69 investors have funded 23 PC & Console Gaming companies head-officed in Seattle, across 101 rounds (Mar 2004 – Feb 2026). They are ranked by how many Seattle companies in this market they have actually backed.
"In Seattle" 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 | The Venture Reality Fund | San Francisco, United States | Series ASeries DSeed | 3 | 4 | 3 | Aug 2023 | 46 |
| 2 | Foundry | Boulder, United States | Series ASeed | 2 | 3 | 2 | Jun 2018 | 203 |
| 3 | Vulcan Capital | Seattle, United States | Series ASeries B | 2 | 3 | — | Jul 2020 | 139 |
| 4 | Acequia Capital | Seattle, United States | Series BSeries DSeed | 2 | 3 | 1 | Aug 2023 | 115 |
| 5 | Anorak Ventures | San Francisco, United States | Series BSeries DSeed | 2 | 3 | 1 | Mar 2021 | 46 |
| 6 | BITKRAFT Ventures | San Francisco, United States | Series ASeed | 2 | 2 | 1 | Feb 2022 | 140 |
| 7 | Makers Fund | San Francisco, United States | SeedSeries B | 2 | 2 | 2 | Sep 2022 | 93 |
| 8 | Rustic Canyon Partners | Los Angeles, United States | Series B | 2 | 2 | — | Oct 2012 | 48 |
| 9 | Pioneer Square Labs | Seattle, United States | Seed | 2 | 2 | — | Nov 2018 | 51 |
| 10 | Griffin Gaming Partners | Santa Monica, United States | Series A | 2 | 2 | — | Oct 2023 | 56 |
| 11 | Vulcan | Seattle | Series DSeed | 2 | 2 | — | Mar 2021 | 51 |
| 12 | Sequoia Capital | Menlo Park, United States | Series ASeries CSeries D | 1 | 5 | 3 | Dec 2021 | 1,568 |
| 13 | Index Ventures | London, United Kingdom | Series BSeries DSeries E+ | 1 | 3 | 2 | Dec 2021 | 639 |
| 14 | First Round Capital | San Francisco, United States | Series BSeries CSeries D | 1 | 3 | — | Mar 2021 | 476 |
| 15 | Madrona Venture Group | Seattle, United States | Series CSeries DSeries E+ | 1 | 3 | 1 | Dec 2021 | 271 |
| 16 | Betaworks | New York City, United States | Series BSeries ASeries D | 1 | 3 | 1 | Mar 2021 | 168 |
| 17 | Benchmark | San Francisco, United States | Series ASeries B | 1 | 2 | — | Oct 2012 | 293 |
| 18 | FirstMark | New York City, United States | Series ASeries B | 1 | 2 | — | Oct 2012 | 183 |
| 19 | Maveron | Seattle, United States | Series BSeries D | 1 | 2 | — | Mar 2021 | 170 |
| 20 | New Enterprise Associates | Menlo Park, United States | Series A | 1 | 1 | — | Mar 2021 | 1,110 |
| 21 | Andreessen Horowitz | New York City, United States | Series B | 1 | 1 | — | Sep 2022 | 1,117 |
| 22 | Lightspeed Venture Partners | Menlo Park, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Feb 2022 | 860 |
| 23 | Founders Fund | San Francisco, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | 1 | Jul 2012 | 543 |
| 24 | DCM Ventures | Menlo Park, United States | Series A | 1 | 1 | — | Aug 2009 | 293 |
| 25 | Coatue | New York City, United States | Series E+ | 1 | 1 | 1 | Dec 2021 | 312 |
| 26 | Trinity Ventures | Menlo Park, United States | Series B | 1 | 1 | — | Oct 2007 | 198 |
| 27 | Shasta Ventures | Portola Valley, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | 1 | Nov 2018 | 198 |
| 28 | Right Side Capital Management | San Francisco, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | 1 | Mar 2012 | 358 |
| 29 | Animoca Brands | Kowloon, China | Angel | 1 | 1 | 1 | May 2023 | 320 |
| 30 | Initialized Capital | San Francisco, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | 1 | Dec 2016 | 207 |
| 31 | Meritech | Palo Alto, United States | Series A | 1 | 1 | — | Oct 2009 | 184 |
| 32 | Polychain | San Francisco, United States | Series A | 1 | 1 | 1 | Oct 2023 | 186 |
