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    Transcend Fund

    San Francisco, California, United StatesFounded 2020
    www.transcend.fundLinkedIn
    GamingAI

    Transcend Fund is an early-stage venture capital firm founded by game industry veterans, backing AI-native entrepreneurs building the next generation of interactive entertainment. The firm is based in San Francisco and invests in games and digital entertainment.

    34% of their portfolio is in Gaming. Average disclosed round size is $42.0M (across 28 rounds with reported amounts).

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    Portfolio

    30

    Fund Size

    $60M

    Top Stage

    Series A

    Last 12 Mo

    1

    Team

    Andrew Sheppard

    Andrew Sheppard

    Managing Director

    Brett Krause

    Brett Krause

    Managing Director

    Shanti Bergel

    Shanti Bergel

    Managing Director

    Lirui Ding

    Lirui Ding

    Principal

    Sikander Chahal

    Sikander Chahal

    Principal

    Portfolio Breakdown

    Stage Distribution

    Sector Distribution

    Investment Activity

    DealsAvg Round Size

    Portfolio

    32 investments
    CompanyRoundAmountDate
    Kinoa logoKinoaUnknown$10MJan 2026
    Live Aware Labs logoLive Aware LabsSeed$4.8MOct 2024
    Sleekflow logoSleekflowUnknown$7MAug 2024
    Lirvana Labs logoLirvana LabsSeed$5.3MApr 2024
    BRAIN JAR GAMES logoBRAIN JAR GAMESSeed$6.7MMar 2024
    Eggscape logoEggscapeSeed$4.3MFeb 2024
    Ruckus Games logoRuckus GamesSeries A$19MJan 2024
    CyberNut logoCyberNutGrowth—Jan 2024
    Ruckus logoRuckusSeries A$19MJan 2024
    Gardens Studio logoGardens StudioSeries A$31.3MJul 2023
    Cosmic Lounge logoCosmic LoungeSeed—Jan 2023
    Sleekflow logoSleekflowSeries A$8MJun 2022
    NameCoach logoNameCoachSeries A$8MJan 2022
    Methodical Games logoMethodical GamesUnknown$15MJan 2022
    Ruckus Games logoRuckus GamesSeed$5.5MJan 2022
    TTdx StrategiesSeries A$2.5MJan 2022
    Trioscope logoTrioscopeUnknown$5.3MOct 2021
    Singularity 6 logoSingularity 6Series B$30MJul 2021
    Skillbank logoSkillbankUnknown$1.5MJan 2021
    Big Run Studios logoBig Run StudiosSeed$5.3MMar 2020
    Treehouse Games logoTreehouse GamesSeed$2.6MJan 2020
    PPolygon ZeroSeed$450MJan 2019
    Acelab logoAcelabSeries A$13.5M—
    Venly logoVenlySeries A——
    Roboto Games logoRoboto GamesSeries A$15M—
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    Top Co-Investors

    BITKRAFT Ventures5 shared
    KRAFTON4 shared
    Tiger Global Management, LLC3 shared
    FunPlus3 shared
    Makers Fund3 shared
    Dragonfly3 shared
    1Up Ventures3 shared
    TIRTA Ventures2 shared
    Lightspeed Venture Partners2 shared
    Andreessen Horowitz2 shared
    Third Point Ventures2 shared
    Steadview Capital2 shared
    CoinFund2 shared
    Republic2 shared
    Seven Seven Six2 shared
    Accel2 shared
    Finality Capital Partners2 shared
    SoftBank Group Corp.2 shared
    Blue Pool Capital2 shared
    Workplay Ventures2 shared

    Last updated: 8 September 2026