Gaming and interactive media,
from first check to IPO.

A new breed of game studio with a global team—started in a dorm room.

1047 Games is building the next great AAA studio to create a new generation of amazing experiences. It brings together a young, talented core development team with seasoned veterans from around the industry—previously working at 343 Industries, Activision, Blizzard, Electronic Arts, Epic Games, Obsidian, and Riot Games. The company’s first flagship game “Splitgate”, a viral arena shooter for PC and consoles, had been on a meteoric rise during the second half of 2021, hitting 2 million downloads within the first two weeks and over 15 million downloads total.

A completely new way to monetize mobile games.

‍AudioMob allows advertisers to reach their consumers and game developers without interrupting gameplay. The company offers non-intrusive audio ads that can be listened to in game and can greatly increase player retention, generate better reviews, all while providing brands with attractive revenue streams. Using AudioMob’s simple plugin and SDK, advertisers can access over 3 billion mobile gamers worldwide. The company operates this novel ad format within an in-app mobile advertising market that is growing at ~20% per year, projected to reach over $500 billion by 2028.

Riot Games Executive Producer duo bringing players’ previously impossible dreams to life.

‍Having a bold vision is important. But it’s rare to find a studio that can substantiate big ambitions with an extraordinary pedigree and a clearly articulated execution plan that extends well beyond replicating proven recipes for success. The Believer Company (“Believer”) is just that kind of place: a global games company with developers all over the world, headquartered in Los Angeles. The studio’s leadership team includes veteran developers, producers, and visionaries responsible for seismic shifts in the video game medium— including leadership roles in the creation of League of Legends, League of Legends: Wild Rift, and Legends of Runeterra.

A global leader in interactive entertainment and 3D engine technology.

‍Across more than 40 offices worldwide, Epic Games operates Fortnite, one of the world’s largest games with over 350 million accounts and 2.5 billion friend connections. The company also develops Unreal Engine, which powers many of the world’s leading PC and console games and is adopted across industries such as film and television, architecture, automotive, manufacturing, and simulation. Through Unreal Engine, Epic Games Store, and Epic Online Services, Epic Games provides an end-to-end digital ecosystem for developers and creators to build, distribute, and operate games and other content.

All-In-One developer platform of cross-chain smart contracts and toolings for creators and game studios.

Faraway was founded by a team of game industry veterans passionate about open and player-driven economies. The team has served in leadership roles at Scopely, Glu Mobile, Wargaming, Mail.ru, Amazon, and other top gaming studios. They launched the first game Mini Royal Nations in 2021, a free-to-play browser-based FPS and social strategy game. During the time of developing and pubslihing Mini Royal Nations, the Faraway team also discovered the true pain points for game studios and developers that are trying to incorporate smart-contract-based digial assets on chain. Therefore, the Faraway platform now enables multiple aspects of game building and publsihing - including wallet connections, checkouts, NFT trading, creators storefront, analytics and tools, and more.

Bringing digital characters to life with a social augmented reality platform.‍

FlickPlay is web3 social app that brings like-minded fans together and enables them to discover NFTs tied to real-world locations. On the company’s platform, brand partners like Disney or The Standbox can create augemented reality experiences with digital IP for their fans, and empower them to play with their favorite characters in everyday activities. FlickPlay’s developer tools provide geospatial features (e.g., tying NFTs to real-world locations), a wallet-free crypto experience, and a reward program app where players can claim benefits as they engage with digital assets.

A deeply design-driven studio building their next multiplayer masterpiece.

‍Gardens is is a studio of game design veterans who previously led the creation of commercially successful and award-winning games, including Sky and Journey. They’re named after the games they grow together: lush, living worlds that bring players together to cultivate lasting friendships. Gardens' upcoming flagship game is a shared fantasy adventure inspired by some of the team’s favorite memories playing online games, particularly moments shared with strangers. Players will find themselves crossing paths in a shapeshifting, unpredictable wilderness filled with mystery and magic, featuring a timeless visual direction and tactile multiplayer play.

Powering visual communication and self-expression everywhere.

‍GIPHY, is a globally popular online database and search engine that allows users to find and share short looping videos. Beyond GIFs, the company is home to stickers for users' stories, animated text and emojis, videos with sound, and much more. GIPHY brings “a loopy personality” to the apps and cameras where people express themselves most. Aware of their reach and responsibility, the company is also focused on being a force of positivity, inclusion, and self-expression across the world. Every day, GIPHY is serving over 10 billion pieces of GIPHY content to a daily user reach of more than 700 million people, helping them make their everyday conversations a little more entertaining.

Dedicated to deep mastery and endless fun of teamplay.

