GameCake

A Connected TV gaming company, bringing families together in their living rooms through world-class, cross-platform games that you play together, in-person.

  • Stage Full Product Ready
  • Industry Gaming
  • Location Los Angeles, CA, USA
  • Currency USD
  • Founded December 2015
  • Employees 9
  • Incorporation Type C-corp
  • Website gamecakestudios.com

Company Summary

• Address a serious market need to bring families together with a content "engine" for quality in-person multiplayer games.
• Eventual path towards publishing platform, like EA/Nintendo.
• Pre-seed led by Comcast Ventures, game industry magnates as angels.
• 1 game (an engine test) launched on iOS & Apple TV, Comcast X1 & Android this holiday season.
• 220k organic installs, 36.4 min average play time
• Seed round & addl. games in 2019.

Team

  • CEO (Cofounder)

    • Former Product Lead & Programmer at The Walt Disney Company.
    • #1 App, Apple App Store - Where's My Mickey?
    • #40 Top Grossing, Apple App Store - Disney Emoji Blitz
    • Product lead on unannounced Nemo game
    • Original concept for new Disney character and casual game, Dodo Pop

  • President & Head of Product (Cofounder)

    • Former Industrial Toys Game Design Lead
    • Apprenticed under Halo creator Alex Seropian
    • Product Lead on Renegade
    • Level Designer on Midnight Star

  • Head of Operations & Production

    • Formerly Senior Publishing Strategist at BuzzFeed
    • Lead the strategy for all original videos being published across YouTube & Facebook.
    • Worked with 30+ in house producers making sure they were on track to hit weekly deadlines and output goals.
    • Co-designed tools to help make the production and publishing process across the company as quick and efficient as possible.

  • UI Artist & Illustrator

    • Formerly Art Director & Design Manager, The Walt Disney Company.
    • #1 Kids App, Apple App Store – Disney Junior Appisodes
    • #1 Kids App, Apple App Store – Mickey’s Magical Math World
    • #1 Book App, Apple App Store – Cloudy with Meatballs 2 Storybook
    • Featured 6 times in the Apple App Store, 3 FWA awards
    • HOW Interactive Design – Winner
    • SXSW Interactive – 1st Place Award

  • Senior Data Analyst

    • Focus on understanding user behavior and gameplay to provide deep insight on improving game performance.
    • Product Manager at TSIA, a B2B Technology Industry Research Analytics and Advisory Firm.
    • Formerly Business Intelligence Analyst at Victorious, a mobile based social media startup
    • Previously at Avery Dennison, Business Intelligence Analyst working with Americas Commercial Region to understand and leverage data on market trends.

  • Sean Wejebe
    Associate Designer-Programmer

    • Game Design & Feature Programming
    • Designer-Programmer on D-Bug, selected for the 2014 Dare To Be Digital competition in Scotland
    • Developed Interspeller, 2015 UCLA Game Art Festival
    • Contributed 3D art to Infinit-O, winner of the Visual Design Award at Indiecade 2016
    • Developed Welcome To The Underwhere, selected for PlayDate at 2017 L.A. Zine Fest
    • Developed The Longest Couch 2, shown at QGCon 2017 and Queerly Represent Me’s in Australia

  • Sean Tillman
    Content Designer & Marketing Associate

    • Creation and Curation of All Game Content
    • Data-Driven Content Development
    • Playtesting & User Testing
    • Assets for In-Game and App Store Promotions
    • Targeted Marketing Plans Across All Engagement Channels
    • Honors UCSB Psychology Graduate.

  • QA Tester

    • Performs Quality Assurance for releases of Emoji Charades
    • Formerly at Idea Factory International (IFI)
    • QA testing for 8 titles for Playstation 4, PS Vita, and Steam
    • Event Marketing Exhibitor at the EVO Championship Series Tournament
    • Product Demonstrator Exhibitor at Anime Expo for IFI video games
    • Event Marketing Volunteer at Hakuoki Cafe for IFI title Hakuoki: Edo Blossoms
    • Creator of Video Game Music EP Erasodes

Advisors

Previous Investors

  • Christopher Shin
    Unconfirmed
    Shan Swami
    Unconfirmed
  • Sam Swami
    Unconfirmed
    Klaas Kersting
    Unconfirmed
  • Matthew Pierce
    Unconfirmed
    Comcast Ventures
    Unconfirmed
    The Joseph Family Trust
    Unconfirmed
  • S. Parthasarthy
    Unconfirmed
    Paul Bettner
    Unconfirmed

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