Transcend Fund is ready to put $50 million into game investments.
Transcend Fund is ready to put $50 million into game investments.
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Transcend Fund raises $50 million to invest in games

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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Transcend Fund has raised $50 million to invest in early-stage game companies. The firm is headed by Shanti Bergel, a veteran game investor and acquirer, as well as Graham Gockley.

Bergel said in an interview with GamesBeat that the San Francisco-based fund has already made some investments, including providing part of the $12 million raised last week by mobile sports game maker Nifty Games.

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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.