# Tianyin Zhang

> Tianyin Zhang is the founder and CEO of DreamCraft Entertainment, a Redwood City-based startup building a code-free platform that lets anyone create, publish, and monetize video games without programming or art skills. A former Google engineer and game programmer, he co-founded DreamCraft in 2018 with Veronica Yao out of Y Combinator's Summer 2018 batch. The company has raised more than $15 million, including a $10 million Series A in November 2021 led by March Capital, with backing from Makers Fund, Tencent, and Hiro Capital. DreamCraft's mission is to make game creation roughly ten times easier and to open game development to hobbyists, modders, and first-time creators.

- **Role:** Founder & CEO at DreamCraft Entertainment, Inc.
- **Organizations:** DreamCraft Entertainment, Inc., Y Combinator (S18), Google (former)
- **Education:** B.S. in Computer Science, Peking University
- **Known for:** Founded and leads DreamCraft Entertainment, a no-code game creation platform., Raised more than $15 million in total funding, including a $10M Series A in 2021., Backed by March Capital, Makers Fund, Tencent, Hiro Capital, Dune Ventures, and Y Combinator.

## Career timeline

- **pre-2018** — Worked as a software engineer at Google and as a game programmer.
- **2018** — Co-founded DreamCraft Entertainment with Veronica Yao; joined Y Combinator's Summer 2018 batch.
- **2021** — DreamCraft raised a $10 million Series A led by March Capital (November), bringing total funding above $15 million.

## Achievements

- Founded and leads DreamCraft Entertainment, a no-code game creation platform.
- Raised more than $15 million in total funding, including a $10M Series A in 2021.
- Backed by March Capital, Makers Fund, Tencent, Hiro Capital, Dune Ventures, and Y Combinator.
- Built a global distributed team with alumni from Google, Blizzard, Microsoft, and EA.
- Enabled solo developers to reach millions of organic downloads and millions in revenue on the platform.

## Latest updates

- **2021-11** — DreamCraft closed a $10 million Series A led by March Capital to scale its engineering, art, and game design teams and expand its no-code platform.

## Links

- Website: https://www.dreamcraft.com
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/tianyinzhang

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