| 33 | DAG Ventures | Palo Alto, United States | Series B | 1 | 1 | — | Jun 2019 | 133 |
| 34 | Shima Capital | San Francisco, United States | Series A | 1 | 1 | — | Mar 2022 | 174 |
| 35 | Founders' Co-op | Seattle, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Dec 2010 | 97 |
| 36 | HashKey | Hong Kong, China | Angel | 1 | 1 | — | May 2023 | 127 |
| 37 | AU21 Capital | San Francisco, United States | Series A | 1 | 1 | — | Mar 2022 | 126 |
| 38 | GSR Ventures | Palo Alto | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Nov 2018 | 97 |
| 39 | Spectrum Equity | Boston, United States | Series A | 1 | 1 | — | Mar 2004 | 93 |
| 40 | Intel Education Accelerator | Santa Clara, United States | Series A | 1 | 1 | 1 | Feb 2008 | 83 |
| 41 | Signia Venture Partners | Menlo Park, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | 1 | Dec 2016 | 68 |
| 42 | Draper Dragon | Shanghai, China | Angel | 1 | 1 | — | May 2023 | 73 |
| 43 | Infinity Ventures Crypto | Taipei, Taiwan | Angel | 1 | 1 | — | May 2023 | 83 |
| 44 | Binance Labs | Valletta, Malta | Angel | 1 | 1 | — | May 2023 | 79 |
| 45 | Genblock Capital | San Francisco, United States | Series A | 1 | 1 | — | Mar 2022 | 77 |
| 46 | Alsop Louie Partners | San Francisco, United States | Series A | 1 | 1 | — | Aug 2009 | 50 |
| 47 | CRCM Ventures | San Francisco, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Jun 2018 | 64 |
| 48 | Colopl Next | Minato City, Japan | Series A | 1 | 1 | — | Sep 2016 | 60 |
| 49 | Brevan Howard | Saint Helier, Channel Islands | Series A | 1 | 1 | — | Oct 2023 | 56 |
| 50 | Sisu | Helsinki, Finland | Series A | 1 | 1 | — | Mar 2021 | 44 |
| 51 | Youbi Capital | Cayman Islands | Angel | 1 | 1 | — | May 2023 | 54 |
| 52 | 1Up Ventures | United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Feb 2022 | 47 |
| 53 | Pathbreaker Ventures | San Francisco, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | 1 | Dec 2016 | 34 |
| 54 | Franklin Templeton India | Mumbai, India | Series A | 1 | 1 | — | Oct 2023 | 42 |
| 55 | Hiro Capital | London, United Kingdom | Series B | 1 | 1 | 1 | Jul 2020 | 35 |
| 56 | Polygon Studios | New York City, United States | Series A | 1 | 1 | 1 | Mar 2022 | 39 |
| 57 | Ambient Sound Investments | Tallinn, Estonia | Series A | 1 | 1 | — | Feb 2008 | 32 |
| 58 | Presence Capital | San Francisco, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | 1 | Dec 2016 | 27 |
| 59 | Nea | Washington, DC, United States | Series B | 1 | 1 | — | Sep 2022 | 18 |
| 60 | NetEase | Hangzhou, China | Series A | 1 | 1 | 1 | Mar 2021 | 13 |
| 61 | Leo Capital Holdings | Northbrook, United States | Series A | 1 | 1 | — | Aug 2009 | 8 |
| 62 | EOS | Hong Kong, China | Series B | 1 | 1 | — | Jul 2020 | 6 |
| 63 | Indexa Capital | Madrid, Spain | Series C | 1 | 1 | — | Dec 2020 | 4 |
| 64 | Lifelike Capital | San Francisco, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | 1 | Feb 2026 | 3 |
| 65 | UCCVR | Jinzhong, China | Series A | 1 | 1 | 1 | Sep 2016 | 3 |
| 66 | Moon Holdings | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Feb 2022 | 2 | |
| 67 | Paradox Interactive | Stockholm, Sweden | Series A | 1 | 1 | — | Jan 2018 | 1 |
| 68 | Perfect World Entertainment | Redwood City, United States | Series B | 1 | 1 | 1 | Jun 2010 | 1 |
| 69 | New Leaf Ventures | Seed | 1 | 1 | 1 | Aug 2023 | 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.
