Riot Games
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Active
25
10M
18
1.39
4
0.28
3
- Areas of investment
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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Investments analytics
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) Show 25 more
- Investments by region
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- United States (17)
- Finland (2)
- South Africa (2)
- Germany (2)
- Canada (1) Show 1 more
- Peak activity year
- 2021
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- 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 |
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Mainframe Industries | 30 Nov 2021 | Gaming, PC Games, Online Games, Video Games, MMO Games | Early Stage Venture | 20M | Uusimaa, Helsinki, Finland |
Stoke Games | 08 Feb 2024 | Gaming, PC Games | Seed | 5M | United States, California, Los Angeles |
Zanskar | 06 May 2024 | Information Technology, Renewable Energy, Predictive Analytics, GreenTech | Early Stage Venture | 30M | Utah, United States, Provo |
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