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GFR Fund raises $53.5M to invest in games and entertainment

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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GFR Fund has raised $53.5 million for its third fund to invest in the future of gaming, entertainment and consumer technology.

The San Francisco venture capital firm continues GFR Fund’s mission to invest in early-stage companies that are revolutionizing the realms of gaming, entertainment, and consumer tech. With a particular focus on empowering first-time entrepreneurs who possess strong founder-market fit and a fervor for “emerging digital native communities,” GFR Fund III aims to support innovative concepts and technologies.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.