SPEAKER
Jessica Murrey
Wicked Saints
Wicked Saints
Co-Founder & CEO
About Jessica
About Jessica
Jessica Murrey is an Emmy-Award-winning storyteller and international peacebuilder turned game designer. Jess spent years at Search for Common Ground, the world's largest dedicated peacebuilding organization. Building on the Nobel Peace Prize-nominated NGO’s expertise, Jess crafted a framework to train young movement leaders from Kyrgyzstan to Nigeria, Myanmar to Burundi, Colombia to Boston.
She partnered with a behavioral scientist and a former Sr. Engineer on Pokémon GO to create Wicked Saints Studios. First to emerge from Niantic’s (makers of Pokémon GO) BDI incubator, Wicked Saints is building the world’s first XR adventure activism game. As CEO, Jess has raised over $4.6M in venture from Riot Games, Precursor Ventures, Reid Hoffman, and others, joining fewer than 100 Black women founders who have raised $1 million or more.
American Business Journals named Jess 34 Female Founders to watch in 2023. Jess is the winner of the 2024 BTA Awards (Black Tech Achievement) for the "Force of Good Award." The 2020 Game Awards selected Jess as a member of their "Future Class," individuals around the world who represent the bright, inclusive future of gaming.
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