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Will Harbin

Venture Partner at Flex Capital

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Overview

Will Harbin holds the position of Venture Partner at Flex Capital [5] and General Partner at Rule 1 Ventures [4]. Harbin serves as Chairman & CEO of Global Worldwide, a role held since June 2019 [2][3]. Prior to this, Harbin was Chairman & CEO of KIXEYE from November 2009 to June 2019 [7], where Harbin co-founded the company and scaled it to nine-figures in annual revenue while growing the organization to hundreds of employees across four international offices [2]. KIXEYE pioneered the MMORTS genre through games including Backyard Monsters, Battle Pirates, War Commander, and VEGA Conflict [2]. Harbin also serves as Advisor & LP at Cendana Capital [6] and holds a BS in Computer Science from Vanderbilt University [11].

Profile introduction
Source excerptLinkedIn [2]

As Chairman & CEO, Will drives Global Worldwide's overall strategy and product development. Prior to Global Worldwide, he co-founded KIXEYE, a pioneer in free-to-play gaming which invented the MMORTS (Massively Multiplayer Online Real-Time Strategy) genre through their games Backyard Monsters, Battle Pirates, War Commander, and VEGA Conflict. While CEO, Harbin scaled KIXEYE to nine-figures in annual revenue, grew to hundreds of employees across 4 international offices, and inspired the term "midcore". KIXEYE's inventive game mechanics were widely recognized in the industry and spawned thous…

Career history

  1. Chairman & CEOJun 2019 to presentGlobal Worldwide
  2. General PartnerDec 2025 to presentRule 1 Ventures
  3. Venture PartnerDec 2024 to presentFlex Capital
  4. Advisor & LPJul 2017 to presentCendana Capital
  5. Chairman & CEONov 2009 to Jun 2019KIXEYE
  6. Board Member and Co-FounderAug 2004 to Aug 2011Function Drinks
  7. Entrepreneur in ResidenceAug 2009 to Dec 2009Trinity Ventures
  8. GM, Chief Product Officer, and Co-FounderJul 2006 to Aug 2009Affinity Labs
  9. GM, Chief Product Officer, and Co-FounderAffinity

Education

  1. BS, Computer Science1995 - 1999Vanderbilt University

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