Dorian

Dorian is a platform where UGC creators become game company founders

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Min Investment
$150
No. Investors
27

Company Description

Dorian is changing how fandoms support creators! We help artists, writers, cosplayers, and voice actors turn their stories into games and deliver them directly to fans.

Perks

Reserve
$150
Receive
Investment range: $150-$499
~5% back in Hearts (~$8-$25 value), scaling with investment
$10 Merch Credit
Discord Access

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$500
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Investment range: $500-$999
~5.5% back in Hearts (~$28-$55 value), scaling with investment
$50 Merch Credit
Discord Access

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$1,000
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Investment range: $1,000-$4,999
~6% back in Hearts (~$60-$300 value), scaling with investment
$100 Merch Credit
Discord Access

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$5,000
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Investment range: $5,000-$9,999
~6.5% back in Hearts (~$325-$650 value), scaling with investment
$250 Merch Credit
Discord Access

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$10,000
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Investment range: $10,000-$24,999
~7% back in Hearts (~$700-$1.7K value), scaling with investment
$500 Merch Credit
Discord Access

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$25,000
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Investment range: $25,000-$49,999
~7.5% back in Hearts (~$1.9K-$3.7K value), scaling with investment
$1,000 Merch Credit
★ Become a Game Character on Dorian
Discord Access

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$50,000
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Investment range: $50,000+
~8% back in Hearts (~$4,000+ value), scaling with investment
$2,000 Merch Credit
★ We help build YOUR game (at least 5 episodes, you own IP)
Discord Access
Limited spots available

Key Deal Facts

$10M+ in lifetime revenue from fans spend
$19M raised to build a no-coding game engine & distribution platform
Best Game Engine/Creative Platform Nominee alongside Unreal, Unity & Roblox
Non-technical indie creators built $1M+ games on Dorian
90% of creators are women and queer vs 8% industry average
Several creators started game studios to build games on Dorian
Invest alongside backers of Twitch, Supercell, and Wattpad

Management Team / Advisory Board Bios

Julia Palatovska
CEO & Co-founder
Julia founded Dorian to prove that creators, not just studios, can build successful game businesses. An immigrant founder, former gaming VC, and named Most Prominent Woman in Games, she's dedicated her career to empowering underrepresented creators.

Jordan Lee
CTO & Co-Founder of Dorian
Jordan co-founded Dorian after a decade shipping mobile games at Digital Chocolate, Nexon, and beyond. As CTO, he leads the team building everything creators need: game creation tools, monetization systems, distribution, and social features.

Jessica Delfanti
VP of Creator Growth
Jessica knows what it takes to make it as a creator - she spent a decade as a narrative designer on games like Game of Thrones and Family Guy. Now as VP of Creator Growth, she helps Dorian creators launch games that actually make money.

Alex Hall
VP of Engineering
Alex leads Dorian's engineering team with a background in ML research at Netflix and UC Berkeley. As former CTO at Tales, he built UGC gaming platforms from the ground up and now he scales the infrastructure powering thousands of creator games.

Natalia Fedyaeva
Director of Growth Marketing
Natalia drives the players that power creator success at Dorian. With growth leadership roles at Playrix and Playgendary, she's scaled mobile games to massive audiences. Now she brings that expertise to help Dorian creators find their fans.

Denis Terpanov
Director of Product Development
Denis builds the tools that help Dorian creators turn stories into sustainable businesses. Previously at Facebook Gaming and Warner Brothers, he's passionate about giving independent storytellers the same firepower as major studios.
Amount Raised : $80,170
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