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    Transcend Fund

    San Francisco, California, United StatesFounded 2020

    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.

    Average disclosed round size is $44.5M (across 41 rounds with reported amounts).

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    Portfolio

    38

    Fund Size

    $60M

    Top Stage

    Series A

    Last 12 Mo

    0

    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

    47 investments
    CompanyRoundAmountDate
    Kinoa logoKinoaUnknown$10MJan 2026
    Acelab logoAcelabSeries A$13.5MJan 2025
    Ruckus logoRuckusSeries A$19MNov 2024
    Live Aware Labs logoLive Aware LabsSeed$4.8MOct 2024
    Sleekflow logoSleekflowSeries A$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
    Sleekflow logoSleekflowUnknown$7MJan 2024
    Gardens Interactive logoGardens InteractiveSeries A$31.3MJul 2023
    Cosmic Lounge logoCosmic LoungeSeed—Jan 2023
    Singularity 6 logoSingularity 6Series B$49MJan 2023
    Gardens Interactive logoGardens InteractiveSeries A$31.3MJan 2023
    Namecoach logoNamecoachSeries A$8MNov 2022
    Sleekflow logoSleekflowSeries A$8MJun 2022
    Kibo School logoKibo SchoolSeed$2MJun 2022
    BintanGO logoBintanGOSeed—Apr 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
    Kibo School logoKibo SchoolSeed—Jan 2022
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    Last updated: 20 October 2026