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Founder Fund Ex-Tripledot president forms Arcadia Gaming Advisors with $100m fund for mobile game companies
November 5, 2024 Funds And Finances Radical Forge raises £2.6m to hire more staff and take on "bigger contracts" Bright Paw developer receives investment from Mercia Equity Finance’s Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund II
March 20, 2024 Expanding Experiences Roblox’s $35M Creator Fund to support short-form video content Roblox’s fund expands on the types of content supported by its programme, now going beyond gaming
March 20, 2024 Investing In Innovation The Inevitable Games Fund will invest up to $100 million in innovative Web3 games King River Capital, Immutable, and Polygon Labs join forces to invest in the Web3 sector
November 29, 2023 Valorant Valiance Riot Games’ Social Impact Fund raises $50 million in five years for charities, education and more Almost $15 million raised in Valorant alone in three years
November 14, 2023 Web3 World SBI Holdings reveals ¥100BN fund to bolster Web3 in Japan Sega and Square Enix are already well underway on their blockchain journeys, and up to 200 other devs could join them through SBI’s support
November 8, 2023 Funding Fun GFR Fund to invest $53.5M in games, generative AI, tech and entertainment Pre-seed investments are the focus, with Fund III also set to bolster prior investees
October 23, 2023 Invest To Win AppQuantum’s Core is the King will invest up to $1M in selected hybridcasual mobile devs Core is the King is their new programme to support developers making hybridcasual games
October 12, 2023 African Advancement Sony Ventures to invest $10M via new fund for African startups Fintech may be Africa’s biggest funding category, but Sony’s focus is on entertainment
August 3, 2023 Gem Games Gem Capital’s new $50M fund will invest in fledglings of F2P, midcore and more Investments to be made in pre-seed, seed, and Series A rounds
June 22, 2023 Investment Fund Lumikai launches new $50m game fund backed by Supercell, Krafton and more The fund focused on investing into early-stage game makers
July 27, 2022 Funds For Founders 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
July 7, 2022 Furthering Funding Konvoy launches new $150 million fund to invest in early-stage game companies Previous investments made in Axie Infinity, Gamefam, Legends of Learning, and more
April 27, 2022 Capital Committed Left Lane Capital’s second fund closes with $1.4 billion in commitments Investing in high-growth, high-retention companies
March 21, 2022 Investing In New Experiences Qualcomm launches $100 million fund to invest in XR experiences Partnership with Square Enix to explore extended reality