Latest Deals

Date Type Companies involved Size
May 26th, 2014 merger as Kakao Corp
Daum Communications
$3,000m
Kakao merges with Daum to create Korean internet powerhouse
May 23rd, 2014 acquisition as CrazyLabs Not disclosed
Kids app publisher TabTale acquires Coco Play, establishes operations in China
May 21st, 2014 license as Netmarble
Kabam
Not disclosed
Kabam and CJ E&M Netmarble partner up to release... ?
May 8th, 2014 license Kabam Not disclosed
Berkeley's California Memorial Stadium rebranded as Kabam Field
May 6th, 2014 investment Wargaming Helsinki
360 Capital Partners
Inventure
Northzone
$3.6m
Ex-Rovio team Boomlagoon raises $3.6 million for F2P character-driven gaming
May 1st, 2014 investment DeNA Co.,Ltd.
Kamcord
KLab
http://www.translinkcapital.com/
SV Angel
M&Y Growth Partners
XG Ventures
Innovation Works
$7.1m
Kamcord raises $7.1 million to drive discovery through gameplay videos
Apr 30th, 2014 acquisition Glu Mobile
PlayFirst, Inc
$15.6m
Core meets casual: Glu Mobile dashes to pick up PlayFirst in $15.6 million deal
Apr 30th, 2014 partnership as Tencent
LINE Corporation
Wandoujia
Not applicable
LINE partners with Wandoujia to grow in China
Apr 28th, 2014 partnership as ZeptoLab Not disclosed
Yodo1 and ZeptoLab are bringing Cut the Rope 2 to Kakao
Apr 21st, 2014 investment as Shanda Games
Shanda Interactive Entertainment
Perfect World Entertainment
$100m
Perfect World spends $100 million to join group taking Shanda Games private
Apr 18th, 2014 acquisition Unity Technologies
Playnomics
Not disclosed
Unity acquires player engagement platform Playnomics
Apr 9th, 2014 license Glu Mobile
EON Productions
MGM Interactive
Not disclosed
Glu Mobile bags 007 licence for F2P action
Apr 4th, 2014 investment HitFox Group $1.3m
€1m
HitFox buys Datamonk, invests €€1m in Apploop
Apr 1st, 2014 acquisition Crobo
TrafficCaptain
Not disclosed
UA outfit Crobo acquires rival TrafficCaptain
Apr 1st, 2014 investment Industrial Toys
Accel Partners
$5m
Core tablet game developer Industrial Toys raises $5 million
Mar 28th, 2014 investment as Netmarble
Tencent
$500m
China's Tencent buys $500 million stake in CJ Games
Mar 20th, 2014 investment as Tango
Alibaba
$215m
Alibaba steps into the Kakao, LINE, WeChat, Viber, WhatsApp battle with Tango investment
Mar 18th, 2014 investment as FunPlus
Orchid Asia Group
$74m
Chinese casual F2P publisher FunPlus raises $74 million for global expansion
Mar 5th, 2014 investment Unity Technologies
Applifier
$7.1m
Unity to acquire Everyplay creator Applifier
Mar 4th, 2014 investment as Forgame
Mad Head
$94.2m
Forgame spends $94.2 million on a 21% stake in Tower of Saviors dev Mad Head
Mar 11th, 2014 investment as Gumi Inc. $6m
Gumi and Ankama join forces for a strategic mobile partnership
Mar 6th, 2014 investment Nokia Growth Partners
Omnidrone
$2m
Spanish start-up Omnidrone raises $2 million
Mar 5th, 2014 investment AppsFlyer
Pitango Venture Capital
$7.1m
AppsFlyer raises $7.1 million to expand mobile app tracking tech
Feb 28th, 2014 other Aeria Games & Entertainment
ProSiebenSat1Games GmbH
Not disclosed
[Updated] Aeria Games sells PC business and rebrands to focus exclusively on mobile
Feb 19th, 2014 acquisition Meta
WhatsApp
$19,000m
Facebook reinforces mobile strategy with $19 billion WhatsApp acquisition
Feb 17th, 2014 investment as Xiaomi
Kingsoft
Westhouse
$20m
Android OEM Xiaomi invests $20 million into PC/mobile game outfit Westhouse
Feb 11th, 2014 investment as Changyou
Joyme
Fosun Venture Capital
$21.5m
Chinese mobile games portal Joyme raises $21.5 million
Feb 5th, 2014 investment Apportable
Initialized Capital
$5m
Apportable raises $5 million in funding to finance cross-platform iOS and Android games
Jan 31st, 2014 investment as KongZhong
OurPalm
$16.5m
KongZhong makes a $16.5 million strategic investment in OurPalm
Jan 30th, 2014 acquisition Zynga
NaturalMotion Games
Boss Alien
$527m
Zynga acquires NaturalMotion for $527 million
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