
Geili Giving is a company based in Beijing, China, that develops an online crowdfunding application specifically designed for charitable campaigns and NGOs. Founded in 2015 by Elyse Ribbons and Bart Grasza, Geili Giving connects Chinese citizens with pre-vetted charities through a mobile social platform. The application offers a gamified experience that encourages users to engage with charitable programs by playing games, donating, and volunteering. Users can donate digital cash via WeChat's wallet, and they earn additional points for motivating others to contribute. This innovative approach fosters a sense of community and trust between donors and NGOs, enhancing the overall charitable giving experience in China.

Looking Glass Factory

Seed Round in 2015
Founded in 2015, Looking Glass Factory develops and manufactures holographic displays designed for 3D creators. Its flagship product, the Looking Glass, combines light field and volumetric display technologies to enable users to create, share, and interact with 3D content without needing VR or AR headsets.

Fitfox

Seed Round in 2015
Fitfox is dedicated to smart fitness; connecting smart technologies and sports equipment to keep you motivated and socially connected as you achieve your fitness goals. Fitfox has recently developed Sophia the Smart Rope; the Kickstarter project that combines fitness data with the ability to share your workout on a screen and compete with your friends in Arcade mode.

Ebotic

Convertible Note in 2015
Ebotic is developing a drone that performs tasks autonomously indoors and outdoors via voice commands. Imagine a phone or a computer, that flies. People will be able to run apps and games on it too.

Harmonix Music Systems

Venture Round in 2015
Harmonix Music Systems, Inc. is a video game development studio based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, founded in 1995 by Alex Rigopulos and Eran Egozy. The company specializes in creating music-oriented video games that allow users to engage with music through gameplay across various platforms, including console, PC, and mobile. Harmonix is well-known for its successful franchises, such as Rock Band and Dance Central, and was the original developer of the Guitar Hero series up until Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock. The studio focuses on providing interactive entertainment that enables players, regardless of musical background, to experience the joy of making music.

Kountermove

Venture Round in 2015
Kountermove is an online platform that specializes in fantasy sports games, particularly focused on mixed martial arts (MMA) and related combat sports, including boxing, WWE, and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. Launched in 2010 by Aaron Ard and Brian Knapp, both accomplished Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belts, the platform allows fans to engage in salary cap-style fantasy games where they can select teams of fighters to compete for cash prizes. Kountermove has established partnerships with notable names in the MMA community, enhancing its visibility and reach. The company has been recognized for its innovation, receiving accolades such as the Fantasy Sports Trade Association Rookie of the Year Product in 2015 and being a runner-up in the FSTA Elevator Pitch competition in 2014. Led by president Christie Sullivan, an award-winning instructor and internationally ranked competitor, Kountermove also fosters a community that encourages interaction between fans and fighters, creating a comprehensive entertainment experience.

The Tap Lab

Venture Round in 2015
The Tap Lab is a Cambridge, Massachusetts-based social mobile gaming company that develops ambitious mobile games designed for a new generation of gamers. Their games innovatively explore novel ways for players to interact with their surroundings and integrate gameplay into the real world, fostering imagination and creativity among users.

Ebotic

Seed Round in 2015
Ebotic is developing a drone that performs tasks autonomously indoors and outdoors via voice commands. Imagine a phone or a computer, that flies. People will be able to run apps and games on it too.

LightUp

Venture Round in 2015
LightUp develops an educational technology platform that combines an electronics construction kit with a digital tutor application to teach kids the fundamentals of technology through hands-on projects using real components. The platform features mobile-based augmented reality labs designed to engage students in new ways and to help them understand electronics, circuits, and coding. The company is based in the United States.

Geili Giving

Seed Round in 2015
Geili Giving is a company based in Beijing, China, that develops an online crowdfunding application specifically designed for charitable campaigns and NGOs. Founded in 2015 by Elyse Ribbons and Bart Grasza, Geili Giving connects Chinese citizens with pre-vetted charities through a mobile social platform. The application offers a gamified experience that encourages users to engage with charitable programs by playing games, donating, and volunteering. Users can donate digital cash via WeChat's wallet, and they earn additional points for motivating others to contribute. This innovative approach fosters a sense of community and trust between donors and NGOs, enhancing the overall charitable giving experience in China.

