Excited to share that our CEO Kylan Gibbs will be participating as a judge for Game Changers 2025 led by Lightspeed, GamesBeat, and Nasdaq. Looking forward to discovering incredible startups in gaming & interactive media.
Partner at Lightspeed ⚡ | YGL & Davos Delegate at World Economic Forum 🌍 | xGoldman xStanford xHarvard 🎓 | 30U30, 40U40 🎯 | Former #1 Diablo II Player 🕹️ | World Marathon Challenge Finisher 🎽 | First-Gen College 🎒
🏆🎮 We're so back for Game Changers! After an awesome inaugural year, industry-leading judges and mentors team up again with Lightspeed, GamesBeat, and Nasdaq. The mission: Accelerate extraordinary startups in gaming & interactive media. ➡️ Submissions now open at: https://lnkd.in/gic9JBTr 📢 Learn more at: Lightspeed: https://lnkd.in/g4Tu8PUx GamesBeat: https://lnkd.in/gusXKaRB 🥇 Winners will receive widespread media coverage by Nasdaq and GamesBeat, access to an exclusive growing community, and unparalleled 1:1 mentoring from gaming executives with senior leadership experience from Activision Blizzard, Amazon, Bungie, ByteDance, Call of Duty, DeepMind, Disney, Electronic Arts, Epic Games, Goldman Sachs, Google, Inworld AI, King, Krafton, League of Legends, McKinsey, Meta, Microsoft, NCsoft, Niantic, Oculus, Riot Games, Stanford, Take-Two, Tencent, TikTok, Uber, Unity, Unreal Engine, Valve, YouTube Gaming, and Xbox. Award honorees can enjoy these benefits free of charge without giving up equity. This year's focus categories are: 💎 3D technology & infrastructure 🤖 Generative AI 🕹️ Game studios & UGC 📱 Interactive media platforms 🥽 Extended reality (AR & VR) 👩⚖️ We're joined by an incredible panel of judges: Allen Adham, Anna Sweet Ben Feder, Bonnie Rosen, Chris Bell, Danny Lange, Dean Takahashi, Jim Yang, Joe Tung, Johanna Faries, John Hanke, John W. Thompson, Ken Wee, Kylan Gibbs, Leo Olebe, Hyeri Maria Park, Michael Chow, Mihir Vaidya, Riccardo Zacconi, Songyee Yoon, and V Pappas. Get your submission in today, and tag a friend who should apply! #startups #venturecapital #gaming #interactivemedia #3d #generativeai #gamechangers2025