Gardens Interactive

Game Development
$52.3Mtotal raised · 3 rounds on record
4open roles
$35Mlatest round · Series B · Oct 2026 · 1 mo ago
2backers · Lightspeed Venture Partners, Transcend Fund

Overview

Welcome. A distributed games studio from developers of games like Journey, What Remains of Edith Finch, Sky: Children of the Light, Blaseball, Dustforce, Guild Wars 2, Baldur's Gate 3, and more.

Key facts

As of Nov 13, 2026, Alion lists 4 open roles at Gardens Interactive. Gardens Interactive is headquartered in Los Angeles, United States. It was founded in 2021. It has raised $52.3M in 3 funding rounds. The latest round is Series B of $35M, announced in 2026.

Open roles
4Its careers board, read on Nov 13, 2026
Headquarters
Los Angeles, United StatesAlion company profile, updated Nov 13, 2026
Founded
2021Alion company profile, updated Nov 13, 2026
Employees
50+Alion company profile, an estimated range
Total raised
$52.3MSum of 3 equity rounds Alion knows
Latest round
Series B · $35M · Oct 8, 2026Press report · gamesindustry.biz
Technologies in its job postings
8Named in its job postings

Funding and backers

Total raised
$52.3M
3 rounds on record
Latest round
$35M
Series B · Oct 2026 · 1 mo ago
Team
51-200
employees, estimated range
Hiring now
4
+3 posted in 30 days
Backers
2
Lightspeed Venture Partners, Transcend Fund
The money's age
Fresh money
1 months since the last round · and hiring
Momentum
65/100
hiring for its size, in the news, fresh money
Last sign of life
this month
a posting or a news item
The story so fareach stage dated by its source: the company's releases, the press, registers, filings
Oct 8 Raised a round Series B $35M May 22, 2023 Raised a round Venture round $12.3M · SEC Form D Jul 2, 2021 Raised a round Venture round $5M · SEC Form D 2021 Founded
Tractionpublic signals, read monthly
Web presence
top 2%
of 133.2M domains by links, Common Crawl
Funding rounds
RoundDateAmountInvestorsSource
Series B Oct 2026 $35M — gamesindustry.biz
Venture round May 2023 $12.3M — SEC Form D
Venture round Jul 2021 $5M — SEC Form D
Registers and programsofficial lists and records that name the company
Legal entity Gardens Interactive, Inc. SEC Form D
Founders and leadersfrom filings, registers and the company's site
Christopher BellExecutive Officer, DirectorSEC Form D
Stephen BellExecutive OfficerSEC Form D
Alexander DostalExecutive Officer, DirectorSEC Form D
Backed byfrom the funds' portfolios and accelerator catalogs
Lightspeed Venture Partners fund Transcend Fund fund
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Jobs

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All 4 jobs at Gardens Interactive salaries, cities, levels and how long each has been open

Salary insights

Compensation ranges based on this company's open jobs
Median
$168k
Typical range
$155k – $203k
Open positions
4
3 Jobs
Middle 33.3%
Senior 33.3%
Staff 33.3%
Level Jobs Median Typical range
Middle 1 $155k $155k
Senior 1 $171k $171k
Staff 1 $203k $203k
Highest paying role Lead Backend Engineer $203k
Normalized to USD per year

Growth

Hiring Momentum
63/100
Growing
Open positions
4
3 opened / 0 closed in 30 days
ATS activity
Every ~6 hours
Today
Hiring Dynamics 0%
Hiring Focus
The percentage next to each role is its share of the company's job openings over the last 90 days; the arrow shows the shift versus the previous period.
Games
75% ▲
Backend
25% ▲
Activity Timeline
+3 jobs in a week Nov 2026
Added Audiokinetic Wwise to stack Nov 2026
Added Terraform to stack Nov 2026
Added Kubernetes to stack Nov 2026
Added Kotlin to stack Nov 2026
Added Java to stack Nov 2026
Added Grafana to stack Nov 2026

Financials

Total raised
$52.3M
Latest round
Series B
Funding rounds
3
Funding rounds
Round Announced Amount
Series B 2026 $35M Details
Venture - Series Unknown 2023 $12.3M Details
Venture - Series Unknown 2021 $5M Details

People

Christopher Bell
Executive Officer, Director
SEC Form D
Stephen Bell
Executive Officer
SEC Form D
Alexander Dostal
Executive Officer, Director
SEC Form D
Shanti Bergel
Director
SEC Form D
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Tech stack

Technologies named in job postings at Gardens Interactive over the last 12 months, by layer, with the share of postings for each.
Technologies in use
8
Postings analysed
4
Stack modernity
82/100
Languages
C++
Java
Kotlin
Frameworks & libraries
Unreal Engine
Cloud & platforms
Grafana
Kubernetes
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Full Gardens Interactive tech stack 8 technologies · by team · pay by technology · changes · similar stacks

Connections

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Graph
Found in company registers, site code, DNS and hiring. Each connection shows how sure we are and the evidence, with its source and date.
Shared investors2
Transcend FundVia a fund
28 portfolio companies: Polygon Labs, Bunch, SpatialX Inc. and 25 more
Lightspeed Venture PartnersVia a fund
634 portfolio companies
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News

Offices

Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
1
Hiring now
0
Countries
1
Los Angeles United States
HQ
50-200 est. staff

How to cite this page

Alion, "Gardens Interactive: key facts", as of Nov 13, 2026. https://alion.io/company/gardens-dev

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