PC & Console Gaming companies head-officed in Seattle that took money from these investors.
| Company | Backers | Rounds | Disclosed | Latest round |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rec Room recroom.com |
13 | 29 | $1.7B | Series E+ Dec 2021 |
| Theorycraft Games theorycraftgames.com |
8 | 8 | $337.5M | Series B Sep 2022 |
| Tabi tabi.lol |
6 | 6 | $60M | Angel May 2023 |
| Drifter Games drifter.games |
6 | 6 | $15.9M | Seed Dec 2016 |
| Smith & Tinker smithandtinker.com |
5 | 5 | $145M | Series A Aug 2009 |
| Polyarc Games polyarcgames.com |
5 | 6 | $37.5M | Series B Jul 2020 |
| SHRAPNEL shrapnel.com |
4 | 4 | $80M | Series A Oct 2023 |
| Lost Lake Games lostlakegames.com |
4 | 4 | $20M | Seed Feb 2022 |
| Turnt Gaming turntgaming.com |
4 | 4 | $17.2M | Series A Mar 2022 |
| Taunt Battleworld playtaunt.io |
4 | 5 | $13.8M | Seed Jun 2018 |
| Meteor Entertainment meteor-ent.com |
3 | 5 | $74M | Series B Oct 2012 |
| BigBox VR bigboxvr.com |
3 | 3 | $19.6M | Seed Nov 2018 |
| Windup Minds windupminds.com |
3 | 3 | $4.8M | Seed Aug 2023 |
| Hidden City Games hiddencitygames.com |
2 | 2 | $30M | Series B Oct 2007 |
| Flowplay flowplay.com |
2 | 2 | $7.4M | Series A Feb 2008 |
| Jawfish Games jawfishgames.com |
2 | 2 | $3.5M | Seed Jul 2012 |
| Daniel Todd zango.com |
1 | 1 | $40M | Series A Mar 2004 |
| PopCap popcap.com |
1 | 1 | $22.5M | Series A Oct 2009 |
| Runic Games runicgames.com |
1 | 1 | $8.4M | Series B Jun 2010 |
| Ironwood Studios ironwoodstudios.com |
1 | 1 | $4M | Seed Feb 2026 |
| Tiny Build Games tinybuild.com |
1 | 1 | $3.8M | Seed Oct 2017 |
| Hardsuit Labs hardsuitlabs.com |
1 | 1 | $2M | Series A Jan 2018 |
| Massively Fun massivelyfun.com |
1 | 1 | — | Seed Dec 2010 |
| Date | Investor | Company | Stage | Round size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 2026 | Lifelike CapitalLED | Ironwood Studios | Seed | $4M |
| Oct 2023 | Brevan Howard | SHRAPNEL | Series A | $20M |
| Oct 2023 | Franklin Templeton India | SHRAPNEL | Series A | $20M |
| Oct 2023 | PolychainLED | SHRAPNEL | Series A | $20M |
| Oct 2023 | Griffin Gaming Partners | SHRAPNEL | Series A | $20M |
| Aug 2023 | New Leaf VenturesLED | Windup Minds | Seed | $1.6M |
| Aug 2023 | Acequia CapitalLED | Windup Minds | Seed | $1.6M |
| Aug 2023 | The Venture Reality FundLED | Windup Minds | Seed | $1.6M |
| May 2023 | Animoca BrandsLED | Tabi | Angel | $10M |
| May 2023 | Draper Dragon | Tabi | Angel | $10M |
| May 2023 | HashKey | Tabi | Angel | $10M |
| May 2023 | Youbi Capital | Tabi | Angel | $10M |
| May 2023 | Binance Labs | Tabi | Angel | $10M |
| May 2023 | Infinity Ventures Crypto | Tabi | Angel | $10M |
| Sep 2022 | Nea | Theorycraft Games | Series B | $50M |
| Sep 2022 | a16z | Theorycraft Games | Series B | $50M |
| Sep 2022 | Makers FundLED | Theorycraft Games | Series B | $50M |
| Mar 2022 | Polygon StudiosLED | Turnt Gaming | Series A | $4.3M |
| Mar 2022 | AU21 Capital | Turnt Gaming | Series A | $4.3M |
| Mar 2022 | Genblock Capital | Turnt Gaming | Series A | $4.3M |
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