Shanti Bergel

Founding General Partner & Managing Director

2020 - Current

Transcend is a top performing early stage venture capital firm that partners with the boldest founders in the industry to collaboratively build the future of interactive entertainment.

Lead Seed Investor & Board Member, Gardens Interactive

2021

Lead Seed Investor & Board Member, Midsummer Studios

2024

Lead Pre-Seed Investor & Board Member, dotplay

2024

Lead Seed Investor & Board Member, Big Run

2020

Lead Seed Investor, Ruckus Games

2022

Lead Seed Investor, Brain Jar Games

2024

Lead Seed Investor, Cosmic Lounge

2023

Lead Seed Investor, Stress Level Zero

2020

Lead Seed Investor, Eggscape

2024

Investor, thatgamecompany

2020

Angel Investor

2012 - 2020

Select personal investments - Coinbase (Greylock, Spark, a16z, Battery, Union Square) - Shippo (Union Square, Bessemer, SoftTech VC) - Noice (Jussi Laakkonen, Kristian Segerstrale, Ilkka Paananen, David Helgason) - Super Evil Megacorp (Index, General Catalyst, a16z, Raine, Breyer, Crosscut) - Carbonated (a16z, Bitkraft, Golden Ventures) - Playable Worlds (Kakao, Bitkraft, 1Up)

Executive Vice President

2017 - 2020

FunPlus is one of the top three private mobile game companies in the world with hit titles that have ranked #1 in over 70 countries including State of Survival, King of Avalon and Guns of Glory.

Board Member

2016 - 2017

IUGO is the award-winning developer of chart topping mobile gaming hits like The Walking Dead: Road To Survival, Middle Earth: Shadow of War, and Knights & Dragons. IUGO was acquired by Embracer Group.

Senior Vice President, Business & Corporate Development

2011 - 2017

GREE is a leading mobile social gaming company that achieved one of the largest game company IPOs on the Tokyo Stock Exchange in Japanese history.

Business & Corporate Development | Playfish

2009 - 2011

Playfish was one of the top social gaming companies in the world, best known for titles like The Sims Social, Restaurant City, and Pet Society. Playfish was acquired by Electronic Arts.

Vice President, Business Development

2007 - 2009

Three Rings was a pioneering free-to-play game developer best known for its hit title Puzzle Pirates. Three Rings was acquired by Sega.

Producer | FIFA, The Sims

2003 - 2007

EA is known for its many highly acclaimed gaming franchises including The Sims, EA Sports, Battlefield, Need for Speed, Apex Legends, Dragon Age, and many more.

Co-Founder

1998 - 2001

Qbiquity was an application service provider enabling marketers to acquire and retain customers leveraging its powerful relationship marketing suite. Qbiquity was acquired by Collabrys.

First 9

1997 - 1998

Netyear is Japan's first strategic Internet professional services firm. Netyear went public on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.