Overview

Gender

male

Investor Stage

Seed

Dan Fiden is a founding partner at Signia Venture Partners and has been in technology for over 16 years. He first joined independent game developer Jellyvision, serving as Creative Director on the highly successful You Don't Know Jack series of games.

At venture-funded Spiderdance, an interactive TV studio, Dan's work was nominated for an Emmy. After roles at WMS Gaming and Electronic Arts, Dan was General Manager at Playfish, a social game maker based in London that was acquired by EA for $300m. Dan began working with Rick Thompson in 2010, eventually becoming CEO of Wild Needle (sold to Zynga) and Playchemy (sold to Iddiction).

Dan serves on the Board of Directors of Idle Games, Kihon, Super Evil Mega Corp, and Mind Pirate, and on the Advisory Board to the flagship Game Developers Conference in San Francisco. He holds a BA in Cinema and English from Denison University in Granville, OH.