Talofa

United States - Cupertino, California

• 23/01/2024
• Seed
• $6,300,000

We believe in the power of gaming to help mental and physical health. Currently developing Run Legends, a mobile co-op fitness RPG game where you move to play.

Our award-winning team won the grand prize for the Niantic Beyond Reality Contest in 2019 and has gotten extensive press coverage in 2023 by PCMag, Shack News, ScreenRant, and more. We’re developing a first-of-its-kind social fitness game and we are thrilled to be working together, not only on an exciting gaming experience but one that could help promote a healthier way of life. Together, we’ve created independent games for the last 10 years with over 9.1 million downloads on the Apple App and Google Play Stores. Watch us talk about how we got started: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QvbsAf3BlrM

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Jenny XuFounder

United States - Cupertino, California

I'm a game designer, developer, artist, animator, and avid long-distance runner! Currently working in the intersection of fitness x gaming as CEO at Talofa.

I previously founded and was the lead game developer (and only developer) at JCSoft Inc, an independent game company making experimental horror-comedy mobile games with over 9.2 millions downloads on the app stores. I also co-founded Talofa Games, a gaming studio. We've previously worked with Niantic (developers of Pokemon GO) to create new augmented reality and location-based gaming experiences on their platform.

I believe in the power of gaming to improve mental and physical health and love talking to people about the power of storytelling and games as a medium. I'd love to talk to you about game design and ways to use games for good.

For fun, I run Abs With Jenny, a free 5-minute abs class hosted over Zoom every day, at www.abswithjenny.com. Join for free! I'm an avid and competitive long-distance runner, and love to coach others on how to be healthier.

LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/xujennyc/