May 29, 2014
Investment
- Chroma Studios
- Capnova
$0.3m
- Date
- Type
- Companies Involved
- Size
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 28, 2014
Acquisition
- Distimo
- data.ai
Not disclosed
Data derby: App Annie acquires analytics rival Distimo
May 28, 2014
License
- MAG Interactive
- High Noon Entertainment
Not disclosed
MAG Interactive and High Noon developing Ruzzle TV show
May 27, 2014
Investment
- Nexon
- Socialspiel Games
Not disclosed
Nexon takes stake in Socialspiel in return for exclusive publishing deal
May 26, 2014
Merger
- Kakao Corp
- Daum Communications
$3,000m
Kakao merges with Daum to create Korean internet powerhouse
May 23, 2014
Acquisition
- CrazyLabs
Not disclosed
Kids app publisher TabTale acquires Coco Play, establishes operations in China
May 21, 2014
License
- Netmarble
- Kabam
Not disclosed
Kabam and CJ E&M Netmarble partner up to release... ?
May 8, 2014
License
- Kabam
Not disclosed
Berkeley's California Memorial Stadium rebranded as Kabam Field
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 30, 2014
Acquisition
- Glu Mobile
- PlayFirst, Inc
$15.6m
Core meets casual: Glu Mobile dashes to pick up PlayFirst in $15.6 million deal
Apr 30, 2014
Partnership
- Tencent
- LINE Corporation
- Wandoujia
Not applicable
LINE partners with Wandoujia to grow in China
Apr 28, 2014
Partnership
- ZeptoLab
Not disclosed
Yodo1 and ZeptoLab are bringing Cut the Rope 2 to Kakao
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 18, 2014
Acquisition
- Unity Technologies
- Playnomics
Not disclosed
Unity acquires player engagement platform Playnomics
Apr 9, 2014
License
- Glu Mobile
- EON Productions
- MGM Interactive
Not disclosed
Glu Mobile bags 007 licence for F2P action
Apr 4, 2014
Investment
- HitFox Group
$1.3m
€1m
€1m
HitFox buys Datamonk, invests €1m in Apploop
Apr 1, 2014
Acquisition
- Crobo
- TrafficCaptain
Not disclosed
UA outfit Crobo acquires rival TrafficCaptain
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
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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