Grand Theft Auto luminary Leslie ‘The Benz’ Benzies drives investment in Krotos audio tech

An audio company that specializes in making monster sounds is getting help from of gaming’s biggest names.

Former Grand Theft Auto producer Leslie Benzies is the lead investor in a six-figure deal with Krotos, an Edinburgh-based audio company that creates software triple-A game and film studios. Benzies worked at Rockstar North until 2016. He recently revealed his own company based in Edinburgh that is working on a game called Everywhere. Old College Capital, the venture investment arm of the University of Edinburgh, is also funding the deal. We do not know the exact amount of this six-figure deal, although we have asked and will update this story if we learn the actual price of the investment.