Transcend Fund

Venture Capital
$47.6Mraised by its portfolio in 12 months
43open roles in its portfolio
29investments
1exit

Overview

Transcend Fund is an early-stage venture capital firm focused on games and interactive entertainment. It backs founders building game studios, gaming platforms and AI-native entertainment products at pre-seed and seed stage, typically writing first institutional checks. Founded in 2018, the firm is based in San Francisco, California, and was started by games industry veterans Shanti Bergel and Andrew Sheppard.

Investor profile

Venture capital
Investments
29
19 of them startups
Hiring now
4
43 open roles
Rounds in 12 months
5
$47.6M raised
Exits
1
1 closed
Focusshare of its companies
Gaming 50%Blockchain & Crypto 25%Consumer Electronics 25%Sales & Marketing 8%Events & Ticketing 8%
Where its companies are
United States 31%Finland 3%Belgium 3%Bangladesh 3%Turkey 3%
Stage of its companies
Series A 55%Pre-seed & seed 27%Series C and later 9%Series B 9%
Its companies, the freshest money firstAll 29 investments
Gardens InteractiveSeries B $35M · 1 mo ago · 4 roles KINOAVenture round $10M · 4 mo ago Midsummer StudiosConvertible Note $2M · 8 mo ago welevelVenture round · 8 mo ago Brain JarVenture round $5.5M · 13 mo ago RUCKUS GAMESSeries A $19M · 23 mo ago Trio ScopeVenture round $650k · 3 yr ago COSMIC LOUNGESeed $4.3M · 3 yr ago ROBOTO GAMESSeries A $15M · 3 yr ago VenlyVenture round $13.3M · 4 yr ago thatgamecompanyVenture round $160M · 4 yr ago · 36 roles BIG RUN STUDIOSVenture round $6.7M · 6 yr ago
43 open roles at 4 of its companies
Hiring fastestroles opened in 30 days
thatgamecompany3 new roles in 30 days Gardens Interactive3 new roles in 30 days
Co-investorscompanies they hold together
Lightspeed Venture Partners 3 shared Konvoy Ventures 2 shared 500 Global 2 shared Andreessen Horowitz 2 shared
Similar investorstheir companies share markets and countries
a16z Frontier Winklevoss Capital Draper Associates Haun Ventures Andreessen Horowitz Konvoy Ventures Breyer Capital NFX
Sources: its portfolio page, read Nov 3

Offices

Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
1
Hiring now
0
Countries
1
San Francisco United States
HQ
10-50 est. staff