Investing Profile

Rizwan Virk

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Venture Partner at Griffin

griffingp.comTempe, Arizona

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Calling Brands Network

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Massachusetts Institute of Technology Network

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Current Investing Position

Griffin Gaming Partners Venture Partner

Investment Range

$100K - $5.0M

Sweet Spot

$1.5M

Investments On Record

Current Fund Size

$750M

Rizwan Virk is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

Games (Seed)AR/VR (Seed)Gaming/eSports (Seed)Entertainment & Sports (Seed)Media/Content (Seed)Social Networks (Seed)Web3/Blockchain (Seed)Web3/Crypto (Seed)Los Angeles / Southern California San Francisco Bay Area Games (Pre-seed)AR/VR (Pre-seed)Gaming/eSports (Pre-seed)Web3/Crypto (Pre-seed)Entertainment & Sports (Pre-seed)Web3/Blockchain (Pre-seed)Media/Content (Pre-seed)Social Networks (Pre-seed)

Rizwan Virk's Investments On Record (5)

Company	StageDateRound Size	Total Raised
VersusGame	SeedJan 2021$4M	$35M
Co-investors: Ankit Sud (NewView Capital), Patrick Finnegan (Intuition Capital), Lauren DeLuca (Motivate Venture Capital), Andrew Romans (7BC Venture Capital), Nasir Jones (QueensBridge Venture Partners), Anthony Saleh (WndrCo LLC), Jake Nechamkin (Muchmore Ventures), Griffin Johnson (Animal Capital), Josh Richards (REMUS Capital), Bryce Hall, Kevin Hart, Mark Pincus, William Adams, Gee Roberson
BUTTON Wallet	Pre SeedSep 2018$380K	$380K
Realism	Pre SeedJun 2018
EscapeLabs Inc	SeedJun 2017$20K	$20K
Moon Express	Series UnknownDec 2013$13M	$16M
Co-investors: Jungju (Jay) Kim (Collaborative Fund (Collab Fund)), Barney Pell (Radical Ventures), Peter Kellner (Richmond Global Ventures), Scott Banister (Long Journey Ventures)

Rizwan Virk's Media (1)

Griffin Gaming Partners raises biggest game VC fund with $750M

venturebeat.com

Rizwan Virk's Experience

Director of Technology, XML Dell TechnologiesPresent

Founding Team, Investor, Board Member Tapjoy (Acquired by ironSource)Present

General Manager DeNAPresent

Board Member Disruptor Beam Inc.Present

Board of Directors NorthBay SolutionsPresent

Advisor Free Range GamesPresent

Founding Team, VP Biz Dev, Advisor, Board Member Theta NetworkPresent

Board Of Directors 1 Billion TechPresent

Founding Team, Chairman Universidade do MinhoPresent

Founding Team, Chairman Calling BrandsPresent

Author, Freelance Writer Universidade do MinhoPresent

Author, Freelance Writer Calling BrandsPresent

Advisor Ridge VenturesPresent

Entrepreneur-in-residence 500 GlobalPresent

Entrepreneur-in-Residence 500 GlobalPresent

Faculty Associate, Research Associate eSeed ChallengePresent

Co-Founder Calling BrandsPresent

Co Founder, President and CEO BrainStormPresent

Co-Founder Universidade do MinhoPresent

CEO and Co-Founder Gameview StudiosPresent

Co Founder, Managing Partner Bayview LabsPresent

Co-founder and CEO Universidade do MinhoPresent

Co-founder and CEO Calling BrandsPresent

Founder, Executive Director Play Labs @ MITPresent

Venture Partner GriffinPresent

Rizwan Virk's Education

Massachusetts Institute of Technology BS Computer Science and Engineering

Stanford University Graduate School of Business MS Management

Arizona State University Doctor of Philosophy - PhD School for Future of Innovation in Society

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