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Odyssey Interactive funding, valuation and investors

Game studio behind Omega Strikers, a free-to-play 3v3 knockout competitive title.

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Funding, valuation & investors

Answer-first snapshot

Latest funding

Series A

$19M · October 21, 2022

Latest known valuation

Not publicly disclosed

Total disclosed equity funding

$25M

Excludes debt, grants, acquisitions, secondaries, and IPO proceeds.

Current status

private

series a · Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

Investors in latest funding

Lead: Makers Fund

Other: Andreessen Horowitz

Sources: latest funding Last verified: 2026-07-25

Overview

Odyssey Interactive is an independent game studio founded in 2020 by former Riot Games leads who worked on League of Legends and Teamfight Tactics. Its debut title, Omega Strikers, is a free-to-play 3v3 competitive knockout game with cross-play and cross-progression across PC, mobile, and consoles. a16z led a $6M seed in 2020; Makers Fund led a $19M Series A in October 2022 with a16z participating. The studio is based in Waterloo, Ontario, and targets a younger, mobile-first competitive audience with approachable mechanics and esports-style depth.

Why Odyssey Interactive is interesting

Ex-Riot League of Legends and TFT leads raised $6M seed and $19M Series A from a16z and Makers Fund — shipping cross-platform competitive knockouts without a AAA publisher.

Product & use cases

Odyssey Interactive develops Omega Strikers, a team-based knockout sports-fighting hybrid where three-player squads compete to score and eliminate opponents. The game launched open beta on PC in 2022 and expanded to mobile and consoles with shared accounts and matchmaking.

  • Casual-to-competitive multiplayer sessions on mobile or PC
  • Cross-platform play with friends on different devices
  • Free-to-play competitive gaming without console-first exclusivity
  • Community esports and content creator tournaments around Omega Strikers

Key facts

  • Series A (Oct 2022): $19M led by Makers Fund; a16z participated — BusinessWire
  • Seed (2020): $6M led by a16z — BusinessWire
  • Founders: Dax Andrus, David Capurro, Eric Lawless, Richard Henkel — ex-Riot LoL/TFT leads
  • Omega Strikers open beta launched PC Sep 2022; full cross-platform launch targeted Feb 2023
  • Co-investors not in VCT directory: Makers Fund, Anthos Capital, Mitch Lasky (angel)

Funding history (newest first)

Series A

2022-10-21 $19M

Source: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20221021005378/en/Odyssey-Interactive-Raises-19-Million-Series-A-to-Launch-Omega-Strikers-to-Mobile-Devices-and-Consoles-in-February-2023

Seed

2020 $6M

Source: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20221021005378/en/Odyssey-Interactive-Raises-19-Million-Series-A-to-Launch-Omega-Strikers-to-Mobile-Devices-and-Consoles-in-February-2023

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Andreessen Horowitz

Competitive landscape

Edge: Founding team shipped billion-player Riot titles and understands live-service balance, ranked systems, and cosmetic monetization. Cross-platform day-one strategy targets Gen Z mobile-native competitors.

Free-to-play competitive games live or die on retention, matchmaking, and monetization without pay-to-win backlash. Odyssey enters a crowded mobile and cross-platform market against well-funded incumbents. Its edge is veteran Riot live-service DNA and a focused 3v3 format. Long-term success requires sustained content updates and community — typical for indie studios post-Series A.

  • Rocket League adjacent

    Established cross-platform competitive sports game; larger player base but older IP and Psyonix/Epic ownership.

  • Brawl Stars direct

    Supercell’s mobile 3v3 brawler; dominates casual competitive mobile with strong live ops.

  • Multiversus adjacent

    Platform fighter with Warner Bros IP; competed for free-to-play fighting audience before service changes.

  • Riot Games (in-house) incumbent

    Former employer of entire founding team; Riot’s own titles set bar for polish and live-service cadence.

Notable stories

  • All four co-founders worked together as senior leaders on League of Legends and Teamfight Tactics at Riot before leaving to start Odyssey in Waterloo — a rare full-squad spinout from one AAA studio.
  • Omega Strikers was designed as a “knockout striker” genre blend to be watchable for esports and approachable on mobile — positioning between fighting games and sports titles.

Industries

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Odyssey Interactive is a game studio founded by former Riot Games leaders. Its first game is Omega Strikers, a free-to-play 3v3 competitive knockout title with cross-platform play.
Omega Strikers is Odyssey Interactive’s debut game — a team-based knockout sports-fighting hybrid where 3v3 squads compete to score goals and eliminate opponents. It’s free-to-play on PC, mobile, and consoles.
Andreessen Horowitz (/fund/andreessen-horowitz) led the $6M seed (2020) and participated in the $19M Series A (Oct 2022) led by Makers Fund.
No. Odyssey Interactive (odysseyinteractive.gg) is a game studio. Odyssey (withodyssey.com) is a separate K-12 school-choice edtech company — both are a16z portfolio companies.
Dax Andrus, David Capurro, Eric Lawless, and Richard Henkel co-founded the studio in 2020 after leading development on League of Legends and Teamfight Tactics at Riot Games.
The company announced a $19M Series A on October 21, 2022, led by Makers Fund, per BusinessWire.
Odyssey targeted full cross-platform launch including mobile and consoles in February 2023 after a PC open beta in September 2022. Check current platform availability on the official site.
Founders left Riot to build an indie studio with investor backing rather than internal Riot incubation. They compete for players’ time against Riot’s own live-service titles.
Public sources document $6M seed (2020) and $19M Series A (2022), totaling $25M. No later rounds verified as of July 2026.
The studio is headquartered in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.
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