Eden Chen

CEO of FirstLook (Player CRM), player.gg, creators.gg, Pragma Backend, Games Growth Guild, Advisor/Investor to game makers, host of the Gaming Founders Podcast

📍 United States🔄 Updated September 2026💼 18 investments📅 9 years investing🗓 Last invested Jan 2023
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Jan 2023
The ultimate #GenerativeAI machine for creating high-quality, style-consistent assets. Join our Discord: https://discord.gg/scenario
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Aug 2022
Founded in 2022 by game industry professionals coming from Riot Games, Obsidian, Google and CCP Games to build game experiences that keep friends and family connected through shared adventures in always fresh and surprising worlds. We believe in creating a home for world-class game developers with industry-leading support for both their craft and their life to enable unprecedented creative execution and delivery of extraordinary experiences to players.
early stageComputer Games
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Mar 2022
Lightforge Games is a new, all-remote video game studio of industry veterans on a quest to change how the world plays RPGs. Were building a studio for the long haul, rooted in a culture of empathy, honesty, and growth. Were looking for wild dreamers and renaissance thinkers from all walks of life. Join our quest!
early stageComputer Games
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Feb 2022
Inworld AI is a realtime AI model and infrastructure company, and the leading consumer AI infrastructure platform. Inworld provides industry-leading realtime generative models, including the world’s #1-ranked voice AI models, intelligent model routing and optimization, and an Agent Runtime, enabling developers to build and deploy interactive AI applications to millions of concurrent users. Inworld primarily serves use cases where realtime interaction and sophisticated agent capabilities are critical, such as companion apps, developer assistants, and agents for learning & education, health & wellness, interactive media and enterprise. At its core, Inworld is a product-oriented research lab of top AI researchers and engineers. The founding team led product for LLMs at DeepMind and built Dialogflow, the conversational AI platform acquired by Google. Inworld has raised $125M+ from Lightspeed, Kleiner Perkins, Founders Fund, CRV, Stanford, Microsoft M12, Meta, Intel Capital, Samsung NEXT, LG Tech Ventures, and Bitkraft among others.
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Nov 2021
We make games with player-driven economies.
early stageComputer Games
Investor
Nov 2021
We are a new, fully remote company on a mission to empower every player to become a creator. We’re working hard to blur the lines between play and creation by making creation accessible, intuitive, and magical.
early stageComputer Games
Investor
Aug 2021
A new independent studio building games that bring players together through unforgettable challenges. From veterans of Respawn, Epic, Riot, Bungie, Blizzard, and more.
early stageComputer Games
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Aug 2021
Tangle is a virtual space for teams to connect, collaborate, and have fun. By creating better connections and happier humans, Tangle brings joy to remote work culture. Sign up for Tangle today! https://tangle.app/signup/
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Jun 2021
Seattle based independent game studio
early stageComputer Games
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Apr 2021
Stray Bombay is a new studio in Seattle made up of Industry vets making cooperative games. We are looking for senior developers who want to work in an environment that is focused not just on the games but the people as well.
early stageComputer Games
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Mar 2021
Our mission is to create core PvP games that focus on power progression and social play
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Feb 2021
Were a new mobile studio led by female game industry veterans dedicated to making delightful, relaxing experiences for the biggest audience in games: people who dont think of themselves as gamers.
early stageEntertainment
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Feb 2021
Real-Time Strategy Returns! Our mission is to create the next great RTS game! Were hiring!
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Dec 2020
1336 Studios is an indie start up based in Raleigh, NC. We are focused on building rewarding competitive online experiences. Our belief is that sports are a cornerstone of the future of eSports and we are building it.
early stageComputer Games
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Jul 2020
TEC Leimert is a collaborative platform creating a blueprint for urban communities to harness the power of creativity and ingenuity to build sustainable lives in the digital economy. Our story began with a communal experience in South Los Angeles where urban professionals, entrepreneurs and students engaged with industry experts, thought leaders and influencers to unpack career pathways to monetize in the industries that have been disrupted by tech. However, this platform has grown to service a general investment to bring the future of technology and entertainment to an audience ready for access to new and innovative opportunities that will help them thrive in the 21st century.
early stageEntertainment
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2023
Scout
Feb 2023
Founded in 2009 by Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz, Andreessen Horowitz (known as "a16z") is a venture capital firm that backs bold entrepreneurs building the future through technology. We are stage agnostic: We invest in seed to late-stage technology companies, across the consumer, enterprise, bio/healthcare, crypto, fintech and games spaces. a16z is defined by respect for the entrepreneur and the entrepreneurial company building process; we know what it’s like to be in the founder’s shoes. The firm is led by general partners, many of whom are former founders/operators, CEOs, or CTOs of successful technology companies, and who have domain expertise ranging from biology to crypto to distributed systems to security to marketplaces to financial services. We aim to connect entrepreneurs, investors, executives, engineers, academics, industry experts, and others in the technology ecosystem. We have built a network of experts including technical and executive talent; top media and marketing resources; Fortune 500/Global 2000 companies; as well as other technology decision makers, influencers, and key opinion leaders. a16z uses this network as part of our commitment to help our portfolio companies grow their business, so our operating teams provide entrepreneurs with access to expertise and insights across the entire spectrum of company building. https://a16z.com/portfolio/ https://a16z.com/podcasts/ https://a16z.com/videos/ http://a16z.com/subscribe See Disclosures: https://a16z.com/disclosures/
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Jan 2023
The ultimate #GenerativeAI machine for creating high-quality, style-consistent assets. Join our Discord: https://discord.gg/scenario
2022
Investor
Aug 2022
Founded in 2022 by game industry professionals coming from Riot Games, Obsidian, Google and CCP Games to build game experiences that keep friends and family connected through shared adventures in always fresh and surprising worlds. We believe in creating a home for world-class game developers with industry-leading support for both their craft and their life to enable unprecedented creative execution and delivery of extraordinary experiences to players.
early stageComputer Games
Investor
Mar 2022
Lightforge Games is a new, all-remote video game studio of industry veterans on a quest to change how the world plays RPGs. Were building a studio for the long haul, rooted in a culture of empathy, honesty, and growth. Were looking for wild dreamers and renaissance thinkers from all walks of life. Join our quest!
early stageComputer Games
Investor
Feb 2022
Inworld AI is a realtime AI model and infrastructure company, and the leading consumer AI infrastructure platform. Inworld provides industry-leading realtime generative models, including the world’s #1-ranked voice AI models, intelligent model routing and optimization, and an Agent Runtime, enabling developers to build and deploy interactive AI applications to millions of concurrent users. Inworld primarily serves use cases where realtime interaction and sophisticated agent capabilities are critical, such as companion apps, developer assistants, and agents for learning & education, health & wellness, interactive media and enterprise. At its core, Inworld is a product-oriented research lab of top AI researchers and engineers. The founding team led product for LLMs at DeepMind and built Dialogflow, the conversational AI platform acquired by Google. Inworld has raised $125M+ from Lightspeed, Kleiner Perkins, Founders Fund, CRV, Stanford, Microsoft M12, Meta, Intel Capital, Samsung NEXT, LG Tech Ventures, and Bitkraft among others.
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