Teppei Tsutsui

Investor in gaming and consumer tech

πŸ“ San Francisco Bay Area, United StatesπŸ”„ Updated September 2026πŸ’Ό 10 investmentsπŸ“… 14 years investingπŸ—“ Last invested Aug 2023𝕏 @upgrade_to_unlock
Operator-angel🌍 United States
10
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3
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14y
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Portfolio

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Investor and Board Member
Aug 2023
Making art multiplayer! Connect with over 1 million artists, mentors, and creative studios. Magma is a BRIC Innovation Award-winning, collaborative, browser-based, professional drawing software and art project management solution. Giving any team of artists the ability to create together, brainstorm ideas, plan art projects, give feedback and organize workflow without changing current toolset and working processes. Magma is helping brands across industries such as Game Development, Animation, Film, Design, Webcomics, Artistic events, Art Education, and other Creative Studios. Developed in partnership with professional Digital Artists, Art Directors, Supervisors & global leaders: Wacom, Lightbox Expo, Bobby Chiu, Schoolism, Wooga, Pitch Dev Studios, Laurel Pursuit and UAA. Book a video call with our Studio Success Partner to learn how we could help to tailor Magma to your business expectations: πŸ‘‰πŸ½ https://magm.ai/linkd-studioplan Check what you can do in your Studio, thanks to collaborative solutions available only in the Plan dedicated to Creative Businesses: πŸ”₯ Draw Concept Art or create key shots for reference πŸ”₯ Present ideas or production updates to stakeholders and artistic teams πŸ”₯ Brainstorm in real-time, on one shared canvas, with a team of up to 30 people simultaneously πŸ”₯ Integrate Magma with industry-standard tools you are already using πŸ”₯ Plan art project, organize processes and control team creative workflow via prime management dashboard πŸ”₯ Comment, tag artists or external stakeholders and give superfast feedback to your team πŸ”₯ Build a community of raving fans around your brand, game, animation, comic, or any other product Magma means: βœ… Reduction in time to market βœ… Decrease in number of revisions βœ… More projects approved per month βœ… Shorter & significantly more efficient feedback process βœ… Increase trust and happiness among team members Engage the creative teams you manage & boost your pre-production pipeline up to 60%!
Investor and Board Observer
Nov 2022
We publish great games!
early stageComputer Games
Investor and Board Member
Jan 2021
Developing Predecessor, a Third Person Action MOBA for PC and console.
early stageComputer Games
Investor ans Board Observer
Jul 2020
Hiber is accelerating the adoption of the 3D web by lowering the barriers to creation and participation. 

