Apr 7, 2016
Investment
- Nazara
- London Venture Partners
- TrulySocial
Not disclosed
- Date
- Type
- Companies Involved
- Size
Mar 9, 2016
Investment
- Webzen
- OurPalm
$170m
Ourpalm spends $170 million to become the largest shareholder in Webzen
Mar 2, 2016
Investment
- Kopla Games
$0.8m
Finnish startup Kopla Games raises $750,000 seed round from Klaas Kersting
Feb 26, 2016
Investment
- Niantic
$5m
Niantic Labs extends its funding for Pokemon GO and other location games to $25 million
Feb 15, 2016
Investment
- Newzoo
- TalkingData
Not disclosed
Chinese mobile platform TalkingData makes strategic investment in Newzoo
Jan 27, 2016
Investment
- Lionsgate
- Next Games
- Lowercase Capital
- IDG Capital Partners
- IDG Ventures
$10m
Walking Dead dev Next Games raises $10 million
Jan 27, 2016
Investment
- Icejam Games
$2.1m
Canadian startup Icejam raises $2.1 million to accelerate Playable Data vision
Jan 27, 2016
Investment
- Branch Metrics
- Founders Fund
$35m
Deep linking platform Branch Metrics raises $35 million
Jan 26, 2016
Investment
- Tencent
- YouWeb
- Discord
- Greylock IL
- Benchmark Capital
$20m
Hammer & Chisel raises $20 million for gamer messaging app Discord
Jan 26, 2016
Investment
- GetSocial
- Astor Participaties
- Enabling Technology Fund
- Slingshot Capital
- Novamedia
$2.5m
GetSocial raises $2.5 million to fulfill demand and expand operations
Jan 21, 2016
Investment
- Glu Mobile
- Plain Vanilla
$7.5m
Glu Mobile invests in and might acquire troubled QuizUp dev Plain Vanilla (if TV show works)
Jan 14, 2016
Investment
- data.ai
- Greenspring Associates
$63m
App Annie closes $63 million funding round to go more global
Dec 14, 2015
Investment
- nDreams
- Mercia Technologies
$3m
VR developer NDreams closes $3m funding round, bolsters staff with senior talent
Dec 2, 2015
Investment
- Traplight Games
- Sunstone Capital
- Finnvera Ventures Capital
- Initial Capital
$1.4m
€1.3m
€1.3m
Finnish dev Traplight raises $1.4 million for its user-generated-focused debut Big Bang Racing
Nov 12, 2015
Investment
- CCP
- New Enterprise Associates
$30m
EVE Online dev CCP Games raises $30 million to target VR
Oct 27, 2015
Investment
- NetEase
- Reforged Studios
$2.5m
NetEase continues aggressive western expansion, investing $2.5 million in core start-up Reforged Studios
Oct 26, 2015
Investment
- Koukoi Games
$1m
High-profile Finns lead Koukoi Games' $1 million funding round
Oct 21, 2015
Investment
- Adjust
- Highland Capital Partners Europe
$17m
Mobile data outfit Adjust takes funding to $30m as it closes $17 million D round
Oct 14, 2015
Investment
- Pocket PlayLab
- Monk's Hill Ventures
$5m
Playlab lands $5m funding in first external investment
Oct 8, 2015
Investment
- Mino Games
- Andreessen Horowitz
$2.2m
Mino Games closes $2.2 million funding round and launches casual-core sequel Mino Monsters 2
Sep 11, 2015
Investment
- Vision plus
- Futurefly
$2.5m
Futurefly bags $2.5 million seed funding from Facebook, Snapchat, Whatsapp investors
Sep 2, 2015
Investment
- Vision plus
- MyGamez
Not disclosed
West-to-China publisher MyGamez announces 9 million MAUs and new funding round
Sep 1, 2015
Investment
- Raine Ventures
- Mobcrush
- Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers
$11m
Mobcrush bags $11 million investment for mobile-first streaming
Sep 1, 2015
Investment
- Metacore
- True Ventures
$2.3m
Smartwatch specialist Everywear Games raises $2.25 million
