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The EGG Portfolio

EGG has announced investing in the following talented teams from around the world...

The EGG Mission

GAME FUNDING IS A CHICKEN EGG PROBLEM

Making games is hard so a lot of studios seek funding. It's hard to get funding without a great playable prototype but it's hard to make a great prototype without funding. What's a studio supposed to do?

PROTOTYPE FUNDING SHOULD BE EQUITY-BASED

Y Combinator solved the pre-demo funding problem for early-stage startups and invented the Simple Agreement for Future Equity (SAFE). Yet more than a decade later, many studios struggle to find early-stage funding. EGG's mission is to bring the Y Combinator model to the gaming industry.

STUDIO FUNDING SHOULD BE MORE LIKE STARTUP FUNDING

The EGG Blog

Selected articles from our Substack.

The EGG Team

EGG is a growing community of like-minded investors and entrepreneurs who want to foster the next wave of innovation in the gaming industry.

EGG was founded in 2022 by John Graham. He previously co-founded Humble Bundle and served as its COO until it was successfully acquired. He is a member of Indie Fund.