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Multi-million funding to ignite growth for UK games studios INVESTMENT NEWS Apr 19th, 2024

Multi-million funding to ignite growth for UK games studios

The UKGF's £3 million initiative will provide grants of up to £150,000 to 22 promising games companies in the UK

Auctus Capital Partners and Remote Control to invest in European games companies INVESTMENT NEWS Apr 18th, 2024

Auctus Capital Partners and Remote Control to invest in European games companies

Their Prestiged fund will invest in financially stable game companies with earnings before interest, taxes, and more (EBIT) ranging from $531,000 to $21.2 million.

Date Type Companies involved Size
Aug 27th, 2021 investment as Skycatcher LLC
SuperGaming
1Up Ventures 		$5.5m
Indian midcore dev SuperGaming raises $5.5 million Series A funding
Aug 26th, 2021 acquisition Azerion
Keymobile 		Not disclosed
Azerion acquires Swedish mobile advertising firm Keymobile
Aug 24th, 2021 merger Vungle
Liftoff 		Not disclosed
Vungle and Liftoff merge to create end-to-end mobile adtech
Aug 24th, 2021 acquisition Sideplay Entertainment Limited
Scientific Games 		Not disclosed
Scientific Games acquires instant win developer Sideplay Entertainment
Aug 20th, 2021 partnership Voodoo
Electric Manta 		Not disclosed
Electric Manta and Voodoo agree long-term publishing partnership
Aug 20th, 2021 investment as Andreessen Horowitz
Yield Guild Gaming 		$4.6m
Play-to-earn gaming community Yield Guild raises $4.6 million
Aug 18th, 2021 partnership as Voodoo
Storms Publishing 		Not disclosed
Storms launch new game studio and partner with Voodoo
Aug 17th, 2021 partnership data.ai
CrazyLabs 		Not disclosed
App Annie and CrazyLabs partner for hypercasual game challenge with a $300,000 minimum guarantee
Aug 18th, 2021 acquisition Demiurge Studios
SmartPhone Labs
Embracer Group
Fractured Byte 		Not disclosed
More acquisitions made by Embracer with Demiurge Studios, Fractured Byte and SmartPhone Labs
Aug 18th, 2021 investment Transcend Fund
Kings of Games 		Not disclosed
Kings of Games secures funding for Chess Universe
Aug 17th, 2021 acquisition Roblox
Guilded 		Not disclosed
Updated: Roblox acquires online communities platform Guilded for $90 million
Aug 16th, 2021 acquisition as Rolocule Games
Dream Sports 		Not disclosed
Dream Sports acquires Indian mobile developer Rolocule Games
Aug 16th, 2021 investment XR Games $2.1m
£1.5m
XR Games secures $2 million in funding to open 20 new jobs in Leeds
Aug 13th, 2021 investment Starform $5m
Former King and Z2 developers raise $5 million for Starform studio
Aug 12th, 2021 acquisition Rovio
Ruby Games 		Not disclosed
Rovio acquires Turkish hypercasual studio Ruby Games
Aug 11th, 2021 acquisition Niantic
Scaniverse 		Not disclosed
Pokémon GO creator Niantic acquires 3D scanning app Scaniverse
Aug 11th, 2021 acquisition Unity
Parsec 		$320m
Unity picks up remote working and streaming firm Parsec for $320 million
Aug 10th, 2021 acquisition Softgames GmbH
Azerion 		Not disclosed
Softgames sells off web business to Azerion
Aug 9th, 2021 acquisition Focus Home Interactive
Dotemu 		Not disclosed
Focus Home Interactive acquires Rayman Jungle Run developer Dotemu
Aug 6th, 2021 acquisition as Zynga
Chartboost
StarLark 		Not disclosed
Zynga acquires Golf Rival developer StarLark for $525 million
Aug 5th, 2021 acquisition 3D Realms
CrazyLabs
DigixArt
Force Field
Ghost Ship Games
Embracer Group
Easy Trigger Games
Slipgate Ironworks 		$315m
Embracer makes eight acquisitions, including CrazyLabs
Aug 3rd, 2021 acquisition Tilting Point
WhaleApp 		Not disclosed
Tilting Point acquires publishing rights to Hidden Hotel: Miami Mystery
Aug 4th, 2021 acquisition as CrazyLabs
Firescore Interactive 		Not disclosed
CrazyLabs acquires Firescore Interactive to boost Indian hypercasual ecosystem
Aug 3rd, 2021 investment UnusuAll $3.6m
Spanish casual startup Unusuall raises $3.6 million, led by Garena
Aug 3rd, 2021 investment Exit Games
Skillz 		$50m
Skillz partners with multiplayer tech company Exit Games, invests $50 million
Aug 3rd, 2021 acquisition as Netmarble
SpinX Games 		$2.2m
Netmarble picks up social casino developer SpinX Games for $2.19 billion
Aug 2nd, 2021 acquisition Plarium
Futureplay 		Not disclosed
Plarium acquires Finnish mobile studio Futureplay to grow casual presence
Aug 2nd, 2021 partnership Epic Games Not disclosed
Epic Games teams with Ariana Grande for Fortnite’s Rift Tour
Jul 29th, 2021 acquisition Blowfish Studios
Animoca Brands 		$6.6m
Animoca Brands acquires Australian indie developer Blowfish Studios
Jul 29th, 2021 investment Udo Games $0.4m
Turkish indie studio Udo Games raises $420,000 to begin self-publishing
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