Aug 25, 2015
Investment
- Creandum
- Initial Capital
- Google Ventures
- Resolution Games
$6m
Resolution closes largest VR game development Series A funding round at $6 million
Aug 17, 2015
Investment
- iDreamsky
- Rumble Entertainment
$10m
iDreamSky invests $10 million into US core dev Rumble Entertainment
Aug 10, 2015
Investment
- Giant Interactive Group
- Super Evil Megacorp
- Index Ventures
$28m
$26 million investment turns Super Evil's attentions to eSports in Asia
Aug 4, 2015
Investment
- Northzone
- Seriously
$18m
Best Fiends developer Seriously raises $18 million
Jul 30, 2015
Investment
- HyprMX
- Halyard Capital
- Bridge Bank
$28m
HyprMX parent Jun Group raises $28 million
Jul 8, 2015
Investment
- Marmalade Game Studio
$2m
Marmalade scoops $2 million investment
Jul 7, 2015
Investment
- GREE
- Touchten Games
Not disclosed
GREE mines SE Asian market with Touchten investment
Jul 6, 2015
Investment
- OurPalm
- Animoca Brands
$2.3m
Garfield game maker Animoca Brands palms $2.3 million OurPalm investment
Jul 1, 2015
Investment
- FabZat
$0.8m
FabZat closes Series A funding to turn virtual items into real ones
Jun 24, 2015
Investment
- Innospark
- Keytone VC
$6.5m
Innospark raises $6.5 million to expand into China with cross-platform midcore games
Jun 15, 2015
Investment
- Cmune
$1.4m
Starbreeze invests $1.4 million in Cmune to bring FPS Payday to mobile
Jun 11, 2015
Investment
- Kibo Ventures
- Initial Capital
- London Venture Partners
- Winko Games
$1.4m
Supercell investors fund core Barcelona dev Winko Games
Jun 1, 2015
Investment
- GREE
- KLab Inc
- Yoyo Holdings
Not disclosed
SMS rewards platform Yoyo gains funding from GREE and KLab
Jun 1, 2015
Investment
- Hipster Whale
- Prettygreat
$0.4m
Crossy Road devs invest $380,000 in ex-Halfbrick start-up Prettygreat
May 28, 2015
Investment
- Tencent
- VC Mobile Entertainment
$4.5m
Backed with $4.5 million, PC legend Jon Van Caneghem goes mobile
May 27, 2015
Investment
- Digit Game Studios
- Scopely
Not disclosed
Scopely invests in Dublin dev Digit Game Studios for future strategy gaming success
May 15, 2015
Investment
- Lionsgate
- Raine Ventures
- Mobcrush
$4.9m
Pure-play mobile game streaming service Mobcrush raises $4.9 million
May 14, 2015
Investment
- Directive Games
- Opea Holding
- GSR Ventures
$3.5m
Directive Games raises $3.5 million
May 13, 2015
Investment
- Pocket Gems
- Tencent
$60m
Tencent invests again, injecting $60 million into Pocket Gems
May 12, 2015
Investment
- GameGenetics
- Target Partners
- High-Tech Gründerfonds
Not disclosed
GameGenetics to massively enlarge R&D base thanks to major investment
Apr 29, 2015
Investment
- Glu Mobile
- Tencent
$126m
Glu Mobile gains $126 million Tencent investment and signs up Britney Spears
Apr 17, 2015
Investment
- 99Games Online Private Ltd.
- Kalaari Capital
- Ascent Capital
$5m
99Games raises $5 million to target growing Indian market
Apr 14, 2015
Investment
- Frenzoo
- K5 Ventures
- Anshe Chung Ltd
- Fresco Capital
$1m
Frenzoo raises another $1 million to expand Me Girl franchise
Apr 9, 2015
Investment
- NCSOFT
- This Game Studio
$5m
NCsoft invests $5 million in Kabam spin-out This Game Studio
Apr 1, 2015
Investment
- Bica Studios
- Portugal Ventures
Not disclosed
Bica Studios closes seed funding round amid Portugese gaming boom
Mar 19, 2015
Investment
- Lifeline Ventures
- Sunstone Capital
- Metacore
Not disclosed