Through Sisu Game Ventures, a VC focused on gaming and VR, Ahmed invested in the Finnish VR companies 3rd Eye, Resolution Games, Solfar and Vizor.
But don't tell the bidders about the display case at TV Tokyo headquarters, filled with relics of game ventures that flopped.
Well that was quick or just well timed PR: HitFox Game Ventures, the games distribution incubator that launched last month, has given birth to two new startups already.
Investment is being led by Initial Capital, with participation from Index Ventures, PROfounders Capital, Backed VC, Reaktor Ventures, Sisu Game Ventures, Chris Lee, Reynir Hardarson, and Ben Feder.
The round was led by MizMaa Ventures, with participation from GV, GP Bullhound, Fly Forever, David Helgason, Partech, Bonnier Ventures, Creandum and Sisu Game Ventures.
Hitfox, the Berlin and San Francisco-based games distributor founded by serial entrepreneurs Jan Beckers, Tim Koschella, Ruben Haas, Hanno Fichtner, along with Team Europe, is venturing into the incubator space with the launch of HitFox Game Ventures.
That perhaps shouldn't be too surprising — HitFox Game Ventures is headquartered in Berlin after all, and its founders, Jan Beckers, Tim Koschella, Ruben Haas, Hanno Fichtner, and Team Europe, have been around the block more than a few times.
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In time, Silicon Valley, the center up north of almost all things wired, grew to a point that, though its only game was venture capital, it could claim status as the financial capital of the West.
Indeed, the creation of ION Storm itself was born of an internal split between cofounder John Romero and his previous partners in his first game development venture, id Software.
