Sep 16, 2014
Investment
- Chobolabs
- Innovation Endeavors
$1.3m
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- Type
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Sep 11, 2014
Investment
- Animoca Brands
- Crosby Capital
$10m
Chinese investment group spends $10 million to acquire Star Girl franchise for fashion retail opportunities
Sep 8, 2014
Investment
- Iris Capital
- Adjust
- Capnamic Ventures
- Active Venture Partners
- Target Partners
$7.6m
Adjust raises $7.6 million for US and Asian expansion
Aug 8, 2014
Investment
- Gumi Inc.
- LINE Corporation
Not disclosed
LINE invests into Gumi and the pair also partner up for game integration
Aug 6, 2014
Investment
- Kiwi
- Sequoia Capital
- Northgate Capital
- DFJ Venture
$15m
Android F2P specialist Kiwi raises $15 million
Aug 5, 2014
Investment
- Smaato
- Singapore Press Holdings
$25m
Smaato closes $25 million investment; expanding in Indonesia and Singapore
Aug 1, 2014
Investment
- Kabam
- Alibaba
$120m
China in its hands: Kabam signs $120 million publishing deal with Alibaba
Jul 31, 2014
Investment
- JuiceBox Games
$2.5m
Going it alone: Former Zynga devs raise $2.5 million following successful solo debut
Jul 28, 2014
Investment
- Leanplum, a CleverTap company
- Shasta Ventures
$4.8m
Leanplum raises $4.8 million and rolls out new marketing automation feature
Jul 23, 2014
Investment
- Lionsgate
- Next Games
Not disclosed
Next Games adds to $6 million funding thanks to strategic deal with Lionsgate
Jul 23, 2014
Investment
- BlueStacks
$13m
GamePop primes for the big time with $13 million round led by Samsung Ventures
Jul 22, 2014
Investment
- 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 17, 2014
Investment
- Changyou
- MoboTap
$91m
Changyou buys 51% stake in Dolphin Browser outfit MoboTap for $91 million
Jul 16, 2014
Investment
- Bad Seed Entertainment
- United Ventures
$0.3m
Italian start-up BadSeed raises $330,000 early stage investment
Jul 9, 2014
Investment
- mNectar
- New Enterprise Associates
$7m
Interactive mobile ad outfit mNectar raises $7 million
Jul 8, 2014
Investment
- AppLift GmbH
- PubNative
Not disclosed
AppLift funds API-based customisable native ad platform PubNative to tune of 'x' million
Jul 4, 2014
Investment
- Sega
- GREE
- Gumi Inc.
- World Innovation Lab
$49m
With IPO rumours mounting, Gumi raises $49 million and hooks up with Sega for US invasion
Jun 30, 2014
Investment
- Gumi Inc.
- Oh Bibi Socialtainment
- TIME Equity Partners
$3m
Motor World Car Factory dev Oh BiBi raises $4 million
Jun 26, 2014
Investment
- Seriously
- Daher Capital
- Sunstone Capital
- Upfront Ventures
$2.7m
Finland's latest hottest startup Seriously poaches Rovio marketing chief and raises $2.65 million
Jun 16, 2014
Investment
- Crobo
$5.8m
Crobo expanding into USA and Asia through $5.75 million investment
Jun 10, 2014
Investment
- PerBlue
- Lightbank
$3m
Parallel Kingdom dev PerBlue raises $3 million
Jun 10, 2014
Investment
- The Mobile Majority
$8m
PaeDae rebrands as The Mobile Majority and closes $8 million funding
Jun 10, 2014
Investment
- Index Ventures
$550m
Supercell and King investor Index Ventures raises $550 million
Jun 5, 2014
Investment
- Booster Pack
- Cyberworld Studios
$1.5m
Singapore startup Booster Media raises $1.5 million
Jun 5, 2014
Investment
- Geewa
- Springtide Ventures
$4.2m
Pool Live Tour dev Geewa announces $4.2 million financing round
Jun 5, 2014
Investment
- Sequoia Capital
- Octro
$15m
Sequoia invests $15 million in Indian mobile game outfit Octro
Jun 5, 2014
Investment
- Flaregames
- T-Venture
- Accel Partners
$12.2m
Royal Revolt dev Flaregames raises $12.2 million to build portfolio
Jun 5, 2014
Investment
- Super Evil Megacorp
- General Catalyst
- Raine Ventures
$11.6m
Core tablet dev Super Evil Megacorp raises $11.6 million, nabs Segerstrale as COO
Jun 5, 2014
Investment
- Flexion Mobile
$2.5m
Flexion raises $2.5 million to expand its 'off-Google Play' app distribution channel
May 29, 2014
Investment
- Chroma Studios
- Capnova
$0.3m
Danish startup Chroma Studios raises $300,000
May 29, 2014
Investment
- Nix Hydra Games
- Foundry Group
$5m
Egg Baby dev Nix Hydra raises $5 million
May 29, 2014
Investment
- Outplay Entertainment Ltd
- Oxford Capital
$5m
Funds for F2P: Dundee-based Outplay boosted by $5 million cash injection
May 27, 2014
Investment
- Nexon
- Socialspiel Games
Not disclosed
Nexon takes stake in Socialspiel in return for exclusive publishing deal
May 6, 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 1, 2014
Investment
- DeNA
- 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 21, 2014
Investment
- Shanda Games
- Shanda Interactive Entertainment
- Perfect World Entertainment
$100m
Perfect World spends $100 million to join group taking Shanda Games private
Apr 4, 2014
Investment
- HitFox Group
$1.3m
€1m
€1m
HitFox buys Datamonk, invests €1m in Apploop
Apr 1, 2014
Investment
- Industrial Toys
- Accel Partners
$5m
Core tablet game developer Industrial Toys raises $5 million
Mar 28, 2014
Investment
- Netmarble
- Tencent
$500m
China's Tencent buys $500 million stake in CJ Games
Mar 20, 2014
Investment
- Tango
- Alibaba
$215m
Alibaba steps into the Kakao, LINE, WeChat, Viber, WhatsApp battle with Tango investment
Mar 18, 2014
Investment
- FunPlus
- Orchid Asia Group
$74m
Chinese casual F2P publisher FunPlus raises $74 million for global expansion
Mar 5, 2014
Investment
- Unity Technologies
- Applifier
$7.1m
Unity to acquire Everyplay creator Applifier
Mar 4, 2014
Investment
- Forgame
- Mad Head
$94.2m
Forgame spends $94.2 million on a 21% stake in Tower of Saviors dev Mad Head
Mar 11, 2014
Investment
- Gumi Inc.
$6m
Gumi and Ankama join forces for a strategic mobile partnership
Mar 6, 2014
Investment
- Nokia Growth Partners
- Omnidrone
$2m
Spanish start-up Omnidrone raises $2 million
Mar 5, 2014
Investment
- AppsFlyer
- Pitango Venture Capital
$7.1m
AppsFlyer raises $7.1 million to expand mobile app tracking tech
Feb 17, 2014
Investment
- Xiaomi
- Kingsoft
- Westhouse
$20m
Android OEM Xiaomi invests $20 million into PC/mobile game outfit Westhouse
Feb 11, 2014
Investment
- Changyou
- Joyme
- Fosun Venture Capital
$21.5m
Chinese mobile games portal Joyme raises $21.5 million
Feb 5, 2014
Investment
- Apportable
- Initialized Capital
$5m
Apportable raises $5 million in funding to finance cross-platform iOS and Android games
Jan 31, 2014
Investment
- KongZhong
- OurPalm
$16.5m