Venture Capital

WePlay Ventures launches Europe’s largest accelerator program for gaming startups
The program will help train game studios in various aspects of development

Animoca Brands subsidiary Tinytap accrues $8.5m investment
The money comes from Sequioa China and Liberty City Ventures amongst other investors

Mobile games veterans raise €4m in seed funding for new studio, Cosmic Lounge
The studio is headed by former King, Seriously and Rovio staffers

M&A is coming back swinging in 2023, Drake Star report concludes
New report offers key insights into changes in the VC climate for Q1

Gaming market to reach $201 billion in 2023
Asia dominated Q1 in terms of deal value, but came second to America in terms of volume

Turkish studio Yamy receives investment from UP Venture Capital and $4m valuation
Another example of foreign investment into the Turkish mobile gaming scene

Behold Ventures becomes Sweden’s largest venture capital firm with $25.9 million raised

ByteBrew raises $4 million in a Seed Round to provide game developers with more tools and aid growth
Seed Round participants include Konvoy, Valhalla Ventures, Node Ventures and more

Concept Ventures launches £50 million pre-seed fund with British Business Bank’s backing
Firm pledges 1% of the total carry pool to a founder’s chosen charities