Notable investors who converted from Scorbit's pre-seed round include Matthew Prince (Cloudflare), Matt Mullenweg (Automattic), Marissa Mayer (Sunshine, Google, Yahoo), Mike McCarthy (Dallas Cowboys, Green Bay Packers), Bevan Slattery (Megaport, Superloop, NEXTDC), Rob Hayes (First Round Capital), Robert Abbott (HashiCorp), and Jordan Lowe (ServerCentral), among others.
Scorbit was co-founded by Jay Adelson, an internet pioneer known for founding and leading companies such as Equinix and Digg, and Ron Richards, a veteran of the media and technology industries and former Marvel/Disney executive. Together, they are leading Scorbit's mission to connect physical play with digital community and competition, bridging nostalgia with innovation.
The seed funding enables Scorbit to expand its Ann Arbor-based team, complete its MVP, and advance R&D for new hardware, the Scorbit Console (B2B platform for venues), and expanded app features for payments, competitions, and global gameplay support. Jared Stasik of Detroit Venture Partners joins Scorbit's board of directors, and Nathan Owen of Grand Ventures joins as board observer.
"This investment underscores what we've believed all along: Michigan is still one of the most inventive places on earth," said Stasik. ...
