2x founder

John Cheng

Applying lessons learned from mobile games to ecommerce | Founder x 2 | Angel Investor

Co-founder

PlayAbly· Summer 2019Portland, Oregon Metropolitan Area

in LinkedIn

2024Advisor· PlayAbly

Founder · since 2009

Company

PlayAbly

Role

Advisor

current

Stage

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no public source

Raised

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no public source

Based

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Founder / co-founder — the company's markEmployee / research role

Source: LinkedIn work history

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PlayAbly

We build games to help brands engage, convert, and retain customers

Summer 2019

Experience

Career

PlayAbly
Advisor · 2024 – Present
2024
Various Businesses
Angel Investor · 2010 – Present
2010
Baotris
Co-founder
Co-founder & CEO · 2019 – 2026
2019
Unity Technologies
GM, Unity Data Products · 2014 – 2018
2014
Playnomics (Acquired by Unity Technologies)
Co-founder
Co-Founder / Chief Product Officer · 2009 – 2014
2009
Credit Suisse
Vice President · 2007 – 2009
2007
Banc of America Securities
Vice President · 2003 – 2007
2003
Rutberg & Company
Associate · 2002 – 2003
2002
Broadview
Analyst · 1998 – 2000
1998
Tucker Alan
Consultant · 1996 – 1998
1996

Bio

John Cheng is the Founder and CEO of PlayAbly, a gamification platform transforming how brands engage and build loyalty with their customers. With a strong foundation in gaming, John co-founded Playnomics, an AI-driven platform designed to predict player behavior. Following its acquisition by Unity Technologies, John joined Unity's executive team to lead Unity Analytics, providing data and machine learning solutions to over 20,000 game developers and reaching more than a billion players