About Dana Sydorenko
Dana Sydorenko is a gaming entrepreneur, Investor, Forbes 30-Under-30 and a Ukrainian war veteran. She’s the co-founder and CEO of Gametree, a free LFG app to find people (who share the same values and interests as you) to play games with, discover new games and coordinate gameplay sessions.
As GameTree’s CEO, Dana aims to transform the gaming landscape, fight loneliness, remove toxicity, boost mental health and unite global communities. As a paramedic in Ukraine’s army (2014-2015) and running a successful company in a high-pressure environment she has honed her strategic and analytical skills, now thriving on diving deep into data, making complex concepts simple, and thinking from first principles.
Questions we ask:
⏩ What is the current state of gaming? What are the biggest games, platforms, consoles?
⏩ What can a strong community do for a game?
⏩ What does a meaningful experience look like between gamers? What are they looking for?
⏩ What is an example of a game with a great community? What happens there?
⏩ What is Gametree?
⏩ Why is Gametree needed?
⏩ You have some big investors and a large community, what was the building process like? Could you talk us through it? Challenges, easy parts, etc E-sports
⏩ What games are you looking forward to?
⏩ What’s your personal favourite game?
⏩ Ideas for balancing screen time for kids with the benefits that games offer.
About Game Tree
GameTree supports games across PC, mobile, Xbox, PlayStation, Nintendo Switch, and Wii. It includes titles such as Fortnite, League of Legends, Rocket League, Minecraft, Apex Legends and Destiny. The GameTree community has grown to over 700,000 users. In December the company completed a fundraising round at a $19 million valuation, with investors including Coddy Johnson, former CEO of Activision-Blizzard; Sam Yagan, former CEO of Match Group; and Phil Schwarz former CMO of Tinder
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