Feb 20, 2017
Investment
- ShineZone Network
$58m
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Feb 15, 2017
Investment
- Krotos
Not disclosed
Audio tech firm Krotos secures six-figure funding from former Rockstar North president
Feb 7, 2017
Investment
- Cupcake Entertainment
- Playlab
$1m
Brazilian developer Cupcake Entertainment secures $1 million deal with Southeast Asia publisher Playlab
Feb 2, 2017
Investment
- Disruptor Beam
$8.5m
Star Trek Timelines developer Disruptor Beam raises $8.5 million
Jan 20, 2017
Investment
- YJM Entertainment
- Venture Reality Fund
Not disclosed
YJM Games becomes first South Korea developer to invest in Venture Reality Fund
Jan 20, 2017
Investment
- Fig
$7.8m
Crowdfunding platform Fig raises $7.84 million to boost number of campaigns
Jan 18, 2017
Investment
- AppsFlyer
$56m
AppsFlyer raises $56 million for better mobile marketing data and AI-driven insights
Dec 21, 2016
Investment
- Plato
$3m
Game-focused messenger app Plato launches public beta following $3 million seed round
Dec 15, 2016
Investment
- Boom.tv
$3.5m
VR eSports streaming platform Boom.tv raises $3.5 million in seed funding
Dec 12, 2016
Investment
- Gunslinger Studios
$1.4m
Industrial Toys spin-off Gunslinger Studios raises $1.4 million
Dec 9, 2016
Investment
- Osmo
- Mattel
$24m
Children's AR games dev Osmo raises $24 million funding round from Mattel and Sesame Street
Nov 29, 2016
Investment
- Lifeline Ventures
- Sunstone Capital
- MojiWorks Limited
Not disclosed
New UK start-up MojiWorks goes all in on iMessage games
Nov 21, 2016
Investment
- SAIF Partners
- IDG Ventures
- PlaySimple
Not disclosed
Ex-Zynga devs raise $4 million for new Indian studio PlaySimple Games
Nov 16, 2016
Investment
- nDreams
- Mercia Technologies
$2.5m
VR developer NDreams raises £2 million in investment as part of two-stage investment round
Nov 14, 2016
Investment
- Sviper
Not disclosed
Ex-InnoGames staff get funding for new mobile studio Sviper
Nov 3, 2016
Investment
- Big Viking Games
$21.8m
HTML5 developer Big Viking Games seeks further $60 million funding after raising $21.75 million
Oct 31, 2016
Investment
- Playsnak GmbH
$1.3m
Mobile and VR start-up Playsnak raises $1.3 million funding from South Korean investor
Oct 28, 2016
Investment
- Mobcrush
$20m
Mobile game streaming service Mobcrush raises $20 million
Oct 11, 2016
Investment
- Tekes
- Koukoi Games
$1m
Koukoi Games raises $1 million to work on licensed Hollywood IP games
Oct 6, 2016
Investment
- First Contact Entertainment
$5m
LA VR start-up First Contact Entertainment closes $5 million investment round
Oct 6, 2016
Investment
- Snowfall
$1.1m
Finnish start-up Snowfall raises €1 million to bring Moomin mobile games to Asia
Sep 28, 2016
Investment
- Tacticsoft
- London Venture Partners
$1m
Israeli hardcore strategy developer Tacticsoft raises $1 million to work on ambitious new game
Sep 28, 2016
Investment
- Flixy Games
Not disclosed
Indian publisher Flixy Games raises $425,000 in seed funding from Japanese VC
Sep 15, 2016
Investment
- Hero Entertainment
$288m
Huyai Brothers invests $288 million in major Chinese eSports developer Hero Entertainment
Sep 14, 2016
Investment
- Lightneer
$3.2m
Finnish educational games developer Lightneer secures €2.8 million funding as Peter Vesterbacka joins studio
Sep 6, 2016
Investment
- Polyarc
$3.5m
Seattle VR start-up Polyarc raises $3.5 million in seed funding
Sep 1, 2016
Investment
- Team17
$21.8m
Worms developer Team17 scoops $21.8 million investment to grow business
Aug 23, 2016
Investment
- SLIVER.tv
$6.2m
360-degree VR eSports platform SLIVER.tv raises $6.2 million in seed funding
Aug 23, 2016
Investment
- Motorious Entertainment
$0.6m
Helsinki start-up Motorious Entertainment secures $566,000 to work on Top Gear mobile games
Aug 16, 2016
Investment
- European Games Group
Not disclosed
European Games Group looking to boost portfolio following several million Euro investment
Aug 12, 2016
Investment
- Firefly Games
$10m
Firefly Games closes $10 million funding round to work on Hollywood IPs
Aug 9, 2016
Investment
- Bossa Studios
- London Venture Partners
$1.4m
Bossa Studios raises $1.35 million for new multiplayer and VR games
Aug 2, 2016
Investment
- King
- Snowprint Studios AB
$5.7m
King invests big in Swedish developer Snowprint Studios
Aug 2, 2016
Investment
- WiSTONE Wireless Entertainment
- Mirage Interactive
$1,500,000m
Chinese Global VR Challenge runner-up Mirage Interactive raises $1.5 million
Jul 26, 2016
Investment
- Scopely
- Highland Capital Partners
- Participant Media
- TPG Growth
- Evolution Media Capital
- Greycroft Partners
$55m
Scopely raises big $55 million Series B round
Jul 26, 2016
Investment
- ColorTV
- Foxconn
$1.5m
ColorTV raises $1.5 million for its connected TV marketing platform
Jul 18, 2016
Investment
- underDOGS Gaming Studio
Not disclosed
Mumbai-based UnderDOGS Gaming Studio funded for undisclosed amount
Jul 22, 2016
Investment
- Codigames
- Caixa Capital Risk
$1m
Ambitious Spanish dev Codigames raises $1 million
Jul 20, 2016
Investment
- Sega
- Fuller
$4.2m
Japanese App Annie competitor Fuller raises $4 million from Sega and others to go international
Jul 13, 2016
Investment
- Unity Technologies
- DFJ Venture
$181m
DFJ Growth leads Unity funding round of $181 million
Jun 29, 2016
Investment
- Sunstone Capital
- Fast Travel Games
Not disclosed
Former Rovio Stockholm GM Oskar Burman opens "narrative-rich" VR studio Fast Travel Games
Jun 7, 2016
Investment
- Dentsu
- Victorious
Not disclosed
Japanese marketing network Dentsu invests in US superfan platform Victorious
Jun 3, 2016
Investment
- NetEase
- Tenjin
$2.5m
NetEase leads $2.5 million round in integrated analytics, attribution and aggregation outfit Tenjin
May 9, 2016
Investment
- Appboy
- Battery Ventures
$20m
Appboy closes $20 million funding round
May 6, 2016
Investment
- Flexion Mobile
$3m
Alternative Android distribution platform Flexion raises $3 million to expand into India, Iran and more
Apr 25, 2016
Investment
- Kamcord
$10m
Kamcord raises $10 million to expand its video streaming goal from games to all apps
Apr 21, 2016
Investment
- Nazara
- Mastermind Sports
Not disclosed
Nazara makes second UK investment with virtual currency gambling dev Mastermind Sports
Apr 20, 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 19, 2016
Investment
- Nexon
- Barunson E&A
- NAT Games
Not disclosed
Nexon invests in NAT Games as it preps Korean smash HIT for global launch
Apr 12, 2016
Investment
- Animoca Brands
$3.5m