Riot Games

Type

Other

Status

Active

Total investments

25

Average round size

10M

Portfolio companies

18

Rounds per year

1.39

Lead investments

4

Follow on index

0.28

Exits

3

Areas of investment
SoftwareInformation TechnologyGamingPC GameseSportsMobile AppsAdvertisingOnline GamesVideo GamesMMO Games

Summary

Riot Games is the famous Corporate Investor, which was founded in 2006. The venture was found in North America in United States. The main department of described Corporate Investor is located in the Los Angeles.

The top activity for fund was in 2018. Despite it in 2019 the fund had an activity. The fund is constantly included in less than 2 investment rounds annually. The usual things for fund are deals in the range of 5 - 10 millions dollars. This Riot Games works on 4 percentage points more the average amount of lead investments comparing to the other organizations. Speaking about the real fund results, this Corporate Investor is 30 percentage points more often commits exit comparing to other organizations. The increased amount of exits for fund were in 2018.

The current fund was established by Brandon Beck, Marc Merrill.

The usual cause for the fund is to invest in rounds with 4-5 partakers. Despite the Riot Games, startups are often financed by LVP, Y Combinator, Velocity. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Greylock Partners, Y Combinator, Three Leaf Ventures. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Novator, Northzone, Makers Fund.

Besides, a startup needs to be aged 4-5 years to get the investment from the fund. We can highlight the next thriving fund investment areas, such as Digital Media, Gaming. The fund has no exact preference in some founders of portfolio startups. When startup sums 4 or 5+ of the founder, the probability for it to get the investment is little. For fund there is a match between the location of its establishment and the land of its numerous investments - United States. Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight Curse, Blitz Esports, Bonfire Studios.

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Analytics

Total investments
25
Lead investments
4
Exits
3
Rounds per year
1.39
Follow on index
0.28
Investments by industry
  • Gaming (19)
  • Online Games (7)
  • Video Games (7)
  • Software (7)
  • Mobile Apps (6)
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Investments by region
  • United States (17)
  • Finland (2)
  • South Africa (2)
  • Germany (2)
  • Canada (1)
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Peak activity year
2021

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Quantitative data

Avg. startup age at the time of investment
5
Group Appearance index
0.84
Avg. company exit year
6

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Latest deals

Company name Deal date Industry Deal stage Deal size Location
Mainframe Industries 30 Nov 2021 Gaming, PC Games, Online Games, Video Games, MMO Games Early Stage Venture 20M Uusimaa, Helsinki, Finland
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