THE TAP LAB
Founders: Dave Bisceglia, Ralph Shao, & Joe Williams
Headquarters: Cambridge, MA
Year Founded: 2009
Year Romulus Invested: 2013
The Tap Lab’s mission is “to create the future of fun.” A 2011 MassChallenge winner and TechStars graduate, the Tap Lab’s game studio creates mobile games that allow players to interact with the world around them. The games the company makes are fun on their own, then augmented with real-world data and information. The Tap Lab was acquired by Turbine in 2017.
The The Tap Lab-Romulus story:
We were first introduced to the Tap Lab, another exciting startup from the Boston University ecosystem, through Techsters Boston. “The intersection of mobile, local, and social was a powerful emerging area, and we felt that The Tap Lab’s focus on this nexus would lead to value creation,” says Krishna. “Thus, The Tap Lab became our first gaming investment.”