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
A Kind Of Magic
Report: Magic Leap eyes $500 million investment round which values it at $6 billion
Mixed reality firm hasn't publicly shown off its tech, but still needs more money
Sneaky Investment
Sneaky Bears VR developer WarDucks raises $1.5 million
Dublin studio plans to open launch Oculus, PSVR and Vive versions of its flagship game
Funding Advice
Tips on securing funding for your gaming start up
Gamee CEO Bozena Rezab offers advice based on her own experiences pitching for investment
In Heaven
Influencer marketing firm Matchmade scores $1.73 million in funding to grow business
Global Founders Capital, London Venture Capital, and Reaktor Ventures all chip in
Investment News
360-degree VR eSports platform Sliver.tv secures $9.8 million funding round
Total investment in company now stands at $17.5 million
Immersive Advertising
Interactive advertising platform Immersv scores $10.5 million funding round
Company to develop and scale its tech for mobile 360 and VR advertising
Explosive Start
Lightneer secures $5 million seed funding round to prep for launch of Big Bang Legends
Invisible-learning game now due to launch in January 2018
Investment News
Indian publisher Nazara invests in mobile cricket games developer Moong Labs
Money to fund game engine development and new cricket-based titles
Essential Phone?
Mobile start-up Essential confirms $300 million funding round
Tencent, Amazon and Foxconn invest in new company from Android co-creator
Something's Brewing
Singapore-based mobile developer BattleBrew closes angel investment round
Using the money to work on its first game
Even More Evil
Super Evil Megacorp raises $19 million to bring 5v5 battles and engine improvements to Vainglory
Looking for new staff to help bolster its mobile MOBA
Milky Tencent
Liverpool-based developer Milky Tea secures investment from Tencent
Expanding its team and focusing in on its current game
Show Me The Money
3 videos on M&As and funding from Pocket Gamer Connects San Francisco 2017
Get advice and insights from the experts
Viral Ua
Tech start-up Megacool raises $1.5 million to make viral GIFs for mobile games
Funds to be used to employ new staff and accelerate development of API
Funding Round
Web and app market intelligence firm SimilarWeb raises $47 million
Company plans to open new offices, develop new products and extend its data coverage
Funding Round
Medtech firm Highmark raises $2 million to make games that treat brain injuries
Company also recruits John Gardiner as new CFO
Financing Education
Games learning platform Kahoot raises extra $10 million in Series A funding round
Mobile app for teachers and students to launch during the new school year
Blasting Off
Hypernova Interactive raises seed funding from first-time games investor Kae Investments
Two-man developer has released two games so far
Dreams To Reality
VR developer NDreams secures $3.5 million investment in second stage of funding round
Mercia Technologies continues to pour money into the studio
Games In Leeds
GamesLab Leeds grants $200,000 to nine Yorkshire devs in latest round of funding
40 jobs created or safeguarded by funding
Business News
Private equity firms invest in Chinese mobile game developer Since Times
Company previously backed by Tencent
Expanding Footprint
Smartphone manufacturer Foxconn plots $5 billion investment in India
Move will help companies get around new taxes and import duty
Education Funds
Supercell grants over $280,000 to Aalto University School of Arts, Design and Architecture
Studio wants to turn Finland into a "Hollywood for gaming"
Mighty Start-up
Ex-Nonstop Games devs open new studio Mighty Bear Games in Singapore
Start-up working on an MMORPG for mobile
Catch Of The Day
Steam founder Rick Ellis raises $1.25 million for new studio Sharkbite Games
Eight-person team's first casual mobile game to be released this year
Super Space Ape
“I’ve always struggled to imagine ourselves anywhere else”: Space Ape CEO on Supercell deal
John Earner discusses why the London studio turned down other offers to partner with the most successful mobile games developer in the world
Business Tips
10 reasons your game studio will never get funding
Execution Labs co-founder Jason Della Rocca shares some sage advice
Ua Simplified
New user acquisition tool Acquired.io launches with $2 million in funding
Aims to streamline UA management
Feeding The Fire
The explosive rise of Scopely
US publisher just can’t stop raising cash
Australian Funding
Film Victoria awards $500,000 to nine Australian developers to help finish their games
Mobile titles include Joko's World: Pocket Planet and Paper House's Paperbark