Roforco

==About==
Roforco runs a Roblox game accelerator that makes games successful by providing funding, resources and hands-on support. 
Prior to building the accelerator, Roforco was a game studio with a portfolio of games that reached benchmarks including 10 million monthly active users and 16,000 concurrent users. Roforco also made Roblox events with notable brands such as Unilever, for whose game received over 50 million plays. 
==History==
In 2020, Roforco was founded by Artem Middleton () and Brain Xiang () who drew on their experience working at frontpage games to create Magic Kingdoms and Iron seas. In 2021, after seeing success with these games the founders decided to form a company and grow further. 
In late 2021, Roforco began develop brand experiences. This started by integrating companies into existing titles and later grew to brand games. Their first official project, Rogue paradox, was a collaboration with the technology company Replica Studios. 
In early 2022, following the success of this collaboration, Roforco stepped into building Roblox events and grew rapidly as a result of their collaboration with larger brands such as Unilever, Sunsilk and Cosmopolitan. By the summer of 2022, Roforco's flagship brand game, Sunsilk City had reached 40 million plays and was the 2nd most liked branded event ever made. Following this, the founders applied to YCombinator to gain the business knowledge and skills required to run a rapidly growing company.
== YCombinator==
In Summer of 2022, Roforco was accepted into the prestigious Silicon Valley startup accelerator, YCombinator - making them the first company on Roblox to go through YCombinator. During the accelerator's S22 batch, Roforco experimented with various business models but, under advice from their group partners at YC the company pivoted towards a game publisher. Later, Roforco built on this and launched the Accelerator. 
==Investors==
In September 2022, at the YCombinator demo day, Roforco opened their second fundraising round. Later in October, they announced they had raised this round with investors including: 
*Paul Graham, the billionaire computer scientist, co-founder of YCombinator and founder of Viaweb (aqd. by Yahoo)
*Eli Brown, the CEO/Founder of Guilded (later acquired by Roblox)
*Coddy Johnson, the former COO and President of Activision and partner at Goodwater Capital
*Michael Philippe, co-founder of Jellysmack, ad partners for Mr Beast & Pewdiepie
*Dentsu Ventures (Dentsu Group), the 4th largest marketing agency in the world
*GFR Fund, early investors into VRChat
The full list can be seen on Roforco's official website.
==Accelerator==
In May 2023, Roforco soft launched an accelerator for Roblox games. The program offers funding up to US$30,000, multiple resources/services and 1-1 support in return for a minority % in the game. It's aim is to fill the gap left by the Roblox accelerator while improving on Roblox's learnings. 
As the accelerator being is new and exclusive, many details are kept behind the closed doors of the community server, where developers can verify their invitation or referral. However, basic information can be found on the accelerator's website. 
==List of Games==
This is current list of games developed, published or announced by Roforco Studios, in chronological order:
*Magic Kingdom Theme Park
*Iron Seas
*Rogue Paradox
*Sunsilk City
*Cosmopolitan Summerverse (Announced)
*Magic Defenders (Cut at Softlaunch)
==Links==
*Roforco Official Website
*Roforco Accelerator Official Discord
*Roforco Official Twitter
==Trivia==
* Roforco is the first Roblox company to be backed by the prestigious American startup accelerator, YCombinator
*Roforco is one of the first venture backed Roblox startups to be founded by Roblox developers
*Roforco is the first Roblox company to have launched and run a billboard in New York's Times Square (Twitter)
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