‍Hidden Leaf is a globally distributed remote-first game studio founded by a industry veterans from Riot and Krafton, with the mission of delivering a world-class experiences that focus on competition, progression and social play. To accomplish this, Hidden Leaf's design philosophy is rooted in fast product iteration and constant game testing: The best way to validate a product is to get it into the players’ hand, and focus years of craftsmanship on fine-tuning the mechanics and details of the experience. Their first title, Fangs, is a 4v4 fast-paced and ever-evolving multiplayer online battle arena (“MOBA”) game.

Empowering venues to combine the digital and physical worlds.

‍An integrated gaming and technology company, Illumix provides a simple way to build and distribute environmentally-intelligent, immersive, and world-scale mixed reality experiences. Its processes, pipeline, and infrastructure combine best-in-class AAA gaming practices and performance with cutting-edge R&D in computer vision, deep learning, and mobile augmented reality. Based in Silicon Valley, Illumix is growing a technical and creative team of leaders in technology, media, and gaming, including alumni from Electronic Arts, Zynga and Microsoft.

The globally leading developer platform for AI-powered characters.‍

In what presents a “platform shift”-grade opportunity, Inworld has established itself as the leading AI-first game development engine, enabling the creation of previously impossible experiences. While Unreal (PC / console) and Unity (mobile / XR) focus on environments and visuals, Inworld (AI-first) focuses on non-player characters (“NPCs”) and logic. Led by AI/ML pioneers from Google and DeepMind, the company provides a web-based no-code editor, an integrated machine learning infrastructure, and various integration options to enable dialogue, interactions, animation, movement, and goals of virtual characters across gaming, media, and enterprise use cases.

Safe gaming & internet for kids, teens, and their parents.

There are nearly a billion kids and teens globally that play games online. Hundreds of regulations affect their online experience, with more complex rules on the way. Regulators are vigorously enforcing these rules, with record fines and business-critical consequences. k-ID is on quest to build the leading cross-platform, instant sign-on solution for kids and teens—an all-in-one answer for solving the complex global issues of privacy and online safety. Today, k-ID is powering  popular experiences from some of the largest public and private gaming companies across America, Europe, and Asia.

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The trusted platform for browser-based gaming.

‍Kongregate stands as an industry titan in the world of web-based gaming, hosting an extensive library of thousands of unique, user-generated games. It is a hub for both independent developers looking to share their creative work and players in search of unique gaming experiences. Kongregate’s user-friendly interface and a diverse selection of game genres cater to a wide range of tastes. The platform’s emphasis on community building and support for indie developers underlines its commitment to fostering an inclusive gaming environment.

Designing trail-blazing games and sparking adventure.

‍Founded by veteran developers who previously worked on games like StarCraft, Diablo, and Warcraft II, Lost Lake is an independent studio committed to making games that blaze new trails and spark players’ next adventure. The name Lost Lake is a promise: Discovery. Adventure. Unforgettable experiences. The company believes that every project should be a shared journey where imagination and expertise come together to create something magical.

The leading community-centric NFT marketplace.

‍After four friends discovered NFTs and their tremendous potential, Magic Eden was born. With backgrounds across crypto, DeFi, consumer internet companies, and management consulting, they identified gaps in existing NFT marketplaces and created something new. Today, the company is the leading community-centric NFT marketplace and home to the next generation of creators. The team built the most liquid secondary marketplace, and was the first marketplace to implement bidding, rarity index, and a dedicated minting platform that automatically connects to their secondary trading.

AAA dream team pushing the boundaries of their craft.

‍Methodical Games is a newly formed studio composed of industry leaders behind games like Fortnite, Call of Duty, Apex Legends, and God of War. It is built around a fundamental set of ideals; a lean talented team, direct cross-discipline collaboration, quick iteration, and developer-driven processes. The company’s goal is to foster a haven for developers to push the bounds of their craft and collaborate directly with other creative minds. As the name suggests, the Methodical Games team prides itself on a detail-oriented approach to game development with a focus on meticulously crafted gameplay.

Frontier AI in your hands.

Founded by key members of Meta’s and Alphabet’s AI research teams, Mistral AI provides businesses the foundational technology to automate existing processes and develop innovative new products with state-of-the-art large language models.

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Creating magical online games through passion, experience, and hard work

One More Game (“OMG”) is a fully remote startup founded by team members who previously launched three genre-defining and multi-billion dollar franchises—Warcraft, Diablo and StarCraft—which collectively have been played for tens of billions of hours. Their missing is simple: build games gamers love. Drawing not only on the team’s experience in designing fun battles, but also player-matching experiences from co-founding ArenaNet, OMG’s first game Spellcraft is a free-to-play real-time battler that encourage player-created events, player-governed communities, and player-generated narratives.

