# Griffin Gaming Partners: portfolio, investments and team

> Griffin Gaming Partners is a vc firm based in United States. 51 investments on record, 3 in the last 12 months, latest Apr 2026.

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# Griffin Gaming Partners

Last cheque observed Apr 2026; 51 cheques on record.

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Deploying now New fund $13M, Sept 2026 VC firm

Pre-seed Seed Series A Media Fitness Videogame

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**25%** of best year **3** **cheques in 12 months**, 51 on record

Since the last cheque **214** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec

Median round **$10M** Cheque size, as they say **$100K – $100M** Rounds led **2 of 51** Sole investor **12 rounds** Mostly in **United States, 58%**

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## Griffin Gaming Partners highlights

- 01 3 cheques in the last 12 months
- 02 Mostly Seed and Venture: 63% of its rounds
- 03 Sole investor in 12 rounds, median $5.2M

## What they do

> Griffin is one of the world's leading venture funds focused exclusively on gaming, with $1.5 billion under management, investing at the intersection of content, social platforms, and software infrastructure. From their own website

- **Type:** VC firm (from a list, unverified)
- **Cheque size:** $100K – $100M as they say
- **Stages:** Pre-seed Seed Series A Series B Growth Pre-IPO
- **Sectors:** Media Fitness Videogame
- **Based in:** Santa Monica, United States
- **Cold pitches:** Not accepted

## The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first **51 appearances**

- **2026** 3 rounds
- **Apr** **[GGWP](https://millionrounds.com/company/ggwp)** Series A · US **$15M** With 5 others
- **Mar** **[games2gether](https://millionrounds.com/company/games2gether)** Series A · FR **$5.2M** Sole investor
- **Feb** **[Giant](https://millionrounds.com/company/giant)** Seed · TechStartups **$8.0M** *Led*
- **2025** 10 rounds
- **Aug** **[Shrapnel](https://millionrounds.com/company/shrapnel)** Venture · US **$20M** With 2 others
- **Jul** **[Million Victories](https://millionrounds.com/company/million-victories)** Growth · FR **$40M** With 1 other
- **Jun** **[Zoot](https://millionrounds.com/company/zoot)** Seed · US **$6.0M** With 1 other
- **Jun** **[The Wildcard Alliance](https://millionrounds.com/company/the-wildcard-alliance)** Venture · US **$9.0M** With 2 others
- **May** **[Fuse Games](https://millionrounds.com/company/fuse-games)** Venture · TR **$7.0M** With 2 others
- **May** **[Amplitude Studios](https://millionrounds.com/company/amplitude-studios)** Series A · FR **$14M** Sole investor
- **Apr** **[Gunzilla Games](https://millionrounds.com/company/gunzilla-games)** Venture · DE **Undisclosed** With 5 others
- **Apr** **[EloElo](https://millionrounds.com/company/eloelo)** Series B **$13M** With 3 others
- **Mar** **[Opus Major](https://millionrounds.com/company/opus-major)** Seed · FR · Silicon Canals **$10M** *Led*
- **Mar** **[Frost Giant Studios](https://millionrounds.com/company/frost-giant-studios)** Venture · US **Undisclosed** With 3 others
- **2024** 8 rounds
- **Nov** **[BIT ODD](https://millionrounds.com/company/bit-odd)** Seed · FI **$18M** With 2 others
- **Oct** **[Oxalis games](https://millionrounds.com/company/oxalis-games)** Venture · GB **$2.0M** With 3 others
- **May** **[Spyke Games](https://millionrounds.com/company/spyke-games)** Series A · TR **$50M** Sole investor
- **Mar** **[HyperPlay](https://millionrounds.com/company/hyperplay)** Venture · US **Undisclosed** With 3 others
- **Feb** **[Digital Insight Games](https://millionrounds.com/company/digital-insight-games)** Venture · US **$3.3M** Sole investor
- **Jan** **[SOMA.finance](https://millionrounds.com/company/soma-finance)** Crowdfunding · US **$204K** With 3 others
- **Jan** **[ForthStar](https://millionrounds.com/company/forthstar)** Seed · GB **$10M** Sole investor
- **Jan** **[Second Dinner Studios](https://millionrounds.com/company/second-dinner-studios)** Series B · US **$100M** With 1 other
- **2023** 8 rounds
- **Oct** **[Neon Media](https://millionrounds.com/company/neon-media)** Series A · US **$20M** With 4 others
- **Oct** **[Forge](https://millionrounds.com/company/forge)** Seed · US **$11M** With 3 others
- **Oct** **[Harmony Games](https://millionrounds.com/company/harmony-games)** Seed · US **$3.0M** Sole investor
- **Oct** **[Players' Lounge](https://millionrounds.com/company/player-s-lounge)** Venture · US **$750K** With 3 others
- **Jul** **[GGWP](https://millionrounds.com/company/ggwp)** Venture · US **$10M** With 3 others
- **Apr** **[Hadi](https://millionrounds.com/company/hadi)** Seed · TR **$5.3M** With 1 other
- **Feb** **[Hardball Games](https://millionrounds.com/company/hardball-games)** Seed · GB **$5.2M** Sole investor
- **Jan** **[Nexus](https://millionrounds.com/company/nexus)** Series A · US **$10M** With 6 others
- **2022** 16 rounds
- **Nov** **[Modl.ai](https://millionrounds.com/company/modl-ai)** Series A · DK **$8.4M** With 3 others
- **Oct** **[Muus Collective](https://millionrounds.com/company/muus-collective)** Seed · US **$5.0M** Sole investor
- **Oct** **[Epic League](https://millionrounds.com/company/epic-league)** Venture · US **Undisclosed** With 1 other
- **Sept** **[Telescope Labs](https://millionrounds.com/company/telescope-labs)** Pre-seed · GB **$2.1M** Sole investor
- **Sept** **[Theorycraft Games](https://millionrounds.com/company/theorycraft-games)** Series B · US **$50M** With 4 others
- **Aug** **[Gallium Studios](https://millionrounds.com/company/gallium-studios)** Venture · US **$6.0M** Sole investor
- **Jul** **[UnCaged Studios](https://millionrounds.com/company/uncaged-studios)** Series A **$24M** With 1 other
- **Jun** **[Chillchat](https://millionrounds.com/company/chillchat)** Seed **$6.5M** With 2 others
- **Jun** **[SuperTeam Games](https://millionrounds.com/company/superteam-games)** Seed · US **$10M** Sole investor
- **May** **[Kryptomon](https://millionrounds.com/company/kryptomon)** Series A · NL **$10M** With 2 others
- **May** **[N3TWORK](https://millionrounds.com/company/n3twork)** Series A · US **$46M** With 4 others

