Nitin Rajinikanth
@nitinrajini
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Co-founder & CTO at @closingtheory
Austin, TX
Joined August 2009
I started a new company with @ankithharathi ! We’ve raised $2.3M led by @a16zGames SPEEDRUN for Closing Theory Studios - a new, independent game studio.
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It’s TestFlight Friday! After 6 months of building House Rush and playtesting in person, we’re ready to start sharing it more widely. TestFlight details and what to expect: House Rush is a real estate fantasy game with real houses. We’re building for all of you who love to
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That in person grind hits different. It’s been a blast building with this amazing team!
We said NO to remote. Being in person is the only way to launch a game in 6 months. Our private beta officially starts in Jan 2024! Update on the whirlwind first 6 months of @closingtheory: We shipped our very first TestFlight on August 7th, and since then we’ve shipped 48 more
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Voura is officially live to the public! The last 8 months have been the most enjoyable in my career. After deciding to jump back into the founder world after a short, year long hiatus I was nervous and anxious. I had the idea for Voura but wasn’t sure how to make my dream a
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This is the fastest i’ve ever shipped product in my entire career. We went from having no game dev experience and a simple web app to a refined game concept and full fledged unity mobile app in 4 weeks. Our first live playtest is in 5 days! What they told us in SPEEDRUN that
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1/ After an amazing 1st cohort, we knew @a16zgames SPEEDRUN had to expand. I'm excited to announce I'll be leading the charge in growing the program! In 2024, we'll be investing up to $75M into some of the best pre-seed co's that apply https://t.co/MOdITIPvhu
speedrun.a16z.com
We invest up to $1M in your new startup.
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This is our third time making a game for non-gamers. We successfully sold our first two companies. Come join us: https://t.co/RBx2OQO1Ok
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We’re further supported by the best tech investors and angels out there: @pearvc , @Liquid2V , @tkendall, @William_Collis, @AlexPattis5, @ChrisZarou, @benzises, @anmolm_ , @vedicakant, Phoenix Fund, @nickcandito, @JuliaLipton, @RohunJauhar, @DavidScacco, @BobbyThakkar
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@spencerrascoff - Co-founder and former CEO of Zillow, @75SunnyVentures Keller Capital, LLC - John Keller and Mitch Johnson Josh Altman and Matthew Altman - The Altman Brothers, Celebrity stars of Million Dollar Listing LA @tomferry - Top real estate coach
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We’re grateful to be backed by: @a16zGames - @JoshLu from Zynga, Scopely, Disney, Blizzard, and Meta @PowerhouseCap - Playtika, Scopely, and more @sjsivak - founder of Proletariat (acquired by Blizzard), and Zynga
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And we’ve been incredibly deliberate about our team and investors. No one has ever brought together this strategic mix of gaming experts and real estate operators + influencers before…
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Our first two titles, HOUSE RUSH! and NEIGHBORHOOD RUSH!, are for the 70M+ people who browse Zillow just for fun.
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Games have traditionally been all about fantasy, a hard fork from the real world. We started Closing Theory because we believe there’s an opportunity for fun that’s closer to the world we live in.
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