Ivan Kako

Twenty years building at the intersection of games, media, and emerging technology — across large companies and from scratch as a founder.

Started in Business Intelligence, then moved through Electronic Arts and RealNetworks before spending eleven years at Blizzard Entertainment, where I opened the Latin American publishing operation from zero and created an internal analytical discipline called Publishing Intelligence.

Since leaving Blizzard, the focus has been on founding and advising.

Co-founded The 4 Winds Entertainment, a games consultancy and publishing running business development across North America, Europe, and Asia. Founded Unlimited Fusions Studios in 2024, a Roblox-native solutions studio, built on a thesis about extending YouTube creator businesses into live game experiences. Also founded Koa Go Play, an AI-native games studio currently in active development.

Outside of games: licensed The Week Junior to Brazil, bringing the first English-language kids news magazine to the market — from initial pitch to signed licensing deal to local partner.

Currently teaching Game Business in a private university and building two independent EdTech tools: Churn and Burn (churnandburngame.com), a publishing economics simulator, and The AIDeal Room (theaidealroom.com), an AI-powered negotiation trainer.

As a mentor, the most useful conversations tend to be around 0-to-1 market entry, creator economy and UGC platform strategy, AI product development, and international expansion. Happy to share what worked, and what didn't.