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Chimera Ventures

VC
Chicago, ILWebsite
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Stage

Seed

Check Size

$500K – $3.0M

Portfolio

8+ companies

Team

7 partners

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Chimera Ventures focuses on SaaS and infrastructure businesses that provide security, fraud prevention, and operational compliance solutions for both B2B and B2C ecosystems.

Meet the Team

MM

Mohit Mohan

Head of Investments

YK

Yashmit Kedia

COO & Head of Founder’s Office

gaming
investment banking
M&A

Background in investment banking and M&A with hands-on experience in managing startup portfolios. Brings an operator’s lens to gaming with a long-term interest in investing in the space.

KA

Krish Anurag

Managing Partner

Gaming
Early-stage investing

Founded a gaming company based in Singapore, focusing on solving the onboarding issue for web2 gamers into web3 gaming. Experience in early-stage investing for 4+ years, doing over 10 deals, as well as experience in working for a VC and a web3-gaming startup.

IH

Imtiaz Hussain

Partner

gaming
digital media
monetization models
India
KJ

Kaustubh Jadhav

Partner

consumer tech
game creation
gaming tools
India
SN

Sagar Nair

Head of Initiatives and Incubation

gaming
product incubation

Having lived the gaming-founder life building Qlan from an idea to a venture-backed gaming startup. Sagar is now architecting a high pressure, product first gaming incubator while driving ecosystem-wide initiatives.

JH

Jaime Hernandez

Founder & General Partner

deeptech
medtech
biotech
proptech
fintech
enterprise software

Industry Focus

Invests In

SaaS
Other
Fintech
Consumer
Enterprise
Developer Tools
Security

Does Not Invest In

Hardware

Portfolio Companies (8)

Other

PO

PolyCheck

Fraud Prevention
TR

Trustify

E-commerce SaaS
DR

Driffle

Distribution

"Discovered via portfolio_page (high confidence)"

Driffle is a global digital marketplace. By leveraging market arbitrage and bulk buying they create an ecosystem which brings legitimacy and pricing that can't be beat.

LI

Liquid Nitro Games

Tools

"Discovered via portfolio_page (high confidence)"

Liquid Nitro Games is a full‐service partner for freemium mobile games with 80+ years of experience. Co-develop, launch, and manage live games across genres and regions.

PL

PlaySuper

Tools

"Discovered via portfolio_page (high confidence)"

PlaySuper transforms mobile gaming by incentivizing retention with real-world rewards. Bringing commerce into gaming by taking a retention and monetization approach instead of user acquisition.

SV

SVG

Tools

"Discovered via portfolio_page (high confidence)"

SVG transforms casual gaming by delivering instantly accessible, bite-sized multiplayer experiences, monetizing through a B2C/B2B model. By cracking the social element, SVG can solve the retention, monetization, and low LTV problem in hypercasual.

EX

Exiles Interactives

Distribution

"Discovered via portfolio_page (high confidence)"

Exiles Interactives is building Centarius, a cross-platform, browser-based gaming platform that curates high-quality social experiences and connects players and developers worldwide, reimagining how games are discovered, played, and shared.

QI

Qila Games

Content

"Discovered via portfolio_page (high confidence)"

Hybrid casual studio creating immersive multiplayer adventures, bringing together mass-market appeal with deeper, engaging gameplay. Approach of mid-core but casualize elements, making accessible, their quality outperforms other games in India.

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