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GameCentric secures $1.5 million angel investment to fuel growth in MENA MENA MARKET Feb 20th, 2024

GameCentric secures $1.5 million angel investment to fuel growth in MENA

The gaming platform aims to add more features to extend its footprint beyond the GCC & MENA region

Digital Turbine invests $10 million into Korean app marketplace ONE Store APP STORES Feb 8th, 2024

Digital Turbine invests $10 million into Korean app marketplace ONE Store

Companies partner in South Korea, with plans to expand globally in the near future

8SEC secures €1.5 Million investment from Kwalee STRATEGIC BOOST Jan 30th, 2024

8SEC secures €1.5 Million investment from Kwalee

The move will see Kwalee’s CFO Matthew Farrow and VP of mobile publishing John Wright join the 8SEC board

Date Type Companies involved Size
Jun 28th, 2016 acquisition Adways
POKKT 		Not disclosed
Adways opens India office and acquires POKKT's reward-based platform Pocket Money
Jun 7th, 2016 investment Dentsu
Victorious 		Not disclosed
Japanese marketing network Dentsu invests in US superfan platform Victorious
Jun 6th, 2016 other GungHo Online Entertainment
SoftBank 		$685m
To reduce debt, SoftBank is selling back $685 million shares to GungHo Online
Jun 1st, 2016 partnership Nazara
Stick Sports 		Not disclosed
Nazara and Stick Sports team up for Stick Cricket game starring Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma
Apr 25th, 2016 acquisition CMGE $1,000m
CMGE bought for $1 billion by a Chinese auto parts company
Apr 21st, 2016 investment Nazara
Mastermind Sports 		Not disclosed
Nazara makes second UK investment with virtual currency gambling dev Mastermind Sports
Apr 19th, 2016 investment Nexon
Barunson E&A
NAT Games 		Not disclosed
Nexon invests in NAT Games as it preps Korean smash HIT for global launch
Apr 12th, 2016 investment Animoca Brands $3.5m
Animoca Brands raises $5 million for content and IP acquisitions
Apr 8th, 2016 license GungHo Online Entertainment
Nexon
Turbo Studios 		Not disclosed
Nexon passes on Turbo's Super Senso, leaving GungHo to sign publishing deal
Mar 17th, 2016 partnership Locojoy
Narvalous 		Not disclosed
700-strong Chinese giant Locojoy moves west with Narvalous partnership and Palo Alto office
Mar 9th, 2016 investment Webzen
OurPalm 		$170m
Ourpalm spends $170 million to become the largest shareholder in Webzen
Feb 29th, 2016 acquisition Nativex
Mobvista 		$25m
Chinese mobile ad network Mobvista buys NativeX for $25 million
Feb 16th, 2016 partnership CMGE
SkyVu Entertainment 		Not disclosed
CMGE signs up latest Battle Bear title Overclock FPS for Asian release
Feb 15th, 2016 investment Newzoo
TalkingData 		Not disclosed
Chinese mobile platform TalkingData makes strategic investment in Newzoo
Jan 27th, 2016 partnership Adways
Quest Drop 		Not disclosed
Adways partners with Singapore publisher Quest Drop to support games in Southeast Asia
Jan 14th, 2016 investment data.ai
Greenspring Associates 		$63m
App Annie closes $63 million funding round to go more global
Oct 27th, 2015 investment NetEase
Reforged Studios 		$2.5m
NetEase continues aggressive western expansion, investing $2.5 million in core start-up Reforged Studios
Oct 14th, 2015 investment Pocket PlayLab
Monk's Hill Ventures 		$5m
Playlab lands $5m funding in first external investment
Sep 2nd, 2015 investment Vision plus
MyGamez 		Not disclosed
West-to-China publisher MyGamez announces 9 million MAUs and new funding round
Aug 17th, 2015 investment iDreamsky
Rumble Entertainment 		$10m
iDreamSky invests $10 million into US core dev Rumble Entertainment
Aug 13th, 2015 license iDreamsky
Peak Games 		Not disclosed
iDreamSky snaps up Chinese publishing rights for US hit Toy Blast
Aug 10th, 2015 investment Giant Interactive Group
Super Evil Megacorp
Index Ventures 		$28m
$26 million investment turns Super Evil's attentions to eSports in Asia
Jul 30th, 2015 partnership 22Cans
Longtu Game 		Not disclosed
Godus heads to China thanks to LongTu publishing deal
Jul 27th, 2015 acquisition GREE
Twiitch 		Not disclosed
Following hard reset in SF, GREE expands with new offices in Berlin and Melbourne
Jul 23rd, 2015 Jam City
Netmarble 		Not disclosed
SGN bags $130 million Netmarble investment to break into East
Jul 7th, 2015 investment GREE
Touchten Games 		Not disclosed
GREE mines SE Asian market with Touchten investment
Jul 6th, 2015 investment OurPalm
Animoca Brands 		$2.3m
Garfield game maker Animoca Brands palms $2.3 million OurPalm investment
Jun 24th, 2015 investment Innospark
Keytone VC 		$6.5m
Innospark raises $6.5 million to expand into China with cross-platform midcore games
Jun 22nd, 2015 partnership GungHo Online Entertainment
Camouflaj 		Not disclosed
GungHo signs deal with Camouflaj to complete Republique
Jun 3rd, 2015 partnership Zen Studios
NetEase 		Not disclosed
NetEase to publish Zen Studio's CastleStorm in China
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