Guha Bala

Guha Bala is the President of innovation investment firm, Velan Ventures, and the Cofounder of independent gaming studio, Velan Studios, in Troy, NY. Prior to these ventures, Guha started gaming studio Vicarious Visions in 1991 with his brother Karthik Bala. Vicarious Visions grew to more than 150 employees, and worked on more than 100 games, including big console releases like Guitar Hero, Skylanders Swap Force, and Skylanders Superchargers. The company's games sold as many as 40-50 million units, and generated billions in sales. The Bala brothers started the company when they were teenagers in high school out of their parents' basement. Vicarious Visions was sold to Activision Publishing in 2005.