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Anton Backman

Partner at Play Ventures

Helsinki, Uusimaa

Investor
VC

Invests in

Stages:

Pre-seed

  • Min Investment:

    $500,000.00

  • Max Investment:

    $1,000,000.00

  • Target Investment:

    $750,000.00

Skills

Leadership
Microsoft Excel
Team Leadership
Customer Service
Microsoft Office
Legal Research
Teamwork
Management
Project Management
Start-ups
Event Management
Venture Capital
Social Media
Business Strategy
Entrepreneurship

Education

Investments

Redemption Games

Seed

Total Funding: $7M

Bright Star Studios

Pre Seed

Total Funding: $2.7M

Work Experience

Play Ventures

2019

  • Partner

    2023

  • Principal

    2021 - 2023

  • Investment Associate

    2021 - 2021

  • Venture Partner

    2019 - 2021

    Worked on my own project in crypto while supporting Play Ventures in their crypto gaming investments.

  • Investment Analyst

    2019 - 2019

    Play Ventures is an early stage VC fund investing in games and games services start-ups around the world. We help the best gaming founders on their journey to create amazing games and the most valuable gaming companies of tomorrow.

Midnite

2023

  • Board Member

    2023

Tribo Games

2022

  • Board Member

    2022

Black Block

2022

  • Board Member

    2022

Trailblazer Games

2021

  • Board Member

    2021

Stellarplay Games

2021

  • Board Member

    2021

All Star Games (Deftouch)

2021

  • Board Observer

    2021

Tower Pop Ltd

2021

  • Board Observer

    2021

Bright Star Studios

2019 - 2021

  • Board Member

    2019 - 2021

    Building Ember Sword, a new sandbox MMO with a player-driven economy, a classless combat system, and scarce cosmetic collectibles.

Quicksave Interactive

2017 - 2021

  • Board Member

    2017 - 2021

    Building HTML5 games for instant games platforms.