About SkyVu Entertainment
SkyVu is a cult mobile games company with 11M+ downloads, reaching #1 in China (+40 other countries) and #2 in US (paid and free) AppStore slots, with critical acclaim (Top Games of the Year for TouchArcade and iLounge). Leveraging a feature animation background (Oscar nominated CORALINE), CEO Ben Vu and the team have built a transmedia entertainment company across games, viral video and toys/t-shirts. Try BATTLE BEARS on iPhone, iPad or Android, or see the toys reviewed on Revision3 (at 1:00) and MacWorld.
With over 12M mobile downloads growing at 100,000+ per week, 1M+ YouTube views and a global fan base, SkyVu’s 14 person team has leveraged its $400k seed round from respected angels to global traction in under two years. SkyVu aims to build the next Pixar from games.
About Ben Vu
Ben Vu is an animator, writer, and director from Omaha, Nebraska.
Ben received his Master's degree in Experimental Animation at CalArts and studied film & TV production at Ball State University where he was the first student to submit a computer animated short film for the famous David Letterman Scholarship which is intended for average students who have a creative mind. While at CalArts, Ben completed his second computer animated short film, Noobies, and began his professional career on Henry Selick's short film, Moongirl. Ben continued to work for Selick on the Academy Award nominated film, Coraline, where he worked closely with Selick in both the art and story departments. Ben also assisted LAIKA Entertainment in developing the upcoming film, Here Be Monsters. Ben has lectured at Nanyang Technological University (Singapore), Yersin University (Vietnam), the University of Nebraska (Omaha), Metropolitan Community College (Omaha) and his alma mater Creighton Prep High School (Omaha). In 2007, Ben and his brother Hoa founded SkyVu Entertainment, a mobile games studio based in Omaha. Ben is the CEO of SkyVu and guides the strategic and creative direction of the company.
Benjamin Vu with SkyVu's hit iPhone game BATTLE BEARS
