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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
Dec 14th, 2015 investment nDreams
Mercia Technologies 		$3m
VR developer NDreams closes $3m funding round, bolsters staff with senior talent
Dec 9th, 2015 acquisition Jam City
Kiwi
Fat Rascal Games 		Not disclosed
SGN acquires Fat Rascal and hires Kiwi veterans as part of aggressive expansion
Dec 2nd, 2015 investment Traplight Games
Sunstone Capital
Finnvera Ventures Capital
Initial Capital 		$1.4m
€1.3m
Finnish dev Traplight raises $1.4 million for its user-generated-focused debut Big Bang Racing
Nov 23rd, 2015 partnership Wooga GmbH
Fox Digital Entertainment 		Not disclosed
Wooga gets into the IP game with the announcement of Futurama: Game of Drones
Nov 12th, 2015 investment CCP
New Enterprise Associates 		$30m
EVE Online dev CCP Games raises $30 million to target VR
Nov 12th, 2015 partnership Scopely
Redemption Games 		Not disclosed
Scopely partners with Redemption Games to publish its first two titles
Nov 3rd, 2015 acquisition Activision Blizzard
King 		$5.9m
Activision Blizzard to buy King for $5.9 billion
Oct 28th, 2015 partnership Tilting Point
Klang Games 		Not disclosed
Klang Games partners with Tilting Point to publish ReRunners
Oct 27th, 2015 investment as NetEase
Reforged Studios 		$2.5m
NetEase continues aggressive western expansion, investing $2.5 million in core start-up Reforged Studios
Oct 26th, 2015 investment Koukoi Games $1m
High-profile Finns lead Koukoi Games' $1 million funding round
Oct 22nd, 2015 acquisition AOL
Millennial Media 		$248m
AOL acquires Millennial Media in $248 million deal
Oct 21st, 2015 partnership Deep Silver Fishlabs
Hibernum Creations 		Not disclosed
Fishlabs to publish yet-to-be-announced game from Canadian dev Hibernum Creations
Oct 21st, 2015 investment Adjust
Highland Capital Partners Europe 		$17m
Mobile data outfit Adjust takes funding to $30m as it closes $17 million D round
Oct 15th, 2015 acquisition Ubisoft
Longtail Studios 		Not disclosed
Ubisoft expands its mobile presence with acquisition of Longtail Studios
Oct 14th, 2015 investment as Pocket PlayLab
Monk's Hill Ventures 		$5m
Playlab lands $5m funding in first external investment
Oct 8th, 2015 investment Mino Games
Andreessen Horowitz 		$2.2m
Mino Games closes $2.2 million funding round and launches casual-core sequel Mino Monsters 2
Oct 5th, 2015 acquisition Microsoft
Havok
Intel 		Not disclosed
Tools consolidation continues as Microsoft snaps up Havok
Sep 11th, 2015 investment Vision plus
Futurefly 		$2.5m
Futurefly bags $2.5 million seed funding from Facebook, Snapchat, Whatsapp investors
Sep 10th, 2015 merger Supersonic Studios
IronSource 		Not disclosed
IronSource and Supersonic merge to generate a company with $450 million annual sales
Sep 2nd, 2015 investment as Vision plus
MyGamez 		Not disclosed
West-to-China publisher MyGamez announces 9 million MAUs and new funding round
Sep 1st, 2015 investment Raine Ventures
Mobcrush
Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers 		$11m
Mobcrush bags $11 million investment for mobile-first streaming
Sep 1st, 2015 investment Metacore
True Ventures 		$2.3m
Smartwatch specialist Everywear Games raises $2.25 million
Aug 25th, 2015 investment Creandum
Initial Capital
Google Ventures
Resolution Games 		$6m
Resolution closes largest VR game development Series A funding round at $6 million
Aug 20th, 2015 acquisition N3TWORK
Nio Games 		Not disclosed
N3TWORK acquires Swedish studio Nio Games to produce a new breed of mobile games
Aug 17th, 2015 investment as iDreamsky
Rumble Entertainment 		$10m
iDreamSky invests $10 million into US core dev Rumble Entertainment
Aug 13th, 2015 license as iDreamsky
Peak Games 		Not disclosed
iDreamSky snaps up Chinese publishing rights for US hit Toy Blast
Aug 10th, 2015 investment as Giant Interactive Group
Super Evil Megacorp
Index Ventures 		$28m
$26 million investment turns Super Evil's attentions to eSports in Asia
Aug 4th, 2015 investment Northzone
Seriously 		$18m
Best Fiends developer Seriously raises $18 million
Aug 3rd, 2015 acquisition iQU
TinyLoot 		Not disclosed
iQU buys discovery outfit Tinyloot, rolls it into new integrated mobile game launch platform Mobilize
Jul 30th, 2015 investment HyprMX
Halyard Capital
Bridge Bank 		$28m
HyprMX parent Jun Group raises $28 million
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