An announcement gives the size of the round, not the size of this investor's cheque: the only rounds that imply a cheque are those where they were the sole named investor.

## The team

Named by the firm itself, on a filing, its Form ADV or its company registration **10 named**

CB **Christopher Brooks Hollenbeck** Chief Compliance Officer/Chief Financial Officer i Form ADV

FO **Frankie Ojala-Zhu** Managing Director i Filing they signed

FZ **Frankie Zhu** Managing Director i Filing they signed

KA **Kevin A. Shields** Co-Chief Executive Officer i Filing they signed

NT **Nicholas Tuosto** Managing Director i Filing they signed

NT **Nick Tuosto** Managing Member of the Manager i Filing they signed

PY **Peter York Levin** Managing Member of the Manager i Filing they signed

PS **Phil Sanderson** Managing Member of the Manager i Filing they signed

PN **Philip N Sanderson** Managing Director i Filing they signed

TB **Tim Bender** Managing Director i Filing they signed

We also hold **25** people at this firm from the lists this database was built from: a weaker source than the filings, since a list does not say when a title ended. Login to see them.

## What the register says

From the firm's own filings with the SEC, which it must file accurately by law

**$1.3B** assets it manages Oct 2026

**2+** funds on file numbered funds in its name

**Registered** investment adviser full reporting to the SEC

- **Legal name:** GGP Management, L.P.
- **SEC number:** CRD 310340

Funds on its Form ADV

**11** private funds, **$897M** in gross assets · filed Mar 2024

- Griffin Gaming Partners II, L.P. *Venture* 203 investors $546M
- Griffin Gaming Partners, L.P. *Venture* 124 investors $267M
- Griffin Gaming Partners SIDE Fund, L.P. *Venture* 3 investors $18M
- Griffin Gaming Partners II SIDE Fund, L.P. *Venture* 2 investors $17M
- DRC SPVI LLC *Venture* 9 investors $12M
- Monte Bello SPVI LLC *Venture* 10 investors $11M
- Chateau Latour SPVI LLC *Venture* 2 investors $9.0M
- Screaming Eagle SPVI LLC *Venture* 8 investors $8.0M
- Harlan SPVI LLC *Venture* 34 investors $6.3M
- Griffin Gaming Partners Associates, L.P. *Venture* 3 investors $2.3M

And 1 more on the filing.

