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Karthik Bala is CEO of Velan Ventures, Inc. an innovation investment company with a focus on video games and game related technology companies, and Velan Studios, Inc. a game studio that focuses on the discovery of new play patterns. Previously, Karthik co-founded Vicarious Visions with his brother, Guha, in 1991.
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Nov 21, 2016 · Karthik Bala said, “The goal is to build a core team, so we can build prototyping teams to explore gameplay and new experiences.” The name “Velan” means spear bearer in Tamil, and the ...
Karthik Bala is the CEO and Cofounder of independent gaming studio, Velan Studios, in Troy, NY and a partner with Velan Ventures, an innovation investment firm. Known for starting Vicarious Visions, an Activision-owned game studio that grew to more than 150 employees, Velan Studios and Velan Ventures are Karthik’s next big ventures. Vicarious ...
Velan Studios was founded in November 2016 by Guha Bala and Karthik Bala. The Bala brothers previously founded Vicarious Visions in 1991 and left the company in April 2016. According to the founders, the studio aimed to develop "breakthrough experimental games", and the term "velan" stands for "spear bearer" in Tamil.
- 2016; 7 years ago
- Video games
May 3, 2018 · The Bala brothers let their imaginations and ingenuity fly. They haven’t stopped. Karthik, 42, was a freshman at Rensselaer and Guha, 41, a senior in high school when they released their first ...
Nov 21, 2016 · Karthik (left) and Guha Bala started Velan Studios. Game industry veterans Guha and Karthik Bala have formed a new independent game studio called Velan Studios in New York. The Bala brothers are best known for starting Vicarious Visions, an Activision-owned game studio that grew to more than 150 employees. That company worked on more than 100 ...
