Giant Investment
Finnish developer Small Giant Games raises $41 million
Success of Empires & Puzzles leads to significant funding round as studio plots further growth
Kakao Investment 2018
Kakao Games raises $131 million ahead of planned IPO in 2018
Tencent, Netmarble and Bluepoint all chip in
More Funding For Scopely
Report: The Walking Dead: Road to Survival developer Scopely looking to raise another $125 million
New funding round could value the company at $795 million
Investment News
HQ Trivia dev eyes $15 million funding round
Investment would value company behind popular mobile app at $100 million
Tencent Invests In Shanda
Updated: Tencent invests $476 million in previous China market leader Shanda Games
Size of stake still unknown
Investment News
Tech start-up 8th Wall raises $8 million to make augmented reality dev tools
Brings total investment in company to date to $10.4 million
Funding News
Jordanian mobile games publisher Tamatem raises $2.5 million
Plans to extend operations in the MENA markets
Trailblazing
Supercell invests $4.2 million in new London-based casual mobile games developer Trailmix
New developer founded by former King London heads
Initiating Investment
How to fund your mobile game development
From the UK Games Fund to VCs and publishers, find out where to go to get money and support to develop and market your game
Funding Diversity
Coffee Stain promotes gender equality in games with new investment initiative
Levelling the Playing Field provides funding to small and start-up studios where at least half of staff of women
Funding Opportunities
Social casino firm Playtika establishes Israel-focused $400 million investment arm
Aims to support growth of Israel-based companies
Accelerating Funding
VC firm Atomico doubles down on games industry investment with Alexis Bonte appointment
Bonte will advise on new investments in France, Spain, Portugal and Eastern Europe
State Of Uk
British games experts discuss the state of the UK industry
Jo Twist leads a panel on investment, free-to-play, and buzzwords
Mighty Investment
Peter Vesterbacka leads $650,000 funding round in Finnish lifestyle games studio Polka Dot
Helsinki start-up's first title slated for Q4 2018 release
Big Bet
Swedish esports company G:loot picks up $12 million investment
Firm plans to hire new staff and extend its platform to new games
Business Finland
Tekes and Finpro merge to form new Helsinki-based organisation Business Finland
600 experts and over 40 international offices come together
Access To Finance
Ukie partners with law firm Harbottle and Lewis on guide for UK developers looking to access finance
Covering everything from crowdfunding to velocity capital
Investment Reality
Leeds start-up XR Games raises $2.6 million
New studio aims to develop mobile and arcade virtual reality games
Live From China
Google invests in Chinese mobile game live streaming platform Chushou
Company's total funding to date surpasses $120 million
Cortopia Funding
Mobile VR developer Cortopia raises $2.48 million to expand magic dueling game Wands
Also developing new VR titles, of course
Bossing It
Mobile start-up Like a Boss Games secures $1.6 million funding for multiplayer sports title
Debut game set for mid-2018 release
Raw Fury Funding
Indie publisher Raw Fury secures $600k investment to release more games on Switch
David Helgason, Rikard Lindström, and Raw Fury staff get in on the round
Mighty Morphin' Investment
Power Rangers: Legacy Wars developer nWay secures $11 million investment round
Lionsgate sets up nWay with March Capital Partners and Ridge Ventures
Winning
Mobile eSports company Skillz raises $25 million
Funding round led by Telstra and Liberty Global
Nazara Minority Stake
India's 54th richest man acquires minority stake in Nazara for $27.9 million
Rakesh Jhunjhunwala invests in the major Indian developer
Investment Window
Underworld Football Manager dev Stanga Games raises $500,000
CEO Adam Jaffe on turning the bootstrapped indie house of part-time devs into a full-time games business
Mtg Investment
Modern Times Group launches $30 million investment fund for eSports and online gaming
Looking for minority investments in US and European companies
Funding Quest
Ex-King staff raise $2.2 million for new Swedish studio Strange Quest
Developer to focus on multiplayer games for mobile
New Funds
European tech investor Balderton Capital raises $375 million fund for next round of investments
Has raised $2.6 billion across six funds
Critical Hit
Pokemon GO developer Niantic catches $200 million investment
Eclipses $30 million funding round in 2015
Huuuge News
Social casino developer Huuuge Games raises $50 million
Plots new game development and large-scale global marketing push
Budget 2017
UK government to provide an additional £1 million to UK Games Fund
Budget 2017 adds further support for computer science and maths education too
Less Lovin
AppLovin swaps $1.4 billion sale to Orient Hontai Capital for $841 million debt investment
Orient Hontai takes a 9.98% stake for $140 million as well
Zooming Off
PacketZoom closes $5 million series A funding round to grow its platform
Baseline Ventures leads the round
Xiaomi India Investment
Xiaomi plans to invest $1 billion in 100 Indian developers over the next five years
CEO Lei Jun outlines the company's plans for the future
Mind Candy Money
Mind Candy secures additional $1 million from existing investors to stay afloat
Hoping to bring in more funding in the new year
Sviper No Sviping
Wild City Rush developer Sviper receives investment from three industry veterans
Klaas Kersting, Shum Singh, and MJ Fahmi invest in the developer
Sounds Good
Finnish startup Bon Games closes $1.4 million seed round to launch first game Transit King
Fingersoft handling publishing duties
Mag Investment
MAG Interactive secures $9.7 million investment to close FEO Media acquistion
Swedbank Robur's Microcap fund steps in to help
Hidden Treasures
Indie game funding scheme Treasure Hunters FanClub launches
Up to $350,000 available for each project
Good To Share
Nitro Games generates $3.1 million from sale of 500,000 new shares
Swedbank Robur Ny Teknik picks up 9.66% of the firm's shares
Leap Of Faith
Mixed reality firm Magic Leap raises $502 million in Series D funding
Rumours from September come true
Real Deal?
Mixed reality start-up Magic Leap plots new $1 billion funding round
Investment could value company at $7 billion
Solid Investment
London-based developer Supersolid raises $4 million
Studio aims to expand team of 30
Eye For Funds
3rd Eye Studios secures $1m investment for VR development tools
Finnish developer aims to release tools in 2018
Uk Games Funding
Review of UK's creative industries calls for £23.7 million investment for UK Games Fund
Bazalgette Review outlines ways the games industry needs to be helped
Mira Mira On The Wall
Budget AR headset manufacturer Mira secures $1 million funding round
Total funding now up to $2.5 million
Patreon Funding Round
Patreon secures $60 million funding round to scale team and develop platform
Outlines five year plan for new features
The Financer List
Free directory of all sources of financing available to UK games industry launches
Curated resource lists options from VC investment through to government grants and loans
Swrve Funding
Mobile marketing automation firm Swrve closes $25 million Series D funding round
Total funding now up to $75 million