Apr 1, 2014
Acquisition
- Crobo
- TrafficCaptain
Not disclosed
- Date
- Type
- Companies Involved
- Size
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
![[Updated] Aeria Games sells PC business and rebrands to focus exclusively on mobile](https://media.pocketgamer.biz/images/3552/57769/aeria_s320.jpg)
Feb 28, 2014
Other
- Aeria Games & Entertainment
- ProSiebenSat1Games GmbH
Not disclosed
[Updated] Aeria Games sells PC business and rebrands to focus exclusively on mobile
Feb 19, 2014
Acquisition
- Meta
$19,000m
Facebook reinforces mobile strategy with $19 billion WhatsApp acquisition
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
KongZhong makes a $16.5 million strategic investment in OurPalm
Jan 30, 2014
Acquisition
- Zynga
- NaturalMotion Games
- Boss Alien
$527m
Zynga acquires NaturalMotion for $527 million
Jan 29, 2014
Investment
- Com2uS
- Neowiz Mobile
- SoftBank
- Naver Corporation
- Buzzvil
$3m
Lockscreen ad platform start-up Buzzvil raises $3 million from Softbank
Jan 21, 2014
Investment
- Adways
- 5Rocks. Inc.
Not disclosed
Adways invests in 5Rocks to create better mobile marketing channel
Jan 8, 2014
Investment
- iDreamsky
- Klik! Games
- Yodo1
- Gamelion
- MorningTec
- Haitong
$8.3m
Chinese mobile publisher MorningTec raises $8.3 million
Dec 26, 2013
Investment
- Sequoia Capital
- Plain Vanilla
$22m
Plain Vanilla strikes while QuizUp is hot, raising $22 million
Dec 23, 2013
Investment
- Touchten Games
- CyberAgent
Not disclosed
CyberAgent invests in Indonesian mobile developer TouchTen
Dec 19, 2013
Investment
- Tencent
- CyanogenMod
$23m
Android OS customisation outfit CyanogenMod raises $23 million
Dec 13, 2013
Acquisition
- ARM
- Geomerics
Not disclosed
ARM buys game real-time lighting specialist Geomerics
Oct 30, 2013
Investment
- Nexon
- Rumble Entertainment
$17.5m
Nexon leads $17.5 million investment in US core studio Rumble Entertainment
Sep 18, 2013
Investment
- data.ai
- Sequoia Capital
$15m
App Annie raises $15 million to sharpen its app store market intelligence
Sep 11, 2013
Investment
- BoosterMedia
- Neomobile
$5m
BoosterMedia raises over $5 million to expand its HTML5 gaming platform
Aug 15, 2013
Investment
- Apsalar
- DCM
$9m
Mobile advertising and analytics outfit Apsalar raises $9 million
Aug 15, 2013
Investment
- Vungle
- Crosslink Capital
$6.5m
Ad video platform Vungle raises $6.5 million
Aug 14, 2013
Acquisition
- Jumptap
- Millennial Media
$225m
Mobile advertising consolidates as Millennial Media bids $225 million for Jumptap
Jul 31, 2013
Acquisition
- RealNetworks
- Slingo Inc
$15.6m
RealNetworks buys Slingo for $15.6 million
Jul 28, 2013
Acquisition
- Shanda Games
- Shanda Interactive Entertainment
$811.5m
Shanda tidies up online service costs for longterm mobile success with $811.5 million deal
Jul 29, 2013
Investment
- Kiwi
- Sequoia Capital
$9m
Kiwi Inc. closes $9 million funding round lead by Sequoia Capital
Jul 18, 2013
Investment
- KLab
- Oak Capital Corporation
$6.6m
Building an empire: Japanese publisher KLab raises $9.3 million
Jul 15, 2013
Investment
- Lunagames
- Linden Mobile Ventures
$0.5m
Dutch mobile outfit Lunagames raised $520,000 for expansion
Jun 26, 2013
Investment
- Ludei
- Kibo Ventures
$1.5m
Ludei raises $1.5 million to accelerate its HTML5 vision
Jun 25, 2013
Investment
- Appington
- Unity Ventures
$1.2m
Voice engagement platform Appington raises $1.2 million seed round
Jun 21, 2013
Investment
- Adjust
- Capnamic Ventures
$4.6m
Adeven raises $4.3 million to extend its mobile analytics platform
Jun 6, 2013
Investment
- AdDuplex
- Practica Capital
$0.5m
Windows cross-promotion network AdDuplex raises $500,000 seed round
Jun 5, 2013
Acquisition
- PlayHaven
- Staq
Not disclosed
PlayHaven boosts its analytics acquiring team behind Staq.io
Jun 3, 2013
Investment
- Akamon Entertainment
- Axon Partners Group
$3.7m
Spanish-speaking social gaming specialist Akamon raises $3.7 million
Jun 2, 2013
Investment
- AppLift GmbH
- Prime Ventures
$13m
AppLift closes $13 million series A round with Prime Ventures
May 30, 2013
Investment
- Numecent
- T-Venture
$13.6m
Deutsche Telekom leads $13.6 million round in cloud vendor Numecent
May 7, 2013
Acquisition
- iVentureCapital
- Kamicat
Not disclosed
iVentureCapital invests in German social-mobile developer Kamicat
May 6, 2013
Investment
- Atlas Venture
- DraftKings
$7m
Fan-tastic: Fantasy sports developer DraftKings raises $7 million
Mar 26, 2013
Investment
- GungHo Online Entertainment
- SoftBank
$265m
Japanese telecoms firm Softbank acquires majority stake in Puzzle & Dragons developer GungHo Online
Feb 20, 2013
Investment
- Playnomics
- Vanedge Capital
$5m
Analytics outfit Playnomics boosted by $5 million funding round
Jan 17, 2013
Investment
- AppGratis
- Iris Capital
$13.5m
App discovery boost: AppGratis secures $13.5 million funding
Jan 8, 2013
Investment
- Chartboost
- Sequoia Capital
$19m
Chartboost leaps into 2013 with $19 million investment
Dec 18, 2012
Investment
- MunkyFun
- GREE
$3m