Moomin On Up
Finnish start-up Snowfall raises €1 million to bring Moomin mobile games to Asia
Turku-based studio eyes up niche market
Strong Tactics
Israeli hardcore strategy developer Tacticsoft raises $1 million to work on ambitious new game
London Venture Partners and Gigi Levy-Weiss invest
Optimal Funds
Customer marketing cloud Optimove closes $20 million growth funding round
Looks to hire aggressively in New York
A Cut Above
Razer establishes $30 million investment arm zVentures for VR, Android games and other tech ventures
$5 million set aside for VR alone
Critical Funding
Critical Force raises $4.5 million to push FPS eSports title Critical Ops out to Asia market
Partnering with NHN Entertainment to do so
Gtr Accelerator
Global Top Round incubator awards 10 studios $50,000 each to develop their games
Mentorship and publisher access on offer for the selected studios
Futureplay Funding
View-to-play pioneer Futureplay Games raises $2.5 million to boost its business
Increasing its team and production capabilities
Dig Deep
Despite huge funding rounds, most VR developers are funding projects out of their own pockets
Not so lucrative after all
Mo-mo-motorious
Helsinki start-up Motorious Entertainment secures $566,000 to work on Top Gear mobile games
First game a match-3 puzzler
Casting Investment
Tencent-led Series C round pushes total investment in Chinese gamecasting platform Douyu TV to over $2 billion
Had previously helped investment push over $1 billion
Firefly Funding
Firefly Games closes $10 million funding round to work on Hollywood IPs
Also looking into VR and eSports
Bossa Investment
Bossa Studios raises $1.35 million for new multiplayer and VR games
London Venture Partners fronts the cash
Make It Huuuge
Huuuge Games raises $4.6 million to grow social casino games business globally
Investment led by Woori Technology Investment
Funding Stimulator
Job Simulator dev Owlchemy Labs raises $5 million for VR games
Studio believes VR will be as big as mobile
Tricking The Eye
Chinese Global VR Challenge runner-up Mirage Interactive raises $1.5 million
Investment led by SongHe Capital and Wistone
New Blood
Ambitious Spanish dev Codigames raises $1 million
Dungeon Legends and beyond
Indian Mavens
Indian Mavens discuss the value of Indiagames founder Vishal Gondal's new early stage game investment fund
And is Vishal Gondal the one to provide it?
New Channel
Flexion gains $2 million for its new Gamesmondo distribution and affiliate platform
Horizon 2020 gives grant
War Chest
DFJ Growth leads Unity funding round of $181 million
Barry Schuler joins the board
Giving Back
Indiagames founder Vishal Gondal launches early stage game investment fund
Vishal Gondal is interested in more than just mobile
Incentive And Opportunity
GameFounders Malaysia extends deadline to 20 June, increases investment to $25,000
More to play for, more time to apply
The Pitch
Why developers and publishers need to look beyond a one-night-stand to eternal bliss
Italic Pig's Kevin Beimers on longterm relationships
Tranzfuser Infusion
UK Games Fund's student competition Tranzfuser announces its first entrants
20 teams competing for a chance to pitch their prototypes
New Funding
GREE announces new $65 million investment fund for startups
B2B and B2B2C companies being targeted
Appboy Funding
Appboy closes $20 million funding round
Funding to be spent on growth in Europe
Publisher Panel
Video: The role of publishers, according to the publishers themselves
What they look for and what they can do for you
Pure Gold
Video: The golden rules for raising funding from institutional investors
Inside track for cash
Prototype Payment
What UK developers need to know about the UK Games Fund
Up to £25,000 for developers to build prototypes
Kickstarter Knowledge
Rockfish's Michael Schade on how to run a Kickstarter campaign
Be prepared, and don't overpromise
Go Pokemon Go
Niantic Labs extends its funding for Pokemon GO and other location games to $25 million
Still working on Ingress and new titles
Investment Investigation
Video: Ignited Artists on the 6 types of funding
Six ways to get funded
Funding And Features
Video: Flow State Media on how to get funded and featured
Get money, then get more money
Not Taxing
Why did Myriad Associates come to PG Connects London 2016?
Barry Dowsett on R&D tax credits
Europe Winning
Europe creates 4 times more mobile gaming value than the US, says Supercell investor Paul Heydon
LVP's Paul Heydon bursting the VC bubble
Publisher Panel
Leading publishers discuss what they can do for developers
Help them help you
Live Pitching
Investment experts and developers collide in a live pitching event
Five pitches, three experts, and a conference audience
Work The System
Barrie Dowsett on how to secure 70% public funding for your business
Keep costs down through grants and tax relief
Go Fund Me
Ella Romanos on the different types of funding available to developers
Different types of funding for different needs
Diversification And Consolidation
#PGCLondon 2016 speaker IPC Ventures' Shelley Lau on why we can expect more M&A in 2016
What to expect at PG Connects London
Aiming High
Bica Studios on the Portuguese industry, VC funding, and Smash Time
"Too much ambition? There's no such thing."
All Creatures Go
Nintendo continues mobile game assault, investing up to $30m into Pokemon Go dev Niantic Labs
$20 million cash upfront
West Coast Attitude
Video: Why the West Coast is important for the mobile industry
Funding matter
Series B Success
Playlab lands $5m funding in first external investment
Monk's Hill Ventures expands Playlab's ambitions
Starting Small
TIGA welcomes new £4 million Video Game Prototype Fund for UK developers
Offering £25,000 grants to help develop prototypes
Not Taxing
Talking tax relief: Why now's the time for UK indies to shine
How to get a helping hand with The Games Begin
Money Talks
Games Funding Forum 2015 announced for 15 October
Funding matters
Breaking Ground
Resolution closes largest VR game development Series A funding round at $6 million
Led by Google Ventures
Moneybags
Zeotap raises $6.4 million Series A funding
Zeotap taps investor cash
Going Public
Japanese monetization maestro Metaps is going public
Japan's most-funded startup is filing for an IPO
Creative Control
NetEase's Success Fund offers up to $500,000 for indie mobile games
Promises an alternative to traditional publishing model