 To do this Hiber has built the Hiber3D platform, a lightweight game engine built in C++ with a wide set of services, compatible across all major mobile, tablet, and desktop browsers, native apps, PCs, and consoles. Anyone, no matter skill level, can create a 3D world, either using the no-code create tool or the Hiber3D development kit. Hiber3D also powers HiberWorld, a hub where people play and create worlds on mobile or PC. HiberWorld already hosts more than 5 million user-generated interconnected 3D worlds. Hiber is backed by a range of top investors in consumer technology, gaming, and blockchain, including EQT Ventures, Luminar Ventures, Konvoy Ventures, CMT Digital, Dreamcraft Ventures, SYBO, and others.
Investor and Board Observer
Jan 2016
VRChat, Inc. is one of the leading Virtual World platforms, hosting one of the largest active online communities of users and creators. We have secured key investment from major partners, allowing us to grow and develop VRChat for the foreseeable future. Dive into VRChat on our website at VRChat.com or our Twitter at https://twitter.com/VRChat.
Investor and Board Member
2012
IUGO (iugō: I - YOU - GO), a latin word meaning to connect, is our ultimate goal: To connect gamers with fun and amplified gaming experiences. We emerged as a mobile-only game studio in Vancouver, and have continued to create and operate large-scale free-to-play mobile games on iOS and Android. Since our founding in 2003, we have created over 30 mobile games, including self-published original games like ToyBot Diaries and Implode. As well as partner-published chart topping hits like The Walking Dead: Road To Survival, Middle-earth: Shadow of War, and Knights & Dragons. We develop our games using proprietary tools and a robust in-house engine, which gives our studio the ability deliver top-grossing mobile games. We are a tight knit crew, filled with innovative, top notch talent who have all contributed to IUGO’s success. Alongside our fun, food-filled, Beer Friday culture; we operate with lean, dedicated, and focused teams, who seek out unexplored mobile territory to bring you the next big thing.
late stageComputer Games
Investor and Board Member
2012
"Every good game has a monkey in it." - Anonymous MunkyFun is an independent entertainment software company located in the heart of downtown San Francisco. MunkyFun is headed by CEO Nick Pavis, former head of technology at LucasArts. The MunkyFun team has worked together extensively for several years, most recently on the hit LucasArts game, "Star Wars: The Force Unleashed". Collectively, the MunkyFun team has worked on over 60 notable game titles and is experienced across all the major platforms; PS3, X360, Wii, PC, PSP, and iPhone. Today we are excited to be working on both established IP's as well as original projects. MunkyFun was founded on this basic principle: a small yet experienced team can be extremely effective at making fun, high quality games. The fusion of strong, longstanding credentials and creative independence culminate to produce an awesome team with the experience to work on almost any product the industry has to offer.
Experience Β· 13 entries
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Investments (10)
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2023
Investor and Board Member
Aug 2023
Making art multiplayer! Connect with over 1 million artists, mentors, and creative studios. Magma is a BRIC Innovation Award-winning, collaborative, browser-based, professional drawing software and art project management solution. Giving any team of artists the ability to create together, brainstorm ideas, plan art projects, give feedback and organize workflow without changing current toolset and working processes. Magma is helping brands across industries such as Game Development, Animation, Film, Design, Webcomics, Artistic events, Art Education, and other Creative Studios. Developed in partnership with professional Digital Artists, Art Directors, Supervisors & global leaders: Wacom, Lightbox Expo, Bobby Chiu, Schoolism, Wooga, Pitch Dev Studios, Laurel Pursuit and UAA. Book a video call with our Studio Success Partner to learn how we could help to tailor Magma to your business expectations: πŸ‘‰πŸ½ https://magm.ai/linkd-studioplan Check what you can do in your Studio, thanks to collaborative solutions available only in the Plan dedicated to Creative Businesses: πŸ”₯ Draw Concept Art or create key shots for reference πŸ”₯ Present ideas or production updates to stakeholders and artistic teams πŸ”₯ Brainstorm in real-time, on one shared canvas, with a team of up to 30 people simultaneously πŸ”₯ Integrate Magma with industry-standard tools you are already using πŸ”₯ Plan art project, organize processes and control team creative workflow via prime management dashboard πŸ”₯ Comment, tag artists or external stakeholders and give superfast feedback to your team πŸ”₯ Build a community of raving fans around your brand, game, animation, comic, or any other product Magma means: βœ… Reduction in time to market βœ… Decrease in number of revisions βœ… More projects approved per month βœ… Shorter & significantly more efficient feedback process βœ… Increase trust and happiness among team members Engage the creative teams you manage & boost your pre-production pipeline up to 60%!
2022
Investor and Board Observer
Nov 2022
We publish great games!
early stageComputer Games
2021
Investor and Board Member
Jan 2021
Developing Predecessor, a Third Person Action MOBA for PC and console.
early stageComputer Games
2020
Investor ans Board Observer
Jul 2020
Hiber is accelerating the adoption of the 3D web by lowering the barriers to creation and participation. 

 To do this Hiber has built the Hiber3D platform, a lightweight game engine built in C++ with a wide set of services, compatible across all major mobile, tablet, and desktop browsers, native apps, PCs, and consoles. Anyone, no matter skill level, can create a 3D world, either using the no-code create tool or the Hiber3D development kit. Hiber3D also powers HiberWorld, a hub where people play and create worlds on mobile or PC. HiberWorld already hosts more than 5 million user-generated interconnected 3D worlds. Hiber is backed by a range of top investors in consumer technology, gaming, and blockchain, including EQT Ventures, Luminar Ventures, Konvoy Ventures, CMT Digital, Dreamcraft Ventures, SYBO, and others.
2016
Managing Partner
Apr 2016
GFR Fund is a San Francisco-based venture capital fund that invests in early-stage technology startups disrupting digital media and entertainment. We work with founders who are ahead of social trends, understand their audience, and creatively combine existing technologies to offer new experiences to users.
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