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Ricochet Labs
Mobile Platform for Creating a Game Layer Across All Information
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Our mobile-social-geo platform called Qrank makes it easy for anyone with content to create mobile games that you play with people around you.

Our platform takes a classic form of gameplay, the question and answer quiz, and injects it with all of the cool stuff we love about our mobile devices -- like location awareness, social sharing, badges, and leaderboards. And we package it into a self-serve toolkit that lets any customer - big or small - create and deploy their own games

Founders
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  • Rodney Gibbs
    Founded Fizz Factor. Grew it to 75 employees and shipped 5M game titles. Sold it to Amaze Entertainment. Strong media background (PBS, Showtime, Time, Inc.).
  • Michael Baird
    Co-founder of Ricochet Labs. Tech Director of Fizz Factor, where I co-authored DS engine that's shipped 130+ SKUs and millions of units.
Previous Investors
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  • Jason Goldman
    Formerly VP Product at Twitter; Product Manager at Google
  • Kip McClanahan
    Founder Broadjump (IPO), over six startups returned $800m in shareholder equity
  • Joshua Baer
    Founded 3 email companies and Capital Factory. Teaching 1 Semester Startup at University of Texas. Trilogy Alumni 1999. CS Carnegie Mellon.
  • Sam Shank
    CEO at HotelTonight; Founder & Board Member at DealBase.com; VP, Business Development at SideStep; CEO and Founder at TravelPost.com
  • Christopher Sherman
    I been involved in startups spanning media, events, web services, online music and electronic commerce. I currently run conference company.
  • Lawrence Chu
    Lawrence Chu
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    Partner @ Wilson Sonsini; active angel investor in tech and consumer products; board member. Always interested in chatting re: innovation+innovative companies!
Advisors
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  • Jason Goldman
    Formerly VP Product at Twitter; Product Manager at Google
  • Kip McClanahan
    Founder Broadjump (IPO), over six startups returned $800m in shareholder equity
  • Joshua Baer
    Founded 3 email companies and Capital Factory. Teaching 1 Semester Startup at University of Texas. Trilogy Alumni 1999. CS Carnegie Mellon.
  • Ross Fubini
    Advisor at Kapor Capital for seed/A investments. Advisor Palantir, Facebook Causes,.. Founded Cubetree, sold to SuccessFactors. Fmr exec SYMC, Tellme, Netscape
  • Jason Reneau
    Early stage tech entrepreneur -- FreeMarkets (IPO), Kiva Systems (Bain Capital), MindBites (True Ventures)
  • Kai Tao
    Managing Member Park One Capital, Single Family Office. Founding Partner of k5 Venture Accelerator TedX Orange Coast Advisor
Employees
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  • Rodney Gibbs
    Rodney Gibbs
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    Founder of Ricochet Labs • Founded Fizz Factor & sold it to Amaze Entertainment • Passion for mobile platforms and building stellar teams
References
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  • Joshua Baer
    Founded 3 email companies and Capital Factory. Teaching 1 Semester Startup at University of Texas. Trilogy Alumni 1999. CS Carnegie Mellon.
Referrer
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  • Joshua Baer
    Joshua Baer
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    Founded 3 email companies and Capital Factory. Teaching 1 Semester Startup at University of Texas. Trilogy Alumni 1999. CS Carnegie Mellon.