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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.

A16Z doubles gaming investment with $600M fund as part of $7.2B fundraise INVESTMENT NEWS Apr 17th, 2024

A16Z doubles gaming investment with $600M fund as part of $7.2B fundraise

“There’s never been a better time to build a game startup than today," said A16Z partner Jonathan Lai

Date Type Companies involved Size
Jul 4th, 2016 acquisition as TicBits
Animoca Brands 		$3.7m
Animoca Brands splashes out $3.7 million on 9-person Finnish studio TicBits
Jul 4th, 2016 partnership as Nexon
Sansho Studios 		Not disclosed
Nexon aiming to launch one game per month in Japan, starting with Sansho Studios partnership
Jun 29th, 2016 investment Sunstone Capital
Fast Travel Games 		Not disclosed
Former Rovio Stockholm GM Oskar Burman opens "narrative-rich" VR studio Fast Travel Games
Jun 29th, 2016 partnership Newzoo
Pushwoosh 		Not disclosed
Newzoo partners with push notification service Pushwoosh to crunch more data
Jun 28th, 2016 acquisition as Adways
POKKT 		Not disclosed
Adways opens India office and acquires POKKT's reward-based platform Pocket Money
Jun 27th, 2016 partnership Kongregate
Fox Digital Entertainment 		Not disclosed
Fox and Kongregate team up for CCG featuring American Dad, Family Guy, Futurama, and more
Jun 17th, 2016 acquisition Neon Play
Hachette UK 		Not disclosed
Traditional book publishing meets gaming as Hachette UK acquires Neon Play
Jun 13th, 2016 partnership Tapjoy
IronSource 		Not disclosed
Tapjoy partners with IronSource to gain more, better rewarded video inventory
Jun 7th, 2016 investment as Dentsu
Victorious 		Not disclosed
Japanese marketing network Dentsu invests in US superfan platform Victorious
Jun 6th, 2016 other as GungHo Online Entertainment
SoftBank 		$685m
To reduce debt, SoftBank is selling back $685 million shares to GungHo Online
Jun 3rd, 2016 investment NetEase
Tenjin 		$2.5m
NetEase leads $2.5 million round in integrated analytics, attribution and aggregation outfit Tenjin
Jun 2nd, 2016 acquisition Fiksu Not disclosed
Mobile game advertising market hits maturity as Fiksu sells out for historic data
Jun 1st, 2016 partnership as Nazara
Stick Sports 		Not disclosed
Nazara and Stick Sports team up for Stick Cricket game starring Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma
May 26th, 2016 acquisition Kabam
Superweapon
Kabam Los Angeles 		Not disclosed
Kabam acqui-hires Dawn of Steel dev Superweapon to boost its LA studio
May 17th, 2016 partnership Gamevil
Cartoon Network 		Not disclosed
Gamevil partners with Cartoon Network, bringing Adventure Time characters to Dungeon Link
May 12th, 2016 acquisition Spil Games Not disclosed
Spil Games acquires male-oriented browser game portal Mousebreaker
May 11th, 2016 partnership Vivid Games
EVERYDAYiPLAY 		Not applicable
Vivid Games announces its first publishing deal
May 9th, 2016 investment Appboy
Battery Ventures 		$20m
Appboy closes $20 million funding round
May 6th, 2016 investment Flexion Mobile $3m
Alternative Android distribution platform Flexion raises $3 million to expand into India, Iran and more
Apr 25th, 2016 acquisition as CMGE $1,000m
CMGE bought for $1 billion by a Chinese auto parts company
Apr 25th, 2016 investment Kamcord $10m
Kamcord raises $10 million to expand its video streaming goal from games to all apps
Apr 21st, 2016 investment as Nazara
Mastermind Sports 		Not disclosed
Nazara makes second UK investment with virtual currency gambling dev Mastermind Sports
Apr 20th, 2016 investment Next Games
Index Ventures
PROfounders
Initial Capital
Armada Interactive 		$3m
Armada Interactive raises $3 million to give core mobile gaming a hard push
Apr 19th, 2016 investment as 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 as Animoca Brands $3.5m
Animoca Brands raises $5 million for content and IP acquisitions
Apr 8th, 2016 license as GungHo Online Entertainment
Nexon
Turbo Studios 		Not disclosed
Nexon passes on Turbo's Super Senso, leaving GungHo to sign publishing deal
Apr 7th, 2016 investment Nazara
London Venture Partners
TrulySocial 		Not disclosed
TrulySocial raises investment from Nazara Games, London Venture Partners and Supercell game lead
Apr 4th, 2016 license Disney Interactive Studios
Netmarble 		Not disclosed
Netmarble combines Everyone's Marble with Disney characters, announcing its Disney Magical Dice virtual board game
Mar 31st, 2016 partnership Twitch Interactive
Super Evil Megacorp 		Not disclosed
Super Evil Megacorp and Twitch sign three-year deal to grow Vainglory's eSports presence
Mar 17th, 2016 partnership as Locojoy
Narvalous 		Not disclosed
700-strong Chinese giant Locojoy moves west with Narvalous partnership and Palo Alto office
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