Arduboy

Seed Round in 2015
Arduboy manufactures a credit card-sized video game player powered by Arduino technology. It features a capacitive four-way digital controller, two buttons, and a tiny OLED display, running on a single coin-cell battery for up to nine hours.

Vivid Vision

Seed Round in 2014
Vivid Vision is a technology company that develops a virtual reality based therapy platform for vision disorders such as amblyopia (lazy eye) and strabismus. The core offering, the Vivid Vision software suite, provides interactive tests for eye dominance, suppression, angle of deviation, and contrast sensitivity, and allows clinicians to monitor and control a patient's experience from a touchscreen interface. The system measures eye muscle imbalance and delivers different images to each eye to assess binocular vision and treat amblyopia, enabling ophthalmologists to treat strabismus and convergence disorders effectively. The platform is designed for use in eye clinics, primarily in North America. The company was founded in 2014 in San Francisco and later renamed from Apollo VR to Vivid Vision in 2015.

The Tap Lab

Seed Round in 2014
The Tap Lab is a Cambridge, Massachusetts-based social mobile gaming company that develops ambitious mobile games designed for a new generation of gamers. Their games innovatively explore novel ways for players to interact with their surroundings and integrate gameplay into the real world, fostering imagination and creativity among users.

Splitforce

Seed Round in 2014
Splitforce, Inc. is a company that specializes in A/B testing for mobile applications and games. Founded in 2013 and headquartered in New York, it offers users the ability to test different versions of their applications on platforms including iOS, Android, and Unity. By providing these testing solutions, Splitforce aims to enhance the performance and user experience of mobile applications. As of March 31, 2015, it operates as a subsidiary of Char Software, Inc.

Dustcloud

Seed Round in 2014
Dustcloud is a developer of innovative gaming infrastructure designed for competitive outdoor gaming experiences. The company specializes in creating a mobile, first-person shooter game that combines elements of traditional laser tag with modern technology. Its flagship product, the Duster, is a mobile game controller designed for use within a network of i-Beacon meshnets, allowing players to engage in immersive gameplay enhanced by augmented reality headsets and Internet of Things (IoT) beacon zones. Dustcloud aims to revolutionize outdoor gaming by providing a unique and interactive platform for gamers to enjoy. The company's products were developed in China as part of a hardware accelerator program, and they are poised for manufacturing and distribution.

Ten Ton Raygun

Seed Round in 2014
Ten Ton Raygun, LLC is a multimedia development company based in Venice, California, specializing in creating applications, games, and Flash components. The company offers a range of products, including customizable Flash components such as loan calculators, video players, and banner rotators, as well as an innovative presentation viewer application called PresenTweetion, designed for use at events like trade shows and music festivals. In addition to these offerings, Ten Ton Raygun has developed a platform that gamifies rehabilitation, focusing on enhancing physical therapy for stroke and accident victims through interactive environments and data visualization tools. The company's products are available online, catering to a diverse audience looking for engaging and functional multimedia solutions.

Gamer Guides

Seed Round in 2014
Gamer Guides is a publisher based in Manchester, UK, specializing in creating interactive digital strategy guides for video games. The company provides these guides through its iOS app and website, offering gaming professionals and enthusiasts a comprehensive source for strategies, walkthroughs, and game information.

Splitforce

Pre Seed Round in 2013
Splitforce, Inc. is a company that specializes in A/B testing for mobile applications and games. Founded in 2013 and headquartered in New York, it offers users the ability to test different versions of their applications on platforms including iOS, Android, and Unity. By providing these testing solutions, Splitforce aims to enhance the performance and user experience of mobile applications. As of March 31, 2015, it operates as a subsidiary of Char Software, Inc.

