# Hubert Thieblot

> Hubert Thieblot is a French-born entrepreneur and General Partner at Founders, Inc. (f.inc), a San Francisco-based venture fund and community campus occupying 42,000 sq ft at Fort Mason. He built Curse, Inc. - a gaming media empire with 30M+ monthly visitors - from a World of Warcraft fan site he started as a teenager in Paris, grew it into an Inc. 500 company, and sold it to Twitch (Amazon) in 2016. After serving as VP of Emerging Markets and Mobile at Twitch, he joined Founders, Inc. to back early-stage founders tackling hard problems in AI/ML, hardware, web3, AR/VR, and other frontier tech sectors.

- **Role:** General Partner at Founders, Inc.
- **Organizations:** Founders, Inc., Curse, Inc., Twitch, Amazon
- **From:** France
- **Nationality:** French
- **Education:** Did not complete (dropped out to start Curse, Inc.), Swiss Information Technology Program
- **Known for:** Built Curse, Inc. from a WoW fan site into a 30M monthly visitor gaming media network, Inc. 500 recognition (2011), Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year semifinalist, Northern California (2012)

## Career timeline

- **2005** — Founded Curse, Inc. as a World of Warcraft fan site and add-on hub, named after his WoW guild
- **2006** — Dropped out of Swiss IT program to formally incorporate Curse, Inc.; hired brother as first employee
- **2008** — Relocated Curse, Inc. to the United States to accelerate growth
- **2009** — Faced critical cash crisis; rejected investor demand to step down as CEO and raised $600K from angels
- **2010** — Curse became a Microsoft BizSpark One company
- **2011** — Curse named to Inc. 500 list
- **2012** — Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year semifinalist, Northern California
- **2013** — Curse reached 30M+ unique monthly visitors across gaming media properties
- **2016** — Twitch (Amazon) acquired Curse, Inc.; Thieblot described the moment of signing as 'total void, zero excitement'
- **2016** — Joined Twitch/Amazon as VP of Emerging Markets and Mobile
- **2022** — Joined Founders, Inc. as General Partner; began writing first checks to early-stage frontier tech founders

## Achievements

- Built Curse, Inc. from a WoW fan site into a 30M monthly visitor gaming media network
- Inc. 500 recognition (2011)
- Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year semifinalist, Northern California (2012)
- Sold Curse to Twitch/Amazon (2016)
- Served as VP of Emerging Markets and Mobile at Twitch/Amazon
- General Partner at Founders, Inc., deploying capital into AI/ML, hardware, web3, AR/VR startups
- Built and manages 42,000 sq ft founder campus at Fort Mason, San Francisco
- Portfolio includes LiveKit, Thirdweb, Sync Labs, Ready Player Me

## Latest updates

- **2024-01** — Continues as General Partner at Founders, Inc., deploying capital into early-stage AI/ML, hardware, web3, and AR/VR startups from the Fort Mason campus in San Francisco
- **2023-06** — Founders, Inc. portfolio company LiveKit raised significant funding for real-time communication infrastructure
- **2022-04** — Seed investment in Yomi Games as part of Founders, Inc. portfolio building

## Links

- Website: https://f.inc
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/hubertthieblot
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/hthieblot

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