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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
May 11th, 2017 acquisition Google
Owlchemy Labs 		Not disclosed
Google acquires Job Simulator VR developer Owlchemy Labs for undisclosed sum
May 10th, 2017 partnership as Nexon
Weredsoft 		Not disclosed
Nexon partners with South Korean developer Weredsoft to publish Project D globally
May 10th, 2017 acquisition Keywords Studios
XLOC 		$0.9m
Keywords Studios continues spending spree by acquiring CMS developer XLOC for $900,000
May 5th, 2017 partnership Niantic
Knight Foundation 		Not disclosed
Niantic partners with Knight Foundation to foster communities in the real world
May 4th, 2017 partnership Zynga
Time Warner Inc 		Not disclosed
Zynga partners with People to launch latest social game Crosswords With Friends
May 4th, 2017 partnership Tapjoy
Moat 		Not disclosed
Tapjoy partners with analytics firm Moat to track viewability of its rewarded video ads
May 2nd, 2017 acquisition InnoGames
MTGx Digital Ventures
Modern Times Group (MTG) 		$90.1m
MTG spends $90 million to increase InnoGames stake to 51% majority
Apr 28th, 2017 investment Polka Dot Studio Not disclosed
Ex-Rovio and Digital Chocolate staff score pre-seed funding round for new Finnish mobile studio Polka Dot
Apr 27th, 2017 investment as Mech Mocha Game Studios $5m
Indian mobile game studio Mech Mocha raises $5 million series A funding
Apr 25th, 2017 investment Mail.Ru $100m
Mail.Ru opens $100 million games investment arm
Apr 25th, 2017 acquisition as Tencent
Seasun Games 		$142.2m
Tencent acquires 9.9% stake in Chinese mobile games developer Seasun for $142 million
Apr 25th, 2017 investment GameInfluencer Not disclosed
GameInfluencer raises six-figure funding from European mobile game developers to grow platform
Apr 25th, 2017 partnership as Ubisoft
Tencent
Playcrab.com 		Not applicable
Ubisoft partners with Tencent and Playcrab for China-focused Might & Magic strategy game
Apr 20th, 2017 partnership Super Evil Megacorp
ESL 		Not disclosed
ESL UK partners with Super Evil Megacorp to produce upcoming Vainglory Spring Championship
Apr 20th, 2017 partnership Zynga Not disclosed
Zynga partners with GIF sharing platform Tenor for GIFs Against Friends
Apr 19th, 2017 acquisition FuzzyCube Software
Magic Leap 		Not disclosed
Magic Leap acquires FuzzyCube and hires staff from Moonbot Studios to bolster development
Apr 19th, 2017 acquisition as International Game Technology
DoubleDown Interactive
DoubleU Games 		$825m
South Korea’s DoubleU Games splashes $825 million on social casino dev Double Down
Apr 13th, 2017 partnership Teravision Games
Anima Estudios 		Not disclosed
Animation outfit Anima Estudios partners with Colombia's Teravision to create licensed mobile games
Apr 13th, 2017 acquisition as Inzen Studio
iCandy Interactive 		$4.4m
iCandy Interactive acquires Singapore mobile dev Inzen for $4.4 million to gain access to China market
Apr 13th, 2017 acquisition SuperVillain Studios
Nicalis
Cowboy Color 		Not disclosed
Nicalis picks up SuperVillain Studios and Cowboy Color to expand development capabilities
Apr 12th, 2017 acquisition Scientific Games
Spicerack 		Not disclosed
Casino firm Scientific Games acquires social bingo developer Spicerack
Apr 11th, 2017 investment Fnatic $7m
ESports organisation Fnatic raises $7 million to grow operations
Apr 11th, 2017 investment Mind Candy $1.5m
Mind Candy averts bankruptcy with two-year loan extension and $1.5 million funding
Apr 10th, 2017 investment Supercell
Shipyard Games 		$2.9m
Shipyard Games secures $2.9 million investment from Supercell to develop location-based game
Apr 10th, 2017 partnership as 505 Games
Guangzhou Duoyi Network 		Not disclosed
Publisher Duoyi nabs exclusive China publishing rights for 505 Games’ Portal Knights on PC and mobile
Apr 10th, 2017 partnership as iDreamsky
Sviper 		Not disclosed
Wild City Rush developer Sviper partners with iDreamSky for China launch
Apr 7th, 2017 partnership as Nazara Not disclosed
Nazara partners with Indian cricket team Royal Challengers Bangalore for new game RCB Star Cricket
Apr 6th, 2017 investment as appota Not disclosed
Vietnam-based publisher Appota pushes towards $50 million valuation with series C funding round
Jan 13th, 2017 other as Baidu Inc. $173m
Baidu sells mobile gaming business for $173 million
Mar 28th, 2017 investment Tilak Healthcare $2.7m
Therapeutic mobile game developer Tilak Healthcare raises $2.7 million
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