Henric Suuronen

Founding Partner at Play Ventures · Joined 2018

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Biography

Henric Suuronen is a Founding Partner of Play Ventures and is based in Singapore. His Play Ventures team page states that before co-founding the firm he spent over 15 years in operational roles across the gaming industry, serving as Product Management Director at Digital Chocolate and later as Head of Studio at Wooga, which was subsequently acquired by Playtika, and that he co-founded the studio Nonstop Games and sold it to King in 2014 for $32 million plus a $68m earn-out. The same page states he was an active angel investor before launching Play Ventures, naming Huuuge Games, Omniata, DataTiger and Astralis Group among his investments. He is quoted as founding partner in the November 2024 announcement of the firm's $140M Fund III. No current board seat could be sourced, and no Play Ventures portfolio company is attributed to him individually in any announcement read.

Previous Experience

Notable Investments

Huuuge GamesOmniataDataTigerAstralis Group

Career Timeline

2014
Nonstop Games, the studio he co-founded, is sold to King for $32 million plus a $68m earn-out, per his Play Ventures team page.
2018
Co-founds Play Ventures; the firm announces it will invest $30M in game startups globally in December 2018.
2024
Quoted as founding partner in the November 2024 announcement of Play Ventures' $140M Fund III.

Sources & References

Play Ventures - Team page, Henric Suuronen biography (quoted verbatim on a negative-control pass) ↗GamesBeat - Play Ventures raises $140M third fund, quoting Henric Suuronen as founding partner ↗Play Ventures - Fund I performance (Medium), quoting Henric Suuronen ↗