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A world class team and network supporting you in every stage of growth.
Managing Director
Phil Sanderson
Phil has been working with gaming entrepreneurs as a venture capitalist for the past 23 years. His investments include some of the leading game infrastructure and content companies in the world such as Discord, Phoenix Labs, Vivox, Triller, Funzio and more.
Favorite Game
Dungeons & Dragons
Managing Director
Peter Levin
Peter brings decades of operational experience to Griffin. Previously: President of Interactive Ventures, Games, & Digital Strategy at Lionsgate; Co-founder and CEO of Nerdist Industries (acq. by Legendary); co-teacher of USC esports course; early advisor to and investor in Rovio (Angry Birds).
Favorite Game
Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
Managing Director
Nick Tuosto
Nick, co-founder of Griffin and managing director of LionTree, has advised across gaming: Tencent (Supercell), Kabam (Netmarble), FoxNext (Scopely), AppLovin (MZ), Phoenix Labs (Garena), Roblox, PlayStudios (Acies), AT&T (Playdemic), Take-Two (Zynga), among many others
Favorite Game
Magic: The Gathering
Chris Hollenbeck
Chief Financial Officer
Chris brings over 20 years of financial and investment experience to Griffin as CFO. Previously: Managing Director at The Blueshirt Group; CFO at Smule; Managing Director at Granite Ventures.
Favorite Game
World of Warcraft
Emily Wang
Managing Director (LionTree)
Emily brings deal evaluation and execution expertise to Griffin and has advised on $15 billion+ of sell-side and buy-side M&A transactions, including Next Games, N3TWORK, and GameSpot/GameFAQs/Metacritic. Previously: Managing Director at Code Advisors; formerly J.P. Morgan
Favorite Game
Overcooked
Pierre Planche
Partner
Pierre brings blockchain expertise with a background in product management, agile software development, and corporate development (M&A). Formerly a competitive gamer.
Favorite Game
Magic: The Gathering
Frankie Zhu
Liontree
Frankie brings financial analysis, valuation, and deal execution expertise on the Griffin team. He currently covers Interactive Entertainment Investment Banking at LionTree.
Favorite Game
Dota 2
Boyoung Kim
Investor
Boyoung hails from the equity research industry, where she covered software and telecom. Previously: Citi, Bloomberg.
Favorite Game
Just Dance
Patrick Digenan
Investor
Patrick comes from Deutsche bank's San Francisco Investment Banking team, where he covered clients across the tech landscape. Previously, he graduated from Notre Dame.
Favorite Game
Call of Duty: Warzone
Ibrahim Hafeez
Investor
Ibrahim comes from the gaming and strategy consulting industry. Previously: Electronic Arts, KPMG
Favorite Game
FIFA
Seth Nutt
Associate (LionTree)
Seth provides analysis from a financial and valuation perspective. He currently covers Interactive Entertainment Investment Banking at LionTree.
Favorite Game
Rocket League
Roberto Maccagan
Analyst (Liontree)
Roberto provides financial analysis & deal execution support on the Griffin team. He currently covers Interactive Entertainment Investment Banking at LionTree. Previously: Deutsche Bank.
Favorite Game
League of Legends
Michael Braunstein
Analyst (LionTree)
Michael provides financial analysis & deal execution support on the Griffin team. He currently covers Interactive Entertainment Investment Banking at LionTree. Previously: Citigroup (Communications)
Favorite Game
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
Stuart Nguyen
Analyst (LionTree)
Stuart provides financial analysis & deal execution support on the Griffin team. He currently covers Interactive Entertainment Investment Banking at LionTree.
Favorite Game
Halo Infinite
Isaac Ruiz
Controller
Isaac brings 20+ years of venture industry experience in compliance, finance, legal, ops, & investor relations. Previously: Hambrecht & Quist, Granite Ventures, Tandem Capital, Pantera Capital and Cooley LLP.
Favorite Game
Sea of Thieves
Lindsay Krause
Coordinator
Lindsay brings creative and organizational expertise. Previously: Director of Program Development for The Fred Silverman Company; Development for Fox 2000; United Talent Agency.
Favorite Game
Lily's Garden
Hudson
Chief Morale Officer
Hudson is the leader of Griffin's pack. He is very vocal, and nothing makes him happier than a guest appearance on a Zoom call.
Favorite Game
Tug of War
Advisor
Mich Mathews-Spradlin
Mich adds 30+ years of strategic and marketing experience as an Advisor at Griffin. Currently: Board Member at Wendy’s, Jacana, You & Mr Jones, The Bougs, Gennev and Caltech. Previously: CMO and SVP of Marketing at Microsoft.
Favorite Game
Pokémon Go
Venture Partner
Mike Capps
Mike adds 15+ years of gaming industry leadership to Griffin’s deal team as a Venture Partner. Previously: President of Epic Games; Founder of Scion Studios.
Favorite Game
Ultima IV
Venture Partner
Tammy McDonald
Tammy brings 22+ years of successful strategic & tactical leadership within the video game & tools development, esports, digital & entertainment industries. Previously: CEO Axis Game Factory, CEO Vision Scape Interactive.
Favorite Game
Astrosmash
Venture Partner
Jim Huntley
Jim is a Marketing Consultant and a Professor in the #1 ranked USC Games program, with 25 years of experience in entertainment, games, toys and CPG. Previously: THQ, Mattel, General Mills
Favorite Game
Mass Effect Trilogy
Venture Partner
Riz Virk
Riz brings a deep entrepreneurial and investment background in gaming to Griffin's deal team as a Venture Partner. Previously: GM at DeNA; Investor in Tapjoy.
Favorite Game
Second Life
Venture Partner
Angela Dalton
Angela brings 20+ years of experience in global capital markets in the Technology, Media and Telecom sectors. Previously: Founder, CEO Signum Growth Capital; Managing Director for UBS, Evercore and Guggenheim Partners.
Favorite Game
Roblox
Venture Partner
Daniel Engelhardt
Daniel brings 15+ years of games and media experience to Griffin’s deal team as a Venture Partner. Previously: SVP of Interactive Ventures & Games at Lionsgate, also oversaw nine animated film & television projects there.
Favorite Game
Spider-Man
Venture Partner
Vic Bassey
Vic adds extensive knowledge of the African games industry to Griffin's team. Currently: Founder of Batch54 and GamesIndustryAfrica.com, Business Development Manager at Raw Fury. Previously: PC Games Partnerships at Tobii AB.
Favorite Game
Bloodborne
Venture Partner
Koh Kim
Koh adds 10+ years of publishing, business development, and web3 experience in games to Griffin. Currently: Head of Ecosystem Partnerships & Marketing, Mysten Labs. Previously: Business Development at Google Play Games.
Favorite Game
NieR: Automata
Venture Partner
Abel Mathew
10+ years as a software developer, 7+ years as the CEO/Co-Founder of Backtrace I/O, Abel brings a wealth of experience in the fields of game tech, SaaS, and software development. Currently: CTO of Sauce Labs.
Favorite Game
Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
Venture Partner
Chris Quaidoo
Chris hails from the investment management industry and has led investments in Activision-Blizzard and Glu Mobile. Current Berkeley Haas MBA candidate; previously Associate at Story Ventures.
Favorite Game
Halo 2
Venture Partner
Doug Bemis
Doug brings 15+ years of machine learning and natural language processing expertise. Previously: Founder and CTO at Geometric Intelligence, acquired by Uber to form the nucleus of Uber AI Labs; CTO at Windward Mark Interactive, a video game development studio acquired by Linden Lab. Doug holds a PhD from NYU in Computational Neuroscience.
Favorite Game
Halo Infinite