Who backs their funds

## 1 LP on record in Griffin Gaming Partners's funds

- **Committed:** $50M
- **Funds:** 1
- **Vintages:** 2025

The institutions that put money into its funds, which the firm then invests in companies. Source: the pension's own report, latest Mar 2026.

- [**California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS)** 1 fund *$50M*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/california-public-employees) Fund Vintage Committed Griffin Gaming Partners III 2025 $50M

## What they claim to have backed

From their own portfolio page (on their website)

**1** of 1 we have independently watched raise

[engagesimply](https://millionrounds.com/company/engagesimply)

Weaker than a round we watched, stronger than a list somebody sold us. A firm is far less willing to put a company on its own site that it never funded.

New fund on file

**$13M**

raised in Sept 2026

From its SEC filing, not a journalist: a firm that has just raised has money to deploy.

## The cheque

Pre-seed Seed Series A

Median round joined **$10M** the round, not its cheque Alone, median **$5.2M**

Led 2 of 51 rounds **4%**

- **Said size:** $100K – $100M
- **Sole investor:** 12 rounds
- **Last cheque:** Apr 2026

Rounds by stage said on their site

- Seed said *15*
- Venture *14*
- Series A said *12*
- Series B said *4*
- Crowdfunding *1*
- Pre-seed said *-*
- Growth said *-*

Cheques by month Led Joined

Dec 2023 Nov 2026

Often in the room with

- [Makers Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/makers-fund) 6
- [Animoca Brands](https://millionrounds.com/fund/animoca-brands) 4
- [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) 4
- [Andreessen Horowitz](https://millionrounds.com/fund/andreessen-horowitz) 3
- [NFX](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nfx) 3
- [Play Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/play-ventures) 3

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## Who they invest alongside

The investors most often in the same rounds as Griffin Gaming Partners. A count of rooms they were both in, not a relationship either has claimed.

[**Makers Fund** VC firm **6** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/makers-fund)[**Animoca Brands** Accelerator **4** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/animoca-brands)[**Y Combinator** Accelerator **4** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator)[**Andreessen Horowitz** VC firm **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/andreessen-horowitz)[**NFX** VC firm **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nfx)[**Play Ventures** VC firm **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/play-ventures)[**BITKRAFT Ventures** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bitkraft-ventures)[**CoinFund** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/coinfund)[**ConsenSys** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/consensys)[**GSR** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gsr)[**Korea Investment Partners** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/korea-investment-partners)[**Lightspeed Venture Partners** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lightspeed-venture-partners)

## Recently backed

The latest companies Griffin Gaming Partners put money into.

[**GGWP** $15M · Apr 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/ggwp)[**games2gether** $5.2M · Mar 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/games2gether)[**Giant** $8.0M · Feb 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/giant)[**Million Victories** $40M · Jul 2025](https://millionrounds.com/company/million-victories)[**The Wildcard Alliance** $9.0M · Jun 2025](https://millionrounds.com/company/the-wildcard-alliance)[**Fuse Games** $7.0M · May 2025](https://millionrounds.com/company/fuse-games)

## Quick answers about Griffin Gaming Partners

### What does Griffin Gaming Partners invest in?

Griffin Gaming Partners invests most often at Seed and Venture (63% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Media, Fitness and Videogame.

### How active is Griffin Gaming Partners?

51 investments on record, 3 of them in the last 12 months, and it led 2. The most recent was in Apr 2026.

### What has Griffin Gaming Partners invested in recently?

Its most recent investments on record: GGWP (Series A, Apr 2026), games2gether (Series A, Mar 2026) and Giant (Seed, Feb 2026).

### How big are Griffin Gaming Partners's cheques?

The median round it joins is $10M. It says it writes cheques of $100K to $100M.

### Does Griffin Gaming Partners lead rounds?

Sometimes: it led 2 of its 51 investments on record (4%).

### Where does Griffin Gaming Partners invest?

Most of the companies it backs are in the United States (58%), France (11%) and the United Kingdom (11%).

### Is Griffin Gaming Partners investing now?

Yes: it is actively investing, with 3 investments in the last 12 months.

### Who does Griffin Gaming Partners invest alongside?

Most often Makers Fund (6 rounds together), Animoca Brands (4 rounds together) and Y Combinator (4 rounds together).

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