Paul Bragiel in 2013.
Paul Martin Bragiel (born September 15, 1977) is a businessman and a current managing partner of i/o Ventures. In 1999, he founded Paragon 5, a company which provided the music engine for the first Shantae game, with Bragiel himself serving as music producer for the game.
Youth and studies[]
Bragiel was born on September 15, 1977.[1] He graduated from the University of Illinois in 1999.[2]
Career[]
He founded Paragon 5, his first company, in 1999.[3] He was at the time involved in the Demoscene[2] and him and his company collaborated on a handful of video games in the music field, including Shantae in 2002 for which he was a music producer. Paragon 5 closed in 2004, after which he founded Meetro, a social network, and in 2007, Meetro closed[3] and Bragiel went on to found Lefora which was a company helping to manage forums. In 2010, Lefora was bought out by Crowdgather.[2]
He then moved on to become a managing partner and co-founder of i/o Ventures, which was much more successful than his previous endeavours, and is now a prestigious start-up incubator in San Francisco, California.[4]
Paul Bragiel then began to tour the world as an advisor to local governments to create start-up incubators. He has notably worked directly with president Jakaya Kikwete of Tanzania and also in Brazil, and has been called the Silicon Valley's unofficial ambassador.[5]
Most recently, he decided to fulfill a lifelong dream and compete in the 2014 Sochi Olympics, in the cross-country skiing discipline for the Colombian team. However, he ultimately failed, after spending almost a year training[6] without ever having skied before.[7]
Works[]
This is a list of projects Paul Bragiel was involved in according to Moby Games (unless otherwise indicated).[8]
Audio[]
- Who Wants to Be a Millionaire - music producer (1999)
- Godzilla: Domination! - music producer (2002)
- The Scorpion King: Sword of Osiris - music producer (2002)
- Shantae - music producer (2002)
- Spy Kids Challenger - sound engineer (2002)[9]
- The Berenstain Bears and the Spooky Old Tree - music producer (2005)
Production[]
- Worms World Party - producer (2001)
- Trouballs - executive producer (2001)
- Karnaaj Rally - executive producer (2002)
- Bonk's Revenge - producer (2006)
References[]
- ↑ http://www.teampaul.com/
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 http://foundersweek.fi/paul-bragiel-is-the-startup-ambassador-of-silicon-valley/
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 http://www.linkedin.com/in/bragiel
- ↑ http://foundersweek.fi/paul-bragiel-is-the-startup-ambassador-of-silicon-valley/
- ↑ http://adage.com/article/digital/meet-silicon-valley-s-unofficial-emissary-world/149402/
- ↑ http://blogs.wsj.com/dailyfix/2014/02/06/after-olympic-dream-ends-bragiel-still-makes-waves-in-sochi/
- ↑ http://www.arcticstartup.com/2013/10/16/io-ventures-paul-bragiel-to-train-for-the-olympics-in-lapland
- ↑ http://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,68259/
- ↑ http://www.allgame.com/game.php?id=39051&tab=credits
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