48 investors have funded 12 Gaming Tech companies head-officed in Austin, across 62 rounds (Sep 2009 – Jul 2025). They are ranked by how many Austin companies in this market they have actually backed.
"In Austin" describes the companies, not the investor: most of the money in any city comes from somewhere else, and the Where the money comes from section below shows exactly where it came from here.
Ranked by companies backed in this market and city, then by round count. "Led" counts rounds recorded with this investor as lead.
| # | Investor | Based in | Stages here | Companies | Rounds | Led | Latest | Portfolio total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Techstars | New York City, United States | Seed | 2 | 3 | 2 | Dec 2021 | 3,580 |
| 2 | Capital Factory | Austin, United States | SeedSeries A | 2 | 2 | 1 | Dec 2019 | 201 |
| 3 | ff Venture Capital | New York City, United States | Series A | 1 | 2 | 1 | Mar 2011 | 119 |
| 4 | Silverton Partners | Austin, United States | SeedSeries A | 1 | 2 | — | Aug 2020 | 94 |
| 5 | Kakao Ventures | Seongnam-si, South Korea | SeedSeries A | 1 | 2 | 1 | Aug 2020 | 116 |
| 6 | Mercury Fund | Houston, United States | Series A | 1 | 2 | 1 | Mar 2011 | 86 |
| 7 | S3 Ventures | Austin, United States | Series ASeries B | 1 | 2 | — | Jan 2023 | 74 |
| 8 | 7percent Ventures | Series ASeed | 1 | 2 | 2 | Jan 2021 | 56 | |
| 9 | Tekton Ventures | San Francisco, United States | Seed | 1 | 2 | 1 | Dec 2014 | 71 |
| 10 | Draper Frontier | Los Angeles, United States | Series A | 1 | 2 | 1 | Mar 2011 | 40 |
| 11 | Steamboat Ventures | Glendale, United States | Series A | 1 | 2 | 2 | Mar 2011 | 45 |
| 12 | Scout Ventures | New York City, United States | Seed | 1 | 2 | 1 | Dec 2014 | 30 |
| 13 | BLH Venture Partners | Atlanta, United States | SeedSeries A | 1 | 2 | 1 | Nov 2019 | 21 |
| 14 | Insight Partners | New York City, United States | Series A | 1 | 1 | 1 | Aug 2020 | 762 |
| 15 | Greycroft | New York City, United States | Series A | 1 | 1 | — | Mar 2011 | 452 |
| 16 | BoxGroup | New York City, United States | Series A | 1 | 1 | — | Jan 2021 | 395 |
| 17 | Right Side Capital Management | San Francisco, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Jun 2017 | 358 |
| 18 | Liquid 2 Ventures | San Francisco, United States | Series A | 1 | 1 | — | Aug 2020 | 309 |
| 19 | Sapphire Ventures | Austin, United States | Series A | 1 | 1 | 1 | Aug 2020 | 189 |
| 20 | Maveron | Seattle, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Apr 2014 | 170 |
| 21 | Boost VC | San Mateo, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Dec 2021 | 204 |
| 22 | Western Technology Investment | Portola Valley, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | 1 | Dec 2014 | 185 |
| 23 | Sony Innovation Fund | Tokyo, Japan | Series B | 1 | 1 | — | Jan 2023 | 158 |
| 24 | BITKRAFT Ventures | San Francisco, United States | Series A | 1 | 1 | 1 | Jan 2021 | 140 |
| 25 | Austin Technology Incubator | Austin, United States | Series A | 1 | 1 | 1 | Jan 2012 | 148 |
| 26 | Courtside Ventures | New York City, United States | Series A | 1 | 1 | — | Nov 2019 | 69 |
| 27 | Mana Ventures | San Francisco, United States | Series A | 1 | 1 | — | Aug 2020 | 79 |
| 28 | Colopl Next | Minato City, Japan | Series A | 1 | 1 | — | Aug 2020 | 60 |
| 29 | Griffin Gaming Partners | Santa Monica, United States | Series B | 1 | 1 | 1 | Jan 2023 | 56 |
| 30 | GFR Fund | San Francisco, United States | Series A | 1 | 1 | — | Jan 2021 | 49 |
| 31 | Anorak Ventures | San Francisco, United States | Series A | 1 | 1 | — | Aug 2020 | 46 |
| 32 | Konvoy Ventures | Denver, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | 1 | Aug 2019 | 45 |
| 33 | LDV Capital | New York City, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | 1 | Dec 2021 | 31 |
