FJ Labs

FJ Labs is a venture capital firm based in New York, founded in 2015 by Fabrice Grinda. The firm is stage-agnostic, primarily focusing on marketplaces and consumer-facing startups across various sectors, including B2B, B2C, financial services, mobile technology, advertisement technology, e-commerce, food technology, gaming, health technology, real estate technology, restaurant technology, ridesharing, software as a service, and virtual reality. FJ Labs typically invests in seed and Series A rounds, with investment amounts ranging from $50,000 to $5,000,000.

Matias Barbero

Investor

William Guillouard

Venture Partner

Arne Halleraker

Principal

Christopher Keshian

Investor

Daniel Simon

venture Partner

Güimar Vaca Sittic

Venture Partner

Jose Marin

Co-Founder

Past deals in Video Games

Freestyle Chess

Seed Round in 2025
Freestyle Chess maintains the fundamental features of regular chess but adds a twist: the rear row is randomized.

Playgama

Seed Round in 2024
Playgama is a fast-growing distributor of HTML5 games, connecting developers to an audience of 220 million monthly active players. We simplify game distribution and monetization, allowing developers to focus on creating exceptional games while we handle the rest. With open-source SDK, games distributed thought Playgama can reach players across leading high-traffic platforms, ensuring global exposure—from Europe to Asia and USA.

Squido Studio

Seed Round in 2024
Squido Studio is an innovative video game studio that focuses on the development of virtual reality games for classic gaming experiences.

Backbone

Series B in 2024
Backbone offers a mobile gaming controller that is cloud-gaming and remote-play compatible. It is a low-power, low-latency gaming device that works with the iPhone and does not require charging, allowing for responsive gaming anywhere. Backbone allows gamers to simply snap their phone into the Backbone One controller, launch the Backbone App, and begin playing mobile, console, or PC games from any location.

Nocturne Games

Pre Seed Round in 2023
Nocturne Games aims to empower gaming studios by giving them the tools they need to be successful.

Magma

Series A in 2022
Magma operates and organizes a community of game development and outsourcing providers. It creates digital tools and offers various media-related services for the gaming industry.

Midnight

Seed Round in 2022
Midnight is a company focused on developing Web3 games designed to offer players immersive, ongoing experiences. By creating a gaming and social hub that incorporates a non-fungible token marketplace, Midnight aims to provide a diverse range of entertainment options, from mid-core to blockbuster titles. The company features both free-to-play and premium games, leveraging a Web3-based system to facilitate continuous engagement and economic participation for users. Through its innovative approach, Midnight seeks to redefine gaming by integrating lasting narratives and interactive experiences that encourage players to return.

GamerGains

Seed Round in 2022
GamerGains Labs is the first-ever token and cryptocurrency-based play and earn platform serving traditional gamers – a community of hundreds of millions of people around the world that enjoy playing on PCs and consoles such as Xbox and PlayStation. Offering an easy-to-use interface, the innovative platform will allow members to earn crypto with confidence through an automated contest lifecycle, which is impartial, transparent, and features instant payout settlement.

Layer AI

Seed Round in 2022
Layer AI is the number one productivity tool for gaming creators. Whether creating solo or working in a team, creators of any skill level can train the AI using their own artwork and create infinite new variations. Layer allows gaming creators ship games faster overall and run them more effectively by shipping monetization and marketing art more effectively. Layer AI currently serves 100s of gaming creators of any size globally.

Midnight Evergreen

Pre Seed Round in 2022
Midnight Evergreen develops a studio and digital marketplace for NFT-powered games. It is based in Las Vegas, USA. Midnight Evergreen runs a gaming, social center, and non-fungible token marketplace with the goal of providing a variety of mid-core to blockbuster entertainment experiences.

Eneba

Series A in 2020
Since its launch back in late 2018, Eneba has been (and continues to be) growing at the speed of light. We aim straight for the bull's eye, and we have no intention to miss. Here at Eneba, we are much more than just regular co-workers. We are a team, a squad, and a crew of like-minded professionals who share the same passion for gaming. We strive for professionalism and excellence on a daily basis. By doing so, we provide the easiest access and means to video games & services for gaming communities worldwide. Our mission is to bring an outstanding selection of games to every single interested player, in the safest, most trustworthy, and cheapest way possible. And we are not only doing it - we are rocking it!

Immersive Games

Pre Seed Round in 2019
Immersive Games' content doesn’t fully reflect the opinions of the developers and the people behind it. It is a typical gaming blog that reviews video games. It promotes video games and all of their aspects in a way that promotes positivity and being proactive among people.

Pixowl

Series A in 2018
Pixowl Inc. is a start-up that develops awesome family mobile games. With over 10M players, one of Pixowl's best titles, "The Sandbox" was selected by Apple as Best Games of 2012: Hidden Gems and is considered a top World Builder game, along with Minecraft, where players can create and share their very own worlds in pixels.

Dots

Series A in 2018
Dots is a game design studio that develops meditative puzzle games. Dots creates minimalist games that are meant to be relaxing. However, for more competitive players, there is a depth of challenging gameplay.

BITKRAFT Ventures

Pre Seed Round in 2017
BITKRAFT Ventures, founded in 2015 by German entrepreneur Jens Hilgers, is a venture capital firm based in San Francisco, with a global presence in key cities such as Berlin, Los Angeles, New York, London, Madrid, and Lisbon. The firm specializes in investments across various sectors of digital entertainment, focusing on video games and esports. BITKRAFT targets game developers, gaming platforms, and gaming-related technologies, as well as emerging areas like web3, virtual reality, augmented reality, and blockchain applications. With a team that spans significant hubs of digital innovation, BITKRAFT Ventures aims to support the growth and development of interactive media and gaming industries.

Gamer Sensei

Seed Round in 2016
Gamer Sensei is the first mastery platform for competitive gamers who want to win more. Through its patent pending technology that connects players with the world’s largest collection of professional, certified sensei across all major eSports titles, the company provides personalized coaching and skills development to help all gamers reach their next level.

Meme Inc

Seed Round in 2015
Meme designs, develops and publishes the next generation of social casino games. Meme's slots are played all over the world with it's popular Xtreme Slots casino game, creating an enjoyable, social driven experience for the mobile players of different countries.

Pixowl

Seed Round in 2011
Pixowl Inc. is a start-up that develops awesome family mobile games. With over 10M players, one of Pixowl's best titles, "The Sandbox" was selected by Apple as Best Games of 2012: Hidden Gems and is considered a top World Builder game, along with Minecraft, where players can create and share their very own worlds in pixels.
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