Participated · Seed · May 2025

PlaySafe ID is a privacy-first platform that issues anonymised, game-agnostic digital IDs to prove users are real and have not been caught cheating or abusing children. The service is designed to be portable across games and platforms, enabling developers and communities to enforce fair play without compromising player anonymity. The company says its ID layer allows penalties to follow offenders across PlaySafe-protected titles. PlaySafe ID plans rapid expansion and strategic platform integrations, and is currently in integration talks with several major gaming platforms. The company targets 250,000+ users in the coming months. PlaySafe ID is based in London and raised $1.12M in a pre-seed round to fund growth and team expansion.

Participated · Seed · Jul 2024

Look North World develops and publishes games with a focus on user-generated content. The studio currently has 15 original titles in development and has already developed and published five games on Unreal Engine for Fortnite. It launched a creator label to give creators artistic and technical support, a marketing budget, and long-term ownership of intellectual property, and has signed creators including Austin 'TomJank' Rodriguez and Jon 'SightedSloth' Jungemann. Financially, the company raised an additional $2.25 million in seed funding, bringing total capital raised to $4.5 million. The new funding will support development of original titles and research into how games are built using user-generated content. Look North World was established last year by veterans from EA, Bungie, and Kongreate including Alex Seropian, Jay Pecho, Patrick Moran, Kyle Marks, Aaron Marroquin, and Prashant Patil.

Participated · Series A · Apr 2024

Red Rover Interactive is a game development studio focused on creating novel, deeply engaging multiplayer survival and PVP experiences. Its debut title, codenamed Project Coltrane, is set in a post-apocalyptic train world and aims to deliver a fast-paced, replayable blend of social sandbox survival and goal-driven PVP. The studio emphasizes validation-driven development, involving community members and content creators through regular playtests and iterative design. With headquarters in the UK and an office in Oslo, Red Rover is expanding its team and accelerating development of Project Coltrane. Financially, the studio has completed an over €4.7 million Seed round less than a year ago and has now secured over €14 million in a Series A round. The new funding is intended to speed development, grow the team, and solidify the studio's market presence.

Participated · Seed · May 2023

SuperDuperSecret is building a meta-game platform whose launch title, Royale Chess, is a 10-player battle-royale chess game with synchronous matches and an AI assist to speed moves. Royale Chess is designed to be approachable and fast-paced, targeting casual to midcore players with a Tetris 99–style twist on chess. The company plans to release Royale Chess first on PC and Mac later this year, followed by mobile and console, and to ship additional multiplayer evergreen games across its platform. The team emphasizes creating positive playspaces and social gameplay experiences for millions of gamers worldwide. Founders Jazzlyn O’Reilly (CEO) and Mark McCubbin (CTO) started the company in early 2022 and bring experience on titles including Shadow of the Beast, Dune II, and the NBA2K series. Financially, SuperDuperSecret has raised over $1 million in an oversubscribed pre-seed round from a mix of gaming and web3 investors to fund development and launch. The article cites a large market opportunity for chess, noting over 600 million active players and 65 million hours watched annually on streaming platforms.

Participated · Seed · Nov 2022

Midnight is a gaming company that emerged from stealth to build a studio and platform focused on creating never-ending stories across free-to-play and premium titles. It is developing a novel web3-based 'forging' system intended to create true interoperability and a robust player-driven economy while ensuring games are enjoyable without the NFT layer. The company was founded in late 2021 and is based in Los Angeles. Midnight now has more than 60 people working on four titles — including Legion (a 4X MMO), Next Protectors (a 2D pixel brawler), and At Your Service (a couch co-op) — and is scaling rapidly. The team is led by industry veterans including CEO Steve Wade and CTO Steven Spagnolo, with Chris Heatherly, Geoffrey Hunt and Bill Roper in senior creative and product roles. The company plans to build a vibrant slate of first- and third-party games across platforms and genres, and will release more information on its titles and platform in coming months.