# Jacob Navok

> Jacob Navok is the co-founder and CEO of Genvid Holdings, the New York company betting that audiences would rather steer a story than just watch it. He coined the category MILE - Massively Interactive Live Event - and shipped it with Silent Hill: Ascension and The Walking Dead: Last Mile, where hundreds of thousands of viewers vote, bid, and play their way into canon. Before Genvid he ran worldwide business development at Square Enix and built its cloud gaming arm, Shinra Technologies. He raised $113M in a 2021 Series C to turn interactive streaming from a technology into a consumer brand.

- **Role:** Co-founder and CEO at Genvid Holdings Inc.
- **Organizations:** Genvid Holdings Inc., Genvid Technologies, Genvid Entertainment, Shinra Technologies (former), Square Enix Holdings (former)
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** Master of Business Administration (MBA), Columbia Business School
- **Known for:** Coined and commercialized the MILE (Massively Interactive Live Event) category of entertainment, Co-founded Genvid and raised $166M in total funding, including a $113M Series C in 2021, Shipped Silent Hill: Ascension with Konami, reaching hundreds of thousands of simultaneous participants

## Career timeline

- **2010** — Joined Square Enix Holdings as Director of Business Development, leading worldwide business development and strategy reporting to the CEO
- **2014** — Became Senior Vice President at Shinra Technologies, Square Enix's cloud gaming division
- **2016** — Co-founded Genvid Technologies and became CEO
- **2021** — Raised $113M Series C; added ex-Netflix content chief Cindy Holland as adviser
- **2022** — The Walking Dead: Last Mile launched as a MILE, hosted by Yvette Nicole Brown and Felicia Day
- **2023** — Silent Hill: Ascension launched with Konami as a massively interactive live event

## Achievements

- Coined and commercialized the MILE (Massively Interactive Live Event) category of entertainment
- Co-founded Genvid and raised $166M in total funding, including a $113M Series C in 2021
- Shipped Silent Hill: Ascension with Konami, reaching hundreds of thousands of simultaneous participants
- The Walking Dead: Last Mile won the People's Voice Webby for Best Audience Integration
- Built Square Enix's cloud gaming division, Shinra Technologies

## Latest updates

- **2023-10** — Silent Hill: Ascension launched with Konami; Navok appeared in post-show interviews addressing player feedback
- **2022-09** — The Walking Dead: Last Mile debuted with celebrity hosts and later won a People's Voice Webby

## Links

- Website: https://genvid.com
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/jacobnavok
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/JNavok

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Last updated: 2026-06-04