Transcend is an early-stage venture capital firm focused on games, AI-native interactive entertainment, and digital media. Transcend's Twitter Score is 4.8 out of 1000 as of July 2026, ranking #182,747 among 531,432 tracked accounts.
Transcend was founded by Shanti Bergel as founding partner and invests from pre-seed through Series A in entrepreneurs building interactive entertainment. Managing Directors Andrew Sheppard and Brett Krause, alongside Principals Sikander Chahal and Lirui Ding, round out the investment team. The firm closed its first fund in 2020 at $50 million, then followed with Transcend II, a $60 million seed fund closed in November 2023 and dedicated to early-stage games and digital entertainment companies.
Transcend's portfolio spans blockchain infrastructure, gaming platforms, and developer tooling. The firm joined more than 40 VCs in Polygon's $450 million funding round, backing the project as a leading Ethereum scaling solution within Web3. It also participated in Venly's €21 million Series A, supporting the company's blockchain-agnostic wallets, NFT tools, and cross-chain marketplace offerings. XPLA, a blockchain gaming platform, is another portfolio holding.
Transcend's portfolio includes Polygon, Venly, CENTRAL, CONX, Roboto Games, KGeN and Crypto Unicorns. Transcend has published 376 posts on the platform. The account has been mentioned by 10 accounts, with 12 total mentions.
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