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
Live Op Support
Live ops platform Beamable raises $5 million to expand service
Brings total capital raised in 2021 to over $10 million
Turning Up The Volume
Splash raises $20 million for Roblox music game
Will improve virtual instruments and establish more partnerships
The New Meta
The Sandbox raises $93 million to grow open NFT Metaverse
Already over 500,000 connected wallets
Up And Coming
Ex-War Robots execs launch Kek Entertainment, raise $3 million for multiplayer mobile titles
Debut will be competitive mobile action game featuring deep tactical elements
New Ways
Admix raises $25 million to monetise the metaverse
Advertising tech is moving with the times
Buzzing
Garena leads $12 milllion round into Kazoo Games
It's building midcore casual games
Packing The Pie
Social gaming platform Piepacker raises $12 million for mobile expansion
Backed by Lego Ventures
Boosting Blockchain
Animoca Brands raises a further $65 million at +$2 billion valuation
Investors include Com2uS and Ubisoft
Seeded
Order of Meta raises $1.5 million in a round led by Play Ventures
Will release its first game in 2022
Spread The Load
Lucid Sight raises $2.6 million to bring Colyseus Arena multiplayer tech to the cloud
The service handles server management, infrastructure and scaling
Hypermoney
Homa Games raises $50 million to scale hypercasual
Series A was led by Northzone
Growth Initiative
Nazara raises $42 million to fund growth initiatives and acquisitions
Will issue 1,429,266 equity shares
Big Backing
Bitkraft Ventures launches $75 million fund for blockchain gaming
Will invest in cryptocurrency, NFTs and blockchain equity
Ballistic For Blockchain
OP Games raises $8.6 million to combine blockchain, NFTs and DAOs
Plans to support 500 games by end of 2022
New Entrant
MZ and Rovio vets launch Original Games with $6 million seed round
Investment led by Play Ventures
Deal Or Deal?
Game M&A and funding volume hits $71 billion in 2021 to-date
Volume is already more than double 2020
Boom Times
Axie Infinity developer Sky Mavis raises $152 million on a $3 billion valuation
Andreessen Horowitz leads the round
Perfect Deal
Reliance partners with Simteractive to publish Eden Isle: Paradise Resort
Building from beta to global publishing
Kards On Mobile
1939 Games raises $5.3 million to bring Kards to mobile
Will land on iOS and Android in 2022
Funding Boom
Startup conglomerate Kepler Interactive raises $120 million from NetEase
Another roll-up player rolls up
Go With The Flow
Game blockchain outfit Dapper Labs raises $250 million on a $7.6 billion valuation
Over 600 projects building on Flow blockchain
Chasing The Indie Dream
FuzzyBot raises $3.5 million for co-op games starting with Switch
LA studio is up and funding
Sorare Support Soars
Sorare raises $680 million for NFT fantasy soccer game
Largest funding round in French tech history
Cross-play Crusade
Elodie Games raises $32.5 million for co-op, cross-platform titles
Unannounced title in pre-alpha testing phase
Miraculous
Toya raises $4 million following Miraculous Ladybug Roblox success
Exceeded 200 million plays on the platform
Finally Done
Jam City raises $350 million and acquires Ludia for $165 million
Recovers from failed SPAC
Adding Games
Multiscription secures $800,000 for F2P game subscription service Unleashd
Available on Android through Google Play
Hearing Ads
In-game audio ad platform Odeeo raise $1 million in seed funding
Suggests in-game audio ads accompany gameplay
Quackers
Swedish dev Gigantic Duck raises $1.2 million in seed funding
Currently developing two titles, including Bombergrounds: Battle Royale
Midcore Makers
Studio Sirah raises $830,000 for India-first midcore mobile games
Now developing Kurukshetra: Ascension
Pretty Nifty
Nifty Games gains $38 million in new funding for its mobile sports games
The larger opportunity
Leading The Way
Indian midcore dev SuperGaming raises $5.5 million Series A funding
Well-positioned to capture growth in India and globally
Checkmate
Kings of Games secures funding for Chess Universe
The studio was created by two chess Grand Masters