Akoha, a Montreal based start-up founded by  Austin Hill and Alex Eberts announced today the closing of their angel financing round and we are really pleased to have been able to invest. 

Akoha’s plans are still somewhat under wraps but they have announced that they are developing a new type of online game that combines elements of social entreprenuership, massively multiplayer and reality based games.

Given Montreal’s leadership position in video and online game production it is no surprise that gaming innovation – in this case, social gaming – is emanating from here.

At MSU we are always looking for new ideas and smart, driven people to execute on them and as such Akoha ticked the boxes for us as an investment. As we have mentioned in previous blog posts, we also really want to support and encourage angel investing and so the other thing that really excited us about Akoha was the involvement of other angel investors (most of them from Montreal) who we could invest alongside.

We wish the Akoha team all the best as they develop what we are sure is going to be the next globally recognised brand that started life as a Montreal Start Up !