GFR Fund is a San Francisco-based venture capital fund that invests in early-stage startups that are disrupting the consumer entertainment industry. GFR Fund is managed by GREE VR Capital, an affiliate of GREE Inc., a global leader in the mobile gaming industry. With over a decade of experience driving innovators in multi-platform entertainment, we see emerging technologies such as VR, AR, AI, Video Streaming and Blockchain as powerful tools that will propel the entertainment industry into a new generation of consumable content. We are looking for talented entrepreneurs who share our passion and values to help realize their vision and expand their businesses globally.

GFR Fund

TGF is an early-stage VC fund founded by video games industry veterans.  We invest in future leaders: game developers, gaming technologies, and services.  We share best practices and offer our experience and personal touch.

The Games Fund

500 Emerging Europe assists emerging European founders in expanding globally.

500 Emerging Europe

Welcome to Devoted Studios, a passionate team of game developers dedicated to creating immersive and engaging gaming experiences. Our mission is simple - to develop games that captivate players and transport them to new worlds of adventure and excitement. We believe that games are more than just entertainment - they are a medium for storytelling, a platform for social interaction, and a means of personal expression. Our team is committed to bringing these elements to life in our games, crafting memorable experiences that resonate with players long after the credits roll. At Devoted Studios, we're not just game developers - we're gamers ourselves. We understand what it takes to create a great game, and we bring that passion and expertise to every project we work on. Whether it's an indie title or a AAA blockbuster, we approach each game with the same level of dedication and attention to detail, striving to create experiences that exceed our players' expectations. Our team is made up of talented individuals with diverse backgrounds and skillsets, including programmers, artists, designers, and writers. We believe that collaboration is the key to success, and we work closely together to ensure that every aspect of our games is carefully crafted and polished to perfection. We pride ourselves on our ability to innovate and push the boundaries of what's possible in game development. From cutting-edge graphics and advanced AI systems to unique gameplay mechanics and immersive storytelling, we're always looking for new ways to challenge ourselves and our players. At Devoted Studios, we're more than just a game development company - we're a community. We believe that games have the power to bring people together, and we strive to build strong, inclusive communities around our games. Whether it's through online forums, social media, or in-person events, we're always looking for ways to connect with our players and create meaningful relationships. So, whether you're a hardcore gamer or just looking for a fun way to pass the time, we invite you to join us on our journey of game development and discovery. Welcome to Devoted Studios - where passion meets play.

Devoted Studios

Laton Ventures is a venture capital firm.

Laton Ventures

The Games Syndicate is a startup focused on the games industry.

The Games Syndicate

Hummingbird Ventures is a venture capital partner for outlier founders building generational companies. Hummingbird teamed up with many transformative companies, including Kraken, Peak Games, Deliveroo, BillionToOne, Showpad, OneCard, Pristyn Care, Gram Games and many others.

Hummingbird Ventures

FJ Labs is a stage-agnostic investment firm that focuses on marketplaces and consumer-facing startups. Their investments are seed and series A. The investment range of the company is $50,000 to $5,000,000. It invests in Alibaba Group, Beepi, BrightRoll, Betterment, Adore Me, and Earnest.

FJ Labs

Layer AI

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.

Founded in 2023, Layer AI is a platform that offers an art creation tool for games development that helps artists convert their unique art styles into various image formats with faster iterations. The platform integrates into existing art pipelines, enabling creators to explore new ideas and styles while improving productivity. The tool focuses on everyday use cases, catering to artists across various skill levels. It also offers an enterprise solution, a professional AI asset creation platform designed specifically for game studios, enabling studios to create production-ready game assets, empower internal art teams with tools to scale their work, and scale player acquisition campaigns.

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Founded in 2023, Layer AI is a platform that offers an art creation tool for games development that helps artists convert their unique art styles into various image formats with faster iterations. The platform integrates into existing art pipelines, enabling creators to explore new ideas and styles while improving productivity. The tool focuses on everyday use cases, catering to artists across various skill levels. It also offers an enterprise solution, a professional AI asset creation platform designed specifically for game studios, enabling studios to create production-ready game assets, empower internal art teams with tools to scale their work, and scale player acquisition campaigns.As reported in November 2023, the company's future roadmap includes introducing output generation in 2D for mobile games and AAA studios, venturing into the fields of spine and sprite animations and exploring areas beyond gaming, like marketing and advertising.Key customers and partnershipsAs of November 2023, the platform has been used by studios like Tripledot Studios, APPS Teknoloji, Celestial Alpaca Studios, and Games United.

DeckRobot is a platform compatible with Microsoft PowerPoint that leverages AI to transform raw slides into enterprise-ready presentations. DeckRobot AI transforms draft slides into professional, on-brand slides by adapting graphics from a vast library of slide examples. Users can apply an unlimited number of styles to any slide deck, including old documents, client materials, or web-sourced slides.DeckRobot offers enhancements for individual slides, such as adding approved icons and images, object alignment, slide resizing, and text validation through AI checks. DeckRobot's plugin acts as a time-saving tool for PowerPoint users, reducing manual work and potentially saving up to 80% of working time. The plugin emphasizes creating visually appealing presentations that adhere to company brand guidelines while maintaining content quality.Key customers and partnershipsAs of April 2024, the company reportedly worked with 70% of the largest consulting and audit companies.