The idea-to-video platform that sets your creativity in motion.

Pike is crafting a future where video creation is seamless, intuitive, and universally accessible. The company's vision is set on a world where videos transcend entertainment, serving as a canvas for everyone’s unique expression. Harnessing AI’s transformative power, Pika aims to dismantle the technical barriers that have traditionally made video production an exclusive field.

A pioneer in social and casual games development.

‍Playdom was an online social network game developer popular on Facebook (now Meta), Google, and Myspace. After its acquisition, it became part of the social games product group of Disney, where it produces a diverse portfolio of casual games for a variety of of social networks. Playdom’s hugely popular properties, including Gardens of Time (with a peak of 17 million monthly active users), Deep Realms, NBA Dynasty, ESPNU College Town, Sorority Life, Social City, and City of Wonder, supported millions of daily users across domestic and international social networking sites.

Leading protocol and framework for building and connecting Ethereum-compatible blockchain network.

‍Polygon is a “Layer 2” scaling solution that's emerged to provide faster transactions and lower costs for users. Founded in 2017, the company has attracted some of the top talents and projects in the ecosystem around gaming and creator ecosystems. Through major partnerships such as Reddit, Starbucks, DraftKings, etc., the ecosystem has flourished with now over 28k creators and over 219 million unique addresses.

Empowering people to express themselves, and live in the moment.‍

Snap, the parent company of Snapchat, has redefined the way people communicate and share experiences. Best known for its ephemeral messaging and story-sharing features, Snap has continually introduced innovative features such as augmented reality glasses, making it a standout in the crowded social media arena. The company’s emphasis on privacy, creativity, and real-life friendships differentiates it from other platforms. Snap’s consistent pursuit of innovation and its commitment to fostering genuine connections among users has solidified its position as a major player in the digital communication space.

Enabling players to create their own interactive worlds.

‍Soba is an online multiplayer, open-world platform with no-code game-making tools. The company is on a mission to allow anyone on every platform—not only to professionals using complex tools on PC—to express their ultimate creativity by creating games and building experiences, and to inspire more gamers to become creators themselves. Similar to how Squarespace and Wix powers website creation, game builders in Soba can choose from a variety of beautifully crafted assets, and create their own unique environment and play experiences on mobile, PC, and Mac platforms.

AI by the people for the people: The world’s leading open-source generative AI company.

Headquartered in London with developers distributed across the globe, Stability AI was founded as the first open-source AI company developing breakthrough technologies for the benefit of humanity and the world. The company is well-known for its large language model (“LLM”) software project “Stable Diffusion”, and is working globally with partners, industry leaders, and experts to develop cutting-edge open AI models for image, language, audio, video, 3D, biology and more. Stability AI’s bold vision is to build the foundation for activating humanity’s potential, in a way that puts control in users’ hands with open-source models.

The instrument anyone can play.

Suno is building a future where anyone can make great music. Whether you’re a shower singer or a charting artist, the company breaks barriers between you and the song you dream of making. No instrument needed, just imagination. From your mind to music.

Suno was started by a team of musicians and artificial intelligence experts based in Cambridge. They are proud alumni of pioneering technology companies like Meta, TikTok, and Kensho, where the founding team worked together before starting the project.

A hyper-growth mobile studio building massively popular games.

‍Tripledot is a fast-growing studio, led by a team of industry veterans from some of the biggest names in mobile games. The company’s mission is to bring the knowledge and experience of a chart-topping mobile games company into a close-knit, collaborative environment. Tripledot’s teams drive projects together from conception to launch in an indie-style process combining creativity and data to make games that can be enjoyed by everyone. They are guided by the belief that when people love what we do, what they do will be loved by others. Together, they create games we know their players will enjoy, from easy-to-pick-up casual games to groundbreaking innovative ones.

On a mission to make everyday life a little more entertaining with voice games.

‍Volley is the leading developer of voice-controlled games for smart speaker platforms like Amazon Alexa, Google Assistant, smartphones, and connected TVs. Every month, millions of users interact with the company's popular products like Song Quiz, Jeopardy!, Question of The Day, and The Price is Right. The company was founded by two college roommates who teamed up after graduating to build mobile apps together. They became interested in voice as an emerging technology that had the potential to revolutionize game design and home entertainment. Since then, Volley has come a long way, and today, stands as the market leader in AI-enabled, speech-based gaming experiences.

Discover the answers to life, the universe, everything.

xAI is a company working on building artificial intelligence to accelerate human scientific discovery. They are guided by our mission to advance our collective understanding of the universe. The team is led by Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla and SpaceX. xAI's first product Grok is an AI chatbot integrated with X (formerly Twitter).

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