| 34 | Sweet Capital | London, United Kingdom | Series A | 1 | 1 | — | Jan 2021 | 36 |
| 35 | Geekdom Fund | San Antonio, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Dec 2021 | 31 |
| 36 | Berytech Fund II | Beirut, Lebanon | Seed | 1 | 1 | 1 | Dec 2015 | 18 |
| 37 | Pace Capital | New York City, United States | Series B | 1 | 1 | — | Jan 2023 | 15 |
| 38 | Wedbush Ventures | Santa Monica, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Dec 2021 | 16 |
| 39 | AIM Group | Opelika, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | 1 | Feb 2017 | 14 |
| 40 | Trailblazer Capital | Dallas, United States | Series A | 1 | 1 | 1 | Sep 2009 | 10 |
| 41 | Valhalla Ventures | Miami, United States | Series B | 1 | 1 | — | Jan 2023 | 14 |
| 42 | 2020 Ventures | San Francisco, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | 1 | Dec 2014 | 14 |
| 43 | Treasury | New York City, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | 1 | Jul 2025 | 10 |
| 44 | IM Capital | Beirut, Lebanon | Seed | 1 | 1 | 1 | Dec 2015 | 10 |
| 45 | Startcaps Ventures | San Francisco, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Apr 2014 | 8 |
| 46 | Iskra Ventures | Moscow, Russia | Series A | 1 | 1 | — | Aug 2020 | 2 |
| 47 | Tom+McInerney | Series A | 1 | 1 | — | Jul 2010 | 2 | |
| 48 | Tk Media Tech | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Jul 2025 | 1 |
Head office of the investors on this page.
Rounds by stage — where in a company's life this money arrives.
Total disclosed size of each round, not one investor's share.
How active this market has been.
Gaming Tech companies head-officed in Austin that took money from these investors.
| Company | Backers | Rounds | Disclosed | Latest round |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Restream restream.io |
10 | 13 | $453.4M | Series A Jan 2021 |
| Nexus nexus.gg |
9 | 11 | $73.4M | Series B Jan 2023 |
| GameSalad gamesalad.com |
7 | 11 | $35.5M | Series A Jan 2012 |
| Virtuix Omni virtuix.com |
6 | 8 | $22.8M | Seed Dec 2014 |
| Aquifer aquifermotion.com |
5 | 6 | $10.1M | Seed Dec 2021 |
| Pocket Worlds pocketworlds.com |
4 | 4 | $33.3M | Series A Jan 2021 |
| tesoroxp.com tesoroxp.com |
2 | 2 | $10.9M | Seed Jul 2025 |
| Superpowered superpowered.com |
2 | 2 | $120K | Seed Jun 2017 |
| Yalla Play yallaplay.com |
2 | 2 | — | Seed Dec 2015 |
| Spawn Labs spawnlabs.com |
1 | 1 | $1M | Series A Sep 2009 |
| Muxy muxy.io |
1 | 1 | — | Seed Aug 2019 |
| GamePress gamepress.gg |
1 | 1 | — | Seed Dec 2019 |
| Date | Investor | Company | Stage | Round size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2025 | TreasuryLED | tesoroxp.com | Seed | $5.5M |
| Jul 2025 | Tk Media Tech | tesoroxp.com | Seed | $5.5M |
| Jan 2023 | Valhalla Ventures | Nexus | Series B | $10M |
| Jan 2023 | S3 Ventures | Nexus | Series B | $10M |
| Jan 2023 | Pace Capital | Nexus | Series B | $10M |
| Jan 2023 | Sony Innovation Fund | Nexus | Series B | $10M |
| Jan 2023 | Griffin Gaming PartnersLED | Nexus | Series B | $10M |
| Dec 2021 | Geekdom Fund | Aquifer | Seed | $2M |
| Dec 2021 | LDV CapitalLED | Aquifer | Seed | $2M |
| Dec 2021 | Techstars | Aquifer | Seed | $2M |
| Dec 2021 | Boost VC | Aquifer | Seed | $2M |
| Dec 2021 | Wedbush Ventures | Aquifer | Seed | $2M |
| Jan 2021 | GFR Fund | Pocket Worlds | Series A | $8.3M |
| Jan 2021 | BoxGroup | Pocket Worlds | Series A | $8.3M |
| Jan 2021 | Sweet Capital | Pocket Worlds | Series A | $8.3M |
| Jan 2021 | BITKRAFT VenturesLED | Pocket Worlds | Series A | $8.3M |
| Jan 2021 | 7percent VenturesLED | Restream | Series A | — |
| Aug 2020 | Sapphire VenturesLED | Restream | Series A | $50M |
| Aug 2020 | Anorak Ventures | Restream | Series A | $50M |
| Aug 2020 | Insight PartnersLED | Restream | Series A | $50M |
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