Game Academy

A personal development and talent discovery platform for players of video games.

  • Stage Product In Market
  • Industry Education
  • Location London, UK
  • Currency GBP
  • Founded June 2019
  • Employees 5
  • Incorporation Type C-corp
  • Website gameacademy.co

Company Summary

Game Academy is a personal development and talent discovery platform for players of video games. We're an early-seed B2B2C venture offering employers, educators and others access to the unique talent pool of gamers and providing players with employability support. Our service is supported by a proprietary dataset of games, skills and careers of 60k+ players. Member Ubisoft Entrepreneurs Lab & BOOST 2021 Cabinet Office/DCMS Accelerator.

Team

  • Irina Agafonova
    Founder & CEO

    - Founder of #1 career advice platform in Russia
    - VP of the biggest youth leadership NGO in Russia
    - University Lecturer at BPP and Russian University of Economics
    - Favourite games: Need for Speed, Super Mario, The Sims

  • David Barrie
    Founder & Head of Business Development/CMO

    - Founder of 3 social ventures, now 7yrs+ old, Sunday Times/Maserati 100 Entrepreneur (2016)
    - Created 300+ new jobs and £500m+ value in urban regeneration and real estate
    - Producer 100hrs+ TV, BBC, Channel 4 & USA networks
    - Favourite games: Archero, Sky

  • Andrey Chernyavskiy
    CDO/CTO

    - PhD in Quantum Information theory, 14 research projects, MSU, Russian Academy of Sciences
    - Software engineer, 15yrs+ // Avid gamer, VR enthusiast,
    completed 70+ RPGs
    - Favourite Games: Fallout, Crusader Kings 3

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