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Spike Laurie
Partner at Hiro Capital
London, England
Overview
Spike Laurie is a seasoned professional investor and games industry expert, known for his role as a Partner at Hiro Capital where he specializes in building esports production and business infrastructure globally. With a background spanning three continents, he has held key positions at companies like ESL - Turtle Entertainment and Warner Bros. Entertainment Group, showcasing his expertise in global publisher and developer relations and customer engagement strategies.
Work Experience
Partner
2022 - Current
Venture Director
2019 - 2022
Hiro Capital is a London / Luxembourg technology Venture Capital fund which invests in UK, US and European innovators in Games, Metaverse Technology, Esports and Digital Fitness. We back experienced entrepreneurial teams, building innovative technologies and content with a strongly differentiated proposition and with the scaling opportunity to become very large.
Head of Sales, Marketing and Business Development
2019 - 2021
Prize Payments is an elegant and frictionless end-to-end automated prize payment system. Designed from the ground up for players & tournament organizers. This is a startup I've had the pleasure of discreetly working on, with an incredible team, for the last six months while we prepared for launch.
Vice President, Global Publisher and Developer Relations
2018 - 2019
Senior Director, Global Publisher and Developer Relations
2017 - 2018
Managing Director UK, International Director
2015 - 2017
International Retention and Engagement Manager
2012 - 2015
Producer
2009 - 2012