Kydaemos

Kydaemos is enabling short, intense, head-to-head, action based cash gaming on mobile devices worldwide.

  • Stage Prototype Ready
  • Industry Mobile
  • Location Greenville, SC, USA
  • Currency USD
  • Founded June 2011
  • Employees 0
  • Website Kydaemos.com

Company Summary

Two guys are playing a head-to-head boxing game on their phones. One's on a bus, the other's at work. They’re really into it; they each have buck on the fight, and the winner takes the other guy’s buck. And the developer takes 8 cents. Thanks to per-fight fees, the developer sees revenue on every play of the game. Their app is not just a product anymore, it’s a business. We gave them that, with our cash-gaming platform: the Kydaemos Server.

Team

  • Jesse Wonder Clark
    CEO

    Jesse has been involved in games and gaming for almost 20 years at companies big (LucasArts) and small (Piliated Pictures) He's done almost everything there is to do in games, including lead design, level design, scripting, writing dialogue, character creation, UI development, character and effects animation, and technical art.

  • Patrick Mundy
    CTO

    Patrick is a seasoned data processing veteran with 20+ years of industry experience in data processing, data warehousing, and data analysis initiatives. He has extensive experience with ETL and analytic projects, especially in banking, investment, and other financial arenas. He has also successfully managed software and database development teams, and has experience with both traditional waterfall and agile modes of application development.

  • Elena Tropp
    COO

    Film and television writer at major studios like Disney and 20th Century Fox, now using those skills to take on the world of games. She has been instrumental in creating the look of the game as well as formulating the strategy for its optimal distribution.

  • Ezra Reinstein
    General Counsel

    Ezra has practiced law at prominent firms and as head of his own firm for more than a decade. His past work has included: guiding renewable energy consultancies through complex international transactions; litigating high-stakes IP disputes; representing a 100,000-member class of consumers; and founding a legal center at one of the nation's oldest advocacy nonprofits. A graduate of Harvard College (with honors) and Harvard Law.

  • Dan Connors
    Advisor - CEO, TellTale Games

    Dan co-founded Telltale, Inc. in 2004 and as CEO has established the company as a leader in digital publishing and episodic production. Dan has been recognized by Develop magazine as one of the top 25 people reshaping the games business.

  • Jason Hovey
    Advisor - Sales, Marketing & Distribution

    Jason is a New Media executive with over 10 years of business development, product development, and online marketing experience in the gaming sector. He served as GM for Yahoo! properties before joining Kaboose as VP of Business Development. He went on to serve as VP of Product Marketing for Emerald Island at Fluid Entertainment. Jason helped launch MMOs at both companies.

  • Alan Walsh
    Advisor - Software Manager, PaddyPower.com

    Alan comes from Paddy Power, a global Plc headquartered in Ireland. It is one of the fastest growing, innovative businesses in the betting and gaming sector. It has seen year on year growth of around 30% for each of the past ten years. Paddypower.com is the biggest online betting brand in Ireland and the fastest-growing in the UK across Online and Mobile betting.

  • Bob Hertz
    Advisor - CIO, Telcentris

    Bob is an expert in computer technology innovation, operations automation, and operating management, with managerial accounting experience at several Fortune 500 corporations. He co-founded Telcentris, Inc., an innovator in cloud-based unified communications and VoIP solutions for consumer, business and wholesale markets.

Previous Investors

  • The Iron Yard
    Unconfirmed
    Sanjay Rama
    Unconfirmed
    Robert Hertz
    Unconfirmed

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