# Riot Games: portfolio, investments and team

> Riot Games is a corporate vc based in United States. 4 investments on record, latest Nov 2019. Portfolio, stages, co-investors and team.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/fund/riot-games (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

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# Riot Games

Last cheque observed Nov 2019. Silence since then is not evidence of inactivity: our sources miss unannounced rounds.

Quiet Corporate VC

Series A Venture Medical Test And Measurement Computer

Cheques on record

**0%** of best year **0** **cheques in 12 months**, 4 on record

Since the last cheque **2532** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec

Median round **$14M** Rounds led **0 of 4** Sole investor **1 rounds**

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## Riot Games highlights

- 01 4 rounds on record
- 02 Mostly Series A and Venture: 100% of its rounds
- 03 Sole investor in 1 rounds, median $30M

## What they do

- **Type:** Corporate VC (from a list, unverified)
- **Cheque size:** Not stated
- **Sectors:** Medical Test And Measurement Computer
- **Based in:** Los Angeles, United States
- **Cold pitches:** Not stated

## The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first **4 appearances**

- **2019** 1 round
- **Nov** **[Bunch](https://millionrounds.com/company/bunch)** US · TechCrunch **$3.9M** With 4 others
- **2016** 1 round
- **Nov** **[Bonfire Studios](https://millionrounds.com/company/bonfire-studios)** **$25M** With 2 others
- **2015** 1 round
- **Jul** **[Curse](https://millionrounds.com/company/curse)** Venture · US **$30M** Sole investor
- **2013** 1 round
- **Nov** **[Hammer & Chisel](https://millionrounds.com/company/hammer-and-chisel)** Series A · US · allthingsd.com **$8.2M** With 6 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

We hold **29** 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.

## The cheque

Series A Venture

Median round joined **$14M** the round, not its cheque Alone, median **$30M**

Led 0 of 4 rounds **0%**

- **Sole investor:** 1 rounds
- **Last cheque:** Nov 2019

Rounds by stage said on their site

- Series A *1*
- Venture *1*

Cheques by year Led Joined

2013 2019

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## Recently backed

The latest companies Riot Games put money into.

[**Bonfire Studios** $25M · Nov 2016](https://millionrounds.com/company/bonfire-studios)

## On podcasts

3 episodes naming Riot Games in the title, and 4 more that mention it.

- [Grit](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/grit) 11 Jul 2022 · 1h 3m CMO Riot Games, Jason Bunge: Change Is Inevitable, Get Used To It Mentions [Riot Games](https://millionrounds.com/fund/riot-games) Apple PodcastsShow page
- [How I Built This](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/how-i-built-this) 15 Dec 2020 · 13 min Riot Games: Bonus Episode Mentions [Riot Games](https://millionrounds.com/fund/riot-games)[Brandon Beck](https://millionrounds.com/person/brandon-beck-2)[Marc Merrill](https://millionrounds.com/person/marc-merrill) Apple Podcasts
- [How I Built This](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/how-i-built-this) 14 Dec 2020 · 1h 36m Riot Games: Brandon Beck and Marc Merrill With [Brandon Beck](https://millionrounds.com/person/brandon-beck-2)[Marc Merrill](https://millionrounds.com/person/marc-merrill) Mentions [Riot Games](https://millionrounds.com/fund/riot-games) Apple Podcasts

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- [The a16z Show](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/a16z) 16 Nov 2020 · 39 min The Social Serendipity of Cloud Gaming Apple PodcastsShow page
- [Upfront Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/upfront-ventures) 17 Mar 2020 · 23 min Marc Merrill Interviewed by Kevin Zhang | Upfront Summit 2020 Apple PodcastsShow page
- [The Twenty Minute VC](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/20vc) 11 Nov 2019 · 44 min 20VC: Firstmark's Rick Heitzmann on The Rise of Pre-Emptive Rounds, His Biggest Learnings From The Pinterest Board, 2 Things VCs Can Do To Prepare Their Companies For The Downturn and Why Now Is A Good Time to Be Contrarian and Invest In Consumer Apple PodcastsShow page

## Quick answers about Riot Games

### What does Riot Games invest in?

Riot Games invests most often at Series A and Venture (100% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Medical, Test And Measurement and Computer.

### How active is Riot Games?

4 investments on record, 0 of them in the last 12 months. The most recent was in Nov 2019.

### What has Riot Games invested in recently?

Its most recent investments on record: Bunch (Undisclosed round, Nov 2019) and Bonfire Studios (Nov 2016).

### How big are Riot Games's cheques?

The median round it joins is $14M.

### Is Riot Games investing now?

No investments in the last 12 months; the latest was in Nov 2019.

### What kind of investor is Riot Games?

Riot Games is a corporate VC based in Los Angeles, United States.

### When was Riot Games founded?

Riot Games was founded in 2006.

### Where does this information on Riot Games come from?

From 2 articles and filings naming it in a round, public registers and its own website, checked and rebuilt every night.

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