Oomba

Debt Financing in 2013
Oomba is a company that operates within the growing eSports sector, offering a comprehensive cloud-based platform designed for tournament management and live streaming. By providing large-scale venues and innovative solutions, Oomba facilitates the organization of tournaments and leagues for players, organizers, and gaming leagues globally. The company aims to streamline the gaming experience by effectively managing player statistics, results, and rankings in the cloud. Based in Irvine, California, Oomba was founded by Michael Williams, who previously established Planetwide Games and Tremor Entertainment, with the creative guidance of co-founder Nolan Bushnell, a noted video game developer and founder of Atari. Oomba's platform supports a multi-faceted ecosystem that includes teams, leagues, governing bodies, and game publishers, and it enhances value for both B2B clients and consumers. The company gained recognition for its innovative tournament organization and social networking capabilities, notably breaking the Guinness World Record for the largest Rock, Paper, Scissors tournament during its official launch at Gen Con 2014.

Oomba

Pre Seed Round in 2013
Oomba is a company that operates within the growing eSports sector, offering a comprehensive cloud-based platform designed for tournament management and live streaming. By providing large-scale venues and innovative solutions, Oomba facilitates the organization of tournaments and leagues for players, organizers, and gaming leagues globally. The company aims to streamline the gaming experience by effectively managing player statistics, results, and rankings in the cloud. Based in Irvine, California, Oomba was founded by Michael Williams, who previously established Planetwide Games and Tremor Entertainment, with the creative guidance of co-founder Nolan Bushnell, a noted video game developer and founder of Atari. Oomba's platform supports a multi-faceted ecosystem that includes teams, leagues, governing bodies, and game publishers, and it enhances value for both B2B clients and consumers. The company gained recognition for its innovative tournament organization and social networking capabilities, notably breaking the Guinness World Record for the largest Rock, Paper, Scissors tournament during its official launch at Gen Con 2014.

Dustcloud

Seed Round in 2013
Dustcloud is a developer of innovative gaming infrastructure designed for competitive outdoor gaming experiences. The company specializes in creating a mobile, first-person shooter game that combines elements of traditional laser tag with modern technology. Its flagship product, the Duster, is a mobile game controller designed for use within a network of i-Beacon meshnets, allowing players to engage in immersive gameplay enhanced by augmented reality headsets and Internet of Things (IoT) beacon zones. Dustcloud aims to revolutionize outdoor gaming by providing a unique and interactive platform for gamers to enjoy. The company's products were developed in China as part of a hardware accelerator program, and they are poised for manufacturing and distribution.

IQ Friends

Seed Round in 2013
IQ Friends is a company that specializes in the development of brain training games designed to enhance cognitive abilities such as logic, memory, visual perception, arithmetic, reaction speed, and mental flexibility. Founded in 2007 and based in Sofia, Bulgaria, the company initially launched an online IQ test created in collaboration with researchers at SRH University Heidelberg, which emphasized both scientific rigor and user enjoyment. Building on this foundation, IQ Friends expanded its offerings to include a variety of psychometric tests and social brain games that combine elements of casual gaming with cognitive training. By integrating insights from neurologists and game designers, IQ Friends aims to make brain training engaging and accessible, helping users maintain a healthy, active lifestyle while also delaying or preventing conditions like Alzheimer’s disease.

LightUp

Pre Seed Round in 2013
LightUp develops an educational technology platform that combines an electronics construction kit with a digital tutor application to teach kids the fundamentals of technology through hands-on projects using real components. The platform features mobile-based augmented reality labs designed to engage students in new ways and to help them understand electronics, circuits, and coding. The company is based in the United States.

foc.us

Pre Seed Round in 2013
foc.us is a developer of innovative brain stimulation technology, primarily known for its transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) headset, which is designed to enhance cognitive performance in gamers. The headset delivers a small electrical current to the brain, targeting the neocortex to improve focus and increase the brain's plasticity. By facilitating faster synaptic firing, foc.us aims to optimize mental capabilities, making it a valuable tool for both gaming and potential therapeutic applications. The company's platform is dedicated to advancing brain research and measuring the effects of stimulation, contributing to a deeper understanding of cognitive enhancement and treatment options for various medical conditions.

Gamer Guides

Seed Round in 2013
Gamer Guides is a publisher based in Manchester, UK, specializing in creating interactive digital strategy guides for video games. The company provides these guides through its iOS app and website, offering gaming professionals and enthusiasts a comprehensive source for strategies, walkthroughs, and game information.

