P2e Esports
Ignite Tournaments raises $10 million to create mobile P2E esports platform
Back by Animoca Brands
Raising Round
Griffin Gaming Partners raises $750 million for its second fund
Biggest games-based VC fund to date will focus on Web3 and social platforms
Here Digital Kitty
Tiny Rebel Games raises $7 million for mobile-based Petaverse Network
Users can bond, train, and evolve digital pet NFTs
Work Hard, Play Hard
Legends of Learning raises $5 million to be "learning corner" of the metaverse
Over 2,000 unique maths and science games
Global Launch
Potato Play raises $5 million, launches Merge Restaurant
Investments from Everblue Management, Play Ventures and more
Backbone Backed
Backbone raises $40 million to bring console and PC games to mobile
Back by Kevin Hart, Post Malone, The Weeknd, and more
Pocket Metaverse
Chillchat raises $1.85 million for create-to-earn "pocket metaverse"
Led by blockchain platform Solana's VC arm, Solana Ventures
Finnish Funding
Return Entertainment raises €5.3 million in funding to create cloud-native games
Funding led by Bitkraft Ventures
Raising Round
Tripledot Studios raises $116 million and receives $1.4 billion valuation
Series B Round led by 20VC
Casual Mmo
Rocky Road raises $2.5 million to create first casual MMO for mobile
Led by QuizUp creators
Finding Funds
PortalOne raises $60 million in Series A round for hybrid games platform
Tiger Global leads the investment
Growing Guilds
Infinity Force raises $5.5 million to grow blockchain and P2E games
Backed by key metaverse investor Animoca Brands
Garena Of Africa
Carry1st raises $20 million to create the "Garena of Africa"
Will expand into the co-development of mobile games
Royally Funded
Royal Match sees Dream Games raise $255 million
Valued at $2.75 billion
Built To Win
CEO Rina Onur Sirinoglu on Spyke Games' massive $55 million seed round
UA is a bloody competition
Ua Ok
Pollen VC launches the definitive guide to selecting a UA financing partner
Everything you ever wanted to know about paying for UA – but didn’t know to ask
Metaverse Making Together
Yahaha Studios secures $50 million to build "no-code" UGC metaverse
Aimed at users with all levels of skill to create games
Gamer's Guerdon
StageZero raises $1.8 million to reward mobile gamers for training AI
Will include labelling tasks which can help train virtual assistants
Voluminous Valuation
Rec Room raises $145 million at $3.5 billion valuation
Mobile users increase tenfold
Raising For Rewards
Mana Interactive raises $7 million for mobile game rewards platform
Rewards include gift cards, vouchers, and cryptocurrency
Axie Altruism
Yield Guild Games raises $250,000 for typhoon victims
Primarily raised in cryptocurrency, including Axie Infinity's AXS
On The Edge
Edge Gaming raises $10 million for user-generated content platform
Backed by Playtika
Cyball Scores
Cyball raises $1.8 million for football-themed P2E NFT mobile game
Focused on reaching new audiences for blockchain gaming
Strategic Simplification
Donut Labs raises a further $2.3 million for Kids vs Zombies
"It’s a completely different game from what it was a year ago."
Millions For Medal
Medal.tv has raised $60 million across its Series B and Series C funding rounds
Platform grows to almost one million daily users
Doubling Down
Vgames raises $141 million for second games investment fund
Firm to invest in game studios at various stages
Blockchain In Brazil
Bayz raises $4 million for NFT gaming
Starting with play-to-earn in Brazil
Blockchain Bridge
Affyn raises $7 million for F2P P2E AR metaverse mobile game
All in-game characters will be represented as NFTs
Non-disruptive Ads
Frameplay raises $8 million for seamless, non-disruptive ads
Backed by Hiro Capital and Razer
Strengthening Studios
Tiplay Studio raises $500,000 at $25 million valuation
Funding to scale team and advance development
Mobile In Mena
Tamatem Games raises $11 million for MENA expansion, backed by Krafton
Brings total funding to $17 million
Esports Expansion
Esports group 100 Thieves raises $60 million at $460 million valuation
Yearly revenue increases 111%
Breezy
Talewind raises $3.4 million for casual Roblox experience Breezy Bay
Animal Crossing meets Runescape in Roblox
Gotiva’s Got It
Sarajevo startup Gotiva Games raises $250,000 for NFT social puzzle games
Debut title scheduled for Q2 2022
Create To Dominate
Sneaky Panda raises $6 million for novel 'luck-puzzler' mobile games
Debut title scheduled to release next year
Lucky Ducky
Homa Games acquires Ducky Games
Acquisition will strengthen the publisher's position as a leader in idle arcade games
Master Of Coins
Coin Master creator Moon Active raises $300 million on $5 billion valuation
Quadrupled valuation in less than two years
Plugged In
Plug In Digital raises $75 million for indie games publishing
Over 30 titles in the publishing pipeline
Big World
Niantic raises $300 million to build out a real-world metaverse
Pokemon Go developer now valued at $9 billion
Icelandic Expansion
Icelandic studio 1939 Games has opened a mobile games unit in Helsinki
Making the mobile version of KARDS
The Secret Sauce
UK-based indie studio Pocket Burger Games raises $1 million for casual mobile games
Founded by former Rovio, Space Ape, and Gram Games alumni
Diy
Solo game development platform DreamCraft raises $10 million
March Capital leads the round
Funding The Future
Overwolf raises $75 million in Series D funding round
Will scale its user-generated content platform CurseForge
A Few Million Victory
French startup Million Victories raises $3 million to scale Million Lords
Will invest in stronger marketing and UA
Metasports
Dubit raises $8 million for esports in Roblox
Metaventures’ Jean-Charles Capelli leads the round
Block On
Mobile game devs part of blockchain gaming platform Forte's $725 million raise
Sea Capital co-led the round
Creating Casual Titles
Turkish dev studio Hadi raises $5.2 million for casual mobile games
Currently working on several unannounced titles
News
Playtertainment announces $5 million funding round
Previous seed funding round raised £3 million
Mark-up
AudioMob raises $14 million at $110 million valuation
Will scale recently opened offices in London and Abu Dhabi
Millions For Mods
User-generated content platform Mod.io raises $26 million
Forecasts user-generated content will increase by 400% by 2025