Griffin Gaming welcomes Russell Binder as an IP advisor

Striker Entertainment's co-founder and president will leverage much than 20 years of L&M acquisition to hunt for games that are primed for user products and surface adaptations.

LA-based task superior patient Griffin Gaming Partners is bolstering its activity ranks by appointing Striker Entertainment president Russell Binder arsenic a task partner and IP advisor.

Griffin presently manages much than US$1 cardinal successful assets and has funded startups including Monopoly Go! developer Scopely, Marvel Snap creator Second Dinner, societal media app Discord and metaverse/VR level Rec Room.

While continuing to tally his LA-based licensing agency, Binder will now besides activity pinch Griffin co-founders Peter Levin, Phil Sanderson and Nick Tuosto to measure and seed high-potential companies emerging successful nan gaming industry, pinch an first attraction connected package infrastructure, developers, publishers, Web3 and societal platforms. In addition, Binder is well-positioned to counsel developers connected which of their gaming IPs are ripe for caller adaptations successful TV, movie and user products. 

Since co-founding Striker 17 years agone pinch partner Marc Mostman, Binder has served arsenic an executive shaper connected the Candy Crush game show for CBS, arsenic good arsenic Blumhouse’s live-action animal characteristic Five Nights astatine Freddy’s, which grossed much than US$296 cardinal astatine nan world container agency past year. 

Beyond gaming, Binder has besides developed licensing programs for a wide scope of awesome popular civilization brands, including AMC’s The Walking Dead, The Hunger Games and The Twilight Saga.