DeckRobot

Based in Italy, Contents.com is a generative AI-powered multimedia creation tool directed at marketing teams, bloggers, publishers, web agencies, ecommerce sites, and large corporations looking to scale content output. The company operates as a SaaS platform that provides tools to support the entire content creation workflow, combining AI-generated output with manual finishing. Contents.com’s features include:1) Industry trends: Uses AI to provide an overview of popular content trends during a specified time period2) AI Chat: A natural language chatbot that can answer questions on any topic or be used to generate content ideas3) AI Writer: Generates content based on a selected template, including blog posts, social media posts, product descriptions, marketing emails, search engine optimized content, and summarized and rephrased content4) AI Art: Generates images based on text inputs, a selected style, and destination content type5) Text to Audio: Converts text documents into audio, with several AI voices available for selection and generates text transcripts from audio input6) AI Translation: Translates content into 25+ languages (January 2024) and offers human translation7) Professional writing services: Completion and review of AI-generated content or fully outsourced content creation by human writersContents.com also offers a customizable enterprise solution, enabling large organizations to automate their content creation processes.The firm claims that its solution can generate content 10x faster.In April 2023, Contents.com acquired Scribeur, its main French competitor, expanding its customer base to include major French and European brands. In the same month, the firm also acquired translation company Traduzione.it. In addition, in May 2023, the company acquired Scribox, an Italian content marketing marketplace, to leverage Scribox's expertise in custom content creation, SEO, and social media marketing.Key customers and partnershipsAs of May 2023, Contents.com’s users included Allianz, Billboard, IKEA, Oppo, and Accenture.

Contents.com

Estonia-based Alpha3D utilizes GenAI technologies to allow users to automatically convert text prompts or 2D images of real-world objects into interactive 3D digital assets. The platform aims at simplifying the 3D model creation process, making it more accessible and scalable for users regardless of their 3D-modeling knowledge. Alpha3D's technology has potential applications in various domains, such as augmented reality (AR), virtual reality (VR), virtual try-on (VTO), gaming, the metaverse, and even non-fungible tokens (NFTs), allowing a wide range of digital interactions and experiences​.The platform claims to automatically generate 3D content 10x faster and up to 100x cheaper than traditional methods, without requiring 3D modeling expertise.Key customers and partnershipsAs of September 2023, Alpha3D had managed to garner a user base of nearly 100,000 platform users, including Viva Technology, Threedium, Wanna, PwC, and FARFETCH.In June 2023, the company partnered with Tryme, a company specializing in custom software solutions, to advance the creation of AI-generated 3D models for eyewear by combining Alpha3D's rapid 2D-to-3D conversion with TRYME's virtual try-on platform.

Alpha3D

OASIS is a human-centric AI research lab that offers photorealistic AI avatars for remote work. Users can enter text, record audio, or write directly on the screen, and the AI will rewrite based on specified preferences or settings, allowing users to generate rewritten content for various purposes, such as improving clarity, style, or readability. The cross-platform app allows users to use the AI avatar when using a camera, including Zoom, Google Meet, Microsoft Teams, FaceTime, and WhatsApp.

OASIS

Canada-based Maket specializes in utilizing GenAI to automate the design of residential floor plans, aiding architects, designers, and developers in efficiently creating various design iterations​. Additionally, Maket offers a suite of tools, including a virtual assistant for informed desig-making, assistance with navigating zoning codes, and regulatory compliance checks. The platform is also integrated with Rhino, Autodesk Autocad, and Autodesk Revit.Key customers and partnerships&nbsp;In April 2022, Maket formed a strategic partnership with <a href="https://mila.quebec/en/mila-and-maket-announce-a-new-partnership-to-leverage-ai-for-generative-architecture/#:~:text=MONTREAL%20%E2%80%93%20April%2020%2C%202022,architecture%2C%20engineering%20and%20construction">Mila</a>, a deep-learning research institute, to advance AI-powered architectural planning​.Key competitors: None comparable (Maket is the only design startup we have identified that uses GenAI to automate the design of residential floor plans.)

Maket

Companies that offer solutions to generate text from a prompt, where output is independent of previous interactions, such as specialized content creation tools

Companies that offer solutions to create and edit images and GIFs, including techniques such as inpainting, outpainting, upscaling, and stylizing

Companies that generate or synthesize voice and audio, including voice cloning, text-to-speech, and language translation

Companies that specialize in generating 3D content, including the creation of game assets (virtual worlds, non-playable characters), product visualization, and other 3D models

Companies that offer solutions to create and edit video content, including scene generation, background replacement, stylizing, and frame interpolation

Companies that offer solutions to generate contextually relevant text responses across multiple conversational exchanges, such as natural language chatbots

Generative AI applications are built on foundation models that are trained using advanced ML models

The technology allows the creation of digital avatars and virtual games

All companies within the space offer a product or service based on generative AI

The technology allows the creation of personalized content

Some applications leverage NLP to train models to process and respond to language-based prompts

Generative AI applications are built on in-house or third-party foundation models

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 Layer AI, a San Francisco-based company, recently raised $1.8 million in seed funding. Investors include Jim Payne through Breakpoint Capital, Akin Babayigit, Michele Attisani, Dilpesh Parmar, and various game funds and studios. The funds will be used to expand operations and enhance development. Layer AI, led by CEO Volkan Gurel, offers an innovative art creation tool that helps artists convert their unique styles into different image formats. The company plans to introduce 2D output for mobile games and AAA studios, explore spine and sprite animations, and move into areas beyond gaming, such as marketing and advertising.
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