LightUp

Venture Round in 2013
LightUp develops an educational technology platform that combines an electronics construction kit with a digital tutor application to teach kids the fundamentals of technology through hands-on projects using real components. The platform features mobile-based augmented reality labs designed to engage students in new ways and to help them understand electronics, circuits, and coding. The company is based in the United States.

Dustcloud

Seed Round in 2013
Dustcloud is a developer of innovative gaming infrastructure designed for competitive outdoor gaming experiences. The company specializes in creating a mobile, first-person shooter game that combines elements of traditional laser tag with modern technology. Its flagship product, the Duster, is a mobile game controller designed for use within a network of i-Beacon meshnets, allowing players to engage in immersive gameplay enhanced by augmented reality headsets and Internet of Things (IoT) beacon zones. Dustcloud aims to revolutionize outdoor gaming by providing a unique and interactive platform for gamers to enjoy. The company's products were developed in China as part of a hardware accelerator program, and they are poised for manufacturing and distribution.

MavenHut

Series B in 2012
Founded in 2012 and headquartered in Dublin, Ireland, MavenHut specializes in transforming classic single-player games into social gaming experiences.

MakeAffinity

Seed Round in 2012
MakeAffinity is a company focused on enhancing the play experience by connecting toys to the internet and social networks. It specializes in the development of digital-based toy robots that promote social interaction and collaborative play among users. By leveraging virtual networks and mobile technology, MakeAffinity aims to create a seamless integration of physical toys with digital platforms, allowing users to engage and enjoy play together in innovative ways. Through its products, the company seeks to foster a sense of community and shared experiences among friends and families.

Gamer Guides

Venture Round in 2012
Gamer Guides is a publisher based in Manchester, UK, specializing in creating interactive digital strategy guides for video games. The company provides these guides through its iOS app and website, offering gaming professionals and enthusiasts a comprehensive source for strategies, walkthroughs, and game information.

Ibragu

Seed Round in 2011
iBragu gamifies everything through betting.

Kwestr

Seed Round in 2011
Kwestr is a gaming company based in China that operates an online social gaming platform designed to help users accomplish goals and complete tasks in a fun and engaging manner. The platform features a series of guided lists, milestones, and to-do items that users can share with friends and colleagues, encouraging them to complete "kwests" and earn badges. By breaking down larger problems into manageable steps, Kwestr enhances user engagement and promotes social interaction. Additionally, the platform supports companies and brands by unifying online and offline marketing efforts, engaging customer communities, and providing metrics and analysis of user activities. Overall, Kwestr serves as a digital environment for fostering social experiences among individuals and groups.

Play140

Seed Round in 2010
Play140 is a startup founded by veterans from the gaming industry and the startup sector. The company specializes in providing simple, text-based games that can be played through various platforms, including SMS texting, instant messaging, and Twitter. By focusing on accessible and engaging gaming experiences, Play140 aims to attract a broad audience interested in social gaming.

Harmonix Music Systems

Venture Round in 1998
Harmonix Music Systems, Inc. is a video game development studio based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, founded in 1995 by Alex Rigopulos and Eran Egozy. The company specializes in creating music-oriented video games that allow users to engage with music through gameplay across various platforms, including console, PC, and mobile. Harmonix is well-known for its successful franchises, such as Rock Band and Dance Central, and was the original developer of the Guitar Hero series up until Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock. The studio focuses on providing interactive entertainment that enables players, regardless of musical background, to experience the joy of making music.

Genetic Anomalies

Venture Round in 1997
Genetic Anomalies developed a digital rights property trading system. It was purchased by THQ for gaming applications of digital content rights in 1999

Harmonix Music Systems

Venture Round in 1996
Harmonix Music Systems, Inc. is a video game development studio based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, founded in 1995 by Alex Rigopulos and Eran Egozy. The company specializes in creating music-oriented video games that allow users to engage with music through gameplay across various platforms, including console, PC, and mobile. Harmonix is well-known for its successful franchises, such as Rock Band and Dance Central, and was the original developer of the Guitar Hero series up until Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock. The studio focuses on providing interactive entertainment that enables players, regardless of musical background, to experience the joy of making music.
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