Justin Waldron - Co-Founder and President @ Playco

Overview

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Primary Job Title Co-Founder and President
Primary Organization
Playco

Location San Francisco, California, United States
Regions San Francisco Bay Area, West Coast, Western US
Gender Male
Also Known As Justin, Waldron, Justin W

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Justin Waldron is Co-Founder & President of Playco, and previously Co-Founder / EVP of Product of Zynga, the world's largest mobile game company. Zynga IPO'd in 2011 with a $10 billion valuation and over $1b in annual revenue. Justin is an angel investor in Lambda School, Substack, and 60+ other companies. He mentors young

entrepreneurs at The Thiel Foundation's Thiel Fellowship program.

Personal Investments

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investments. Their latest investment was

Seed Round - Remix

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Announced Date	Organization Name	Lead Investor	Funding Round	Money Raised
obfuscated obfuscation	Remix	—	Seed Round - Remix	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Uncharted	—	Seed Round - Uncharted	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Proof of Play	—	Seed Round - Proof of Play	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	AnotherBall	—	Angel Round - AnotherBall	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Toku	—	Venture Round - Toku	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Tippsy	—	Seed Round - Tippsy	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Breakr	—	Seed Round - Breakr	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Truffle	—	Pre Seed Round - Truffle	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Poliglota	—	Seed Round - Poliglota	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Breakr	—	Angel Round - Breakr	obfuscated obfuscation

Partner Investments

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Announced Date	Organization Name	Investor Name	Lead Investor	Funding Round	Money Raised
obfuscated obfuscation	Poliglota	Justin Waldron	—	Seed Round - Poliglota	obfuscated obfuscation

Exits

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YourMechanic

Justin Waldron

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YourMechanic

Trusted

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Toro

YourMechanic YourMechanic is an online marketplace enabling consumers and fleets to get over 500 auto services directly at their homes, offices and lots.
Trusted Child care providers when and where you need them.
Toro Toro is an industry leader in running high performance Facebook campaigns for mobile apps.
SpoonRocket SpoonRocket is a next-gen, ultra fast delivery platform that delivers high quality tasty meals to customers in 15 minutes or less.
Soomgo Soomgo is an online marketplace that is designed to connect customers to various service providers.
Smash.gg Smash.gg provides software to improve the Smash experience for streamers, players, tournament attendees, and spectators.
Marble Marble creates a fleet of intelligent courier robots to reliably and securely transport the goods that people need and want.
Gigster Gigster is the first team intelligence engine, enabling software development teams to achieve 30% higher efficiency.
FOBO FOBO is a mobile app enabling users to sell goods using their mobile phones.
Fluidity Fluidity bridges traditional finance to decentralized infrastructure.

Jobs

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Justin Waldron

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current jobs as

Co-Founder and President

Playco

and

Co-Founder, SVP Product

Zynga

. Additionally,

Justin Waldron

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past job as the

Co-Founder

Zynga

Playco Co-Founder and President2020
Zynga Co-Founder, SVP Product2007

Organization Name	Title At Company	Start Date	End Date
Zynga	Co-Founder	Jun 18, 2007	Oct 2013

Board and Advisor Roles

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holds

board and advisor roles including

Board Member

Bombay Play

Mentor

The Thiel Foundation

, and

Advisor

Jam.gg

Bombay Play Board MemberDec 2020
The Thiel Foundation Mentor2012
Jam.gg Advisor
Decentraland Advisor
Dapper Labs Advisor

Organization Name	Title At Company	Start Date	End Date
Gigster	Advisor	Jan 2017	Feb 2018
Sidecar	Advisor	2013	2016
Kik	Advisor	—	2016

Related Hubs

Hub Name	CB Rank (Hub)
Video Streaming Companies With More Than $1M in Revenue	11,880
Companies With More Than $1M in Revenue (Top 10K)	45
Gaming Companies With Fewer Than 100 Employees (Top 10K)	8,603
Companies With Fewer Than 1000 Employees (Top 10K)	31
The Fortune 500 Companies	16,941
Healthcare and Biotech IPOs in 2018	37,975
The Wealthfront 2020 Career-Launching Companies List	24,253
EMEA AI Early Stage	70,025
Select IPOs in 2018	20,702
Companies With Less Than $50M in Revenue (Top 10K)	59