PlayFab
PlayFab is a gaming infrastructure startup founded by James Gwertzman and acquired by Microsoft in 2018, headquartered in Seattle, USA.
Facts
- HQ
- Seattle, USA
- Sectors
- Gaming, Infrastructure
- Founded
- 2014 Seattle business license
- Type
- Corporation Seattle business license
- Registered name
- PlayFab Inc Seattle business license
- Stage
- former-startup
- Total raised
- $3.2M SEC Form D filings Total of this company's SEC Form D filings
- Last round
- $3.2M · Nov 2016 SEC Form D
Andreessen Horowitz hires Seattle gaming vet James Gwertzman as first Seattle-based general partner
Andreessen Horowitz has hired Seattle gaming veteran James Gwertzman as its first general partner based in the Seattle region to join the firm’s consumer investing team focused on gaming. Gwertzman, who sold PlayFab to Microsoft in 2018 and will leave Microsoft later this month, joins a16z as it doubles down on gaming alongside hires like Riot’s Jon Lai and investments such as a $5 million round in Seattle-based Irreverent Labs.
