Peter Levin
Managing Director,
Griffin Gaming Partners
Managing Director,
Griffin Gaming Partners
Peter serves as Managing Director at Griffin Gaming Partners, an early
and late stage investment vehicle singularly focused on the video game
sector.
Prior to Griffin, Levin served as President of Interactive Ventures, Games & Digital Strategy at Lionsgate.
He is the former CEO & Co-founder of Nerdist Industries, a multi- platform creator of genre and popular-culture content, as well as the former Co-President of Digital Strategy at Legendary Entertainment.
Nerdist Industries was acquired by Legendary Entertainment in July of 2012.
Levin serves as Chairman of Immortals Gaming Club and serves on the Board of Directors of N3TWORK, Wizard Labs and Next Games. He also serves on the Los Angeles Sports & Entertainment Commission Board of Directors.
Previously, Levin was founder and co-owner of the 2006 World Champion Chicago Rush of the Arena Football League. He was also a minority partner in and strategic advisor to Strikeforce, a mixed martial arts promotional entity, that sold to the Ultimate Fighting Championship in 2011.
In June 2009, Levin served as the exclusive representative of Deadline.com in its sale to PMC.
Levin is the founder of Course of the Force, an annual Olympic torch- style lightsaber relay in partnership with Lucasfilm Ltd. that led up to San Diego Comic Con International and benefitted the Make-A-Wish Foundation.
He also serves on the Board of Governors at Cedars Sinai in Los Angeles and co-teaches a competitive gaming course at the USC Annenberg School of Communication and Journalism.
Prior to Griffin, Levin served as President of Interactive Ventures, Games & Digital Strategy at Lionsgate.
He is the former CEO & Co-founder of Nerdist Industries, a multi- platform creator of genre and popular-culture content, as well as the former Co-President of Digital Strategy at Legendary Entertainment.
Nerdist Industries was acquired by Legendary Entertainment in July of 2012.
Levin serves as Chairman of Immortals Gaming Club and serves on the Board of Directors of N3TWORK, Wizard Labs and Next Games. He also serves on the Los Angeles Sports & Entertainment Commission Board of Directors.
Previously, Levin was founder and co-owner of the 2006 World Champion Chicago Rush of the Arena Football League. He was also a minority partner in and strategic advisor to Strikeforce, a mixed martial arts promotional entity, that sold to the Ultimate Fighting Championship in 2011.
In June 2009, Levin served as the exclusive representative of Deadline.com in its sale to PMC.
Levin is the founder of Course of the Force, an annual Olympic torch- style lightsaber relay in partnership with Lucasfilm Ltd. that led up to San Diego Comic Con International and benefitted the Make-A-Wish Foundation.
He also serves on the Board of Governors at Cedars Sinai in Los Angeles and co-teaches a competitive gaming course at the USC Annenberg School of Communication and Journalism.
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