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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 13th, 2014 acquisition iQU
HoneyTracks 		Not disclosed
iQU and HoneyTracks join forces to deliver next generation marketing
Aug 13th, 2014 acquisition King
Nonstop Games 		$100m
King expands to core gaming with $32 million acquisition of Nonstop Games
Aug 12th, 2014 partnership Flaregames
Superweapon 		Not disclosed
Flaregames signs F2P strategy title from ex-Empires & Allies start-up Superweapon
Aug 11th, 2014 partnership Microsoft
YoYo Games 		Not disclosed
GameMaker: Studio beefs up support for Microsoft hardware, adding Xbox One
Aug 8th, 2014 investment as Gumi Inc.
LINE Corporation 		Not disclosed
LINE invests into Gumi and the pair also partner up for game integration
Aug 7th, 2014 partnership as Nexon
Envision Entertainment 		Not disclosed
Nexon signs again; grabs rights to ex-Phenomic devs first mobile strategy title
Aug 6th, 2014 acquisition as Tapjoy
5Rocks. Inc. 		Not disclosed
West heads east: Tapjoy acquires Korean analytics platform 5Rocks
Aug 6th, 2014 investment Kiwi
Sequoia Capital
Northgate Capital
DFJ Venture 		$15m
Android F2P specialist Kiwi raises $15 million
Aug 5th, 2014 investment as Smaato
Singapore Press Holdings 		$25m
Smaato closes $25 million investment; expanding in Indonesia and Singapore
Aug 4th, 2014 partnership Kabam
Undead Labs 		Not disclosed
Kabam partners with Undead Labs for original mobile RPG Moonrise
Aug 1st, 2014 investment as Kabam
Alibaba 		$120m
China in its hands: Kabam signs $120 million publishing deal with Alibaba
Jul 31st, 2014 investment JuiceBox Games $2.5m
Going it alone: Former Zynga devs raise $2.5 million following successful solo debut
Jul 30th, 2014 partnership as Chukong Technologies
Chartboost 		Not disclosed
Chartboost makes China move with Chukong
Jul 28th, 2014 investment Leanplum, a CleverTap company
Shasta Ventures 		$4.8m
Leanplum raises $4.8 million and rolls out new marketing automation feature
Jul 25th, 2014 acquisition Google
Twitch Interactive 		$1,000m
Golden age of video: Google confirms $1 billion Twitch purchase
Jul 23rd, 2014 investment Lionsgate
Next Games 		Not disclosed
Next Games adds to $6 million funding thanks to strategic deal with Lionsgate
Jul 23rd, 2014 investment BlueStacks $13m
GamePop primes for the big time with $13 million round led by Samsung Ventures
Jul 22nd, 2014 acquisition Flurry
Yahoo 		Not disclosed
Analytics acquisition: Yahoo to acquire mobile data giant Flurry
Jul 22nd, 2014 investment as SupersonicAds
Supersonic Studios
Greylock IL
SAIF Partners 		$15m
Supersonic raises $15 million to open offices in China, India and Japan and boost headcount to 250
Jul 17th, 2014 investment as Changyou
MoboTap 		$91m
Changyou buys 51% stake in Dolphin Browser outfit MoboTap for $91 million
Jul 16th, 2014 investment Bad Seed Entertainment
United Ventures 		$0.3m
Italian start-up BadSeed raises $330,000 early stage investment
Jul 9th, 2014 license Actoz Europe Soft
Gamblit Gaming
Flexball
Gamiker 		Not disclosed
Real-money mobile gaming gets a boost with 3 companies integrating Gamblit’s platform
Jul 9th, 2014 investment mNectar
New Enterprise Associates 		$7m
Interactive mobile ad outfit mNectar raises $7 million
Jul 8th, 2014 partnership ZeptoLab
Nextury Ventures
Toyze 		Not disclosed
GetJar CEO launches Toyze: an app store for 3D printed game characters
Jul 8th, 2014 investment AppLift GmbH
PubNative 		Not disclosed
AppLift funds API-based customisable native ad platform PubNative to tune of 'x' million
Jul 7th, 2014 partnership Fingersoft
SixMinute 		Not disclosed
Ex-PopCap Dublin devs evolve thanks to publishing deal with Hill Climb Racing studio Fingersoft
Jul 4th, 2014 investment as Sega
GREE
Gumi Inc.
World Innovation Lab 		$49m
With IPO rumours mounting, Gumi raises $49 million and hooks up with Sega for US invasion
Jul 3rd, 2014 license Glu Mobile Not disclosed
The power of film IP to lower UA costs underlined as Glu releases Hercules game
Jul 1st, 2014 partnership as Kiyat Games
Ekkorr Games 		Not disclosed
East meets West publisher Kiyat signs up Ekkorr's Tiny Conquerors
Jun 30th, 2014 investment as Gumi Inc.
Oh Bibi Socialtainment
TIME Equity Partners 		$3m
Motor World Car Factory dev Oh BiBi raises $4 million
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