Gaming Founders Podcast Live Recording + Happy Hour LA #TechWeek

​Join Upfront Ventures and Pragma for a live recording of the Gaming Founders Podcast, followed by a sunset happy hour in Santa Monica! ​Exact location of this event will be provided upon approval of registration.

​Your hosts Kevin Zhang, Partner at Upfront Ventures and Eden Chen, CEO of Pragma will be interviewing two special guests - Stephen Lim, Co-Founder & Product Director of Raid Base and former Head of Valorant and Trevor Romleski, Co-Founder & Game Director at Raid Base and former Design Lead at Valorant.

​This event is a part of #TechWeek - a week of events hosted by VCs and startups to bring together the tech ecosystem.

​About The Gaming Founders Podcast

​The Gaming Founders Podcast is a show where Eden Chen, CEO of Pragma, and Kevin Zhang, a partner at Upfront Ventures, interview founders that have shaped the gaming industry. They discuss their origin stories, the tactics that helped them survive and thrive, and key lessons for anyone interested in building the next generation of leading gaming companies. For all episodes, check out https://pragma.gg/gamingfounders.

​About Upfront Ventures

​​​Upfront Ventures is an early investor and long-term partner to tech founders and startups. Founded in 1996 in Los Angeles with investing professionals based in LA and San Francisco, Upfront has backed teams across all technology sectors. Learn more at upfront.com.

​About Pragma

​Pragma is a venture-backed backend game engine founded by the engineering leaders who built the platforms for some of the largest live service games including League of Legends, Fortnite, Destiny 2, and Plants vs. Zombies 2. Pragma powers services like accounts, matchmaking and player data for the world’s most ambitious live service games.