Shanti Bergel
GP @ Transcend 🚀 | 3x Founder 🛠️ | Board Member 📈 | Strategic Advisor ♜ | xEA xGREE xInterplay 🎮 | Techcrunch List 🏅 | 30 Years In Games ⚡
Lisbon Metropolitan Area
Invests in
Sectors:
Locations:
Min Investment:
$500,000.00Max Investment:
$3,000,000.00Target Investment:
$2,000,000.00
Skills
Education
Lists including Shanti
Investments
Midsummer Studios
Total Funding: $6M
Methodical Games
Total Funding: $30M
Trioscope
Total Funding: $5.3M
Kings of Games
Total Funding:
Singularity 6
Total Funding: $50M
Gardens
Total Funding: $67M
Goss
Total Funding: $2.1M
Big Run Studios
Total Funding: $6M
Carbonated
Total Funding: $20M
Treehouse Games
Total Funding: $5.6M
Work Experience
2020
Founding General Partner & Managing Director
2020
Transcend is a top performing early stage venture capital firm that partners with the boldest founders in the industry to collaboratively build the future of interactive entertainment.
Lead Seed Investor & Board Member, Gardens Interactive
2021
Lead Seed Investor & Board Member, Midsummer Studios
2024
Lead Pre-Seed Investor & Board Member, dotplay
2024
Lead Seed Investor & Board Member, Big Run
2020
Lead Seed Investor, Ruckus Games
2022
Lead Seed Investor, Brain Jar Games
2024
Lead Seed Investor, Cosmic Lounge
2023
Lead Seed Investor, Stress Level Zero
2020
Lead Seed Investor, Eggscape
2024
Investor, thatgamecompany
2020
2012 - 2020
Angel Investor
2012 - 2020
Select personal investments - Coinbase (Greylock, Spark, a16z, Battery, Union Square) - Shippo (Union Square, Bessemer, SoftTech VC) - Noice (Jussi Laakkonen, Kristian Segerstrale, Ilkka Paananen, David Helgason) - Super Evil Megacorp (Index, General Catalyst, a16z, Raine, Breyer, Crosscut) - Carbonated (a16z, Bitkraft, Golden Ventures) - Playable Worlds (Kakao, Bitkraft, 1Up)
2017 - 2020
Executive Vice President
2017 - 2020
FunPlus is one of the top three private mobile game companies in the world with hit titles that have ranked #1 in over 70 countries including State of Survival, King of Avalon and Guns of Glory.
2016 - 2017
Board Member
2016 - 2017
IUGO is the award-winning developer of chart topping mobile gaming hits like The Walking Dead: Road To Survival, Middle Earth: Shadow of War, and Knights & Dragons. IUGO was acquired by Embracer Group.
2011 - 2017
Senior Vice President, Business & Corporate Development
2011 - 2017
GREE is a leading mobile social gaming company that achieved one of the largest game company IPOs on the Tokyo Stock Exchange in Japanese history.
2009 - 2011
Business & Corporate Development | Playfish
2009 - 2011
Playfish was one of the top social gaming companies in the world, best known for titles like The Sims Social, Restaurant City, and Pet Society. Playfish was acquired by Electronic Arts.
2007 - 2009
Vice President, Business Development
2007 - 2009
Three Rings was a pioneering free-to-play game developer best known for its hit title Puzzle Pirates. Three Rings was acquired by Sega.
2003 - 2007
Producer | FIFA, The Sims
2003 - 2007
EA is known for its many highly acclaimed gaming franchises including The Sims, EA Sports, Battlefield, Need for Speed, Apex Legends, Dragon Age, and many more.
1998 - 2001
Co-Founder
1998 - 2001
Qbiquity was an application service provider enabling marketers to acquire and retain customers leveraging its powerful relationship marketing suite. Qbiquity was acquired by Collabrys.
1997 - 1998
First 9
1997 - 1998
Netyear is Japan's first strategic Internet professional services firm. Netyear went public on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.