Cheque In The Mail
Mail.Ru opens $100 million games investment arm
Offering money and support to developers
Influential Backers
GameInfluencer raises six-figure funding from European mobile game developers to grow platform
Klaas Kersting, Tung Nguyen-Khac and more join advisory board
Setting Sail
"Pokemon GO is a great opportunity for us": Shipyard talks Supercell funding and its location-based game ambitions
CEO Andreas Wedenberg talks Supercell, Pokemon GO and the potential of geo games
Fnatic Funding
ESports organisation Fnatic raises $7 million to grow operations
Just in time for it to host a Vainglory tournament
Food For Thought
Mind Candy averts bankruptcy with two-year loan extension and $1.5 million funding
Existing investors up their investments to help the ailing developer
Ship Comes In
Shipyard Games secures $2.9 million investment from Supercell to develop location-based game
Supercell continues to flash its cash
Appota Investment
Vietnam-based publisher Appota pushes towards $50 million valuation with series C funding round
Korea Invesment Partners and Mirae Asset Venture Investment throw some money in
Indian Mavens
Is access to funding for Indian games companies improving?
How should Indian developers approach investment?
Gamee Investment
Social gaming platform Gamee raises $2.15 million
Initial Capital and Credo Ventures lead the way
Big Move
Bigpoint CEO Khaled Helioui steps down as Youzu outlines new mobile and investment strategy
Exec aims to pursue new personal goals
Ugc Future
Big Bang Racing developer Traplight raises $2.7 million to create games for the Minecraft generation
Two new projects in the works
Attractive Proposition
An in-depth look at games as investments
The evolving opportunities in console, PC, mobile, VR and AR
Roblox Funding
Roblox closes $92 million funding round to support its 48 million MAUs
Players making up to $50,000 a month from creations in the game
Funding News
Animoca Brands raises $5 million to expand into mobile VR and eBooks
Total funding to date nears $16 million
Small Giant Investment
Small Giant Games closes $5.7 million funding round to grow new game Empires & Puzzles
Brings total funding raised to around $9.5 million
New Vision
Softbank to sell 25% stake in recently acquired ARM
Goes into Saudi-backed investment fund
India Investment
Chinese games publisher Youzu sets up India office as it plans to invest $10 million in local industry
New office will to employ 30 staff in 2017
China M&a
China's Zhaomi Group and Kee establish $360 million video game M&A fund
Bringing value to companies through merging and acquiring
Safe For Kids
Kid-friendly ad platform TotallyAwesome raises $2 million
Set to launch PopJam in Australia and Southeast Asia
Nexon Investment
Nexon Korea makes strategic investment in Tree of Savior developer IMC Games
Helping developer on mobile adaptation of MMORPG
Virtual Future
How Gumi is recovering from Western studio closures with VR investment
Masaru Ohnogi explains all at White Nights Prague
Join The Corps
Swedish developer Gaming Corps pivots to acquisition strategy following $10 million investment
Bought one studio, now wants to buy more
Join The Armada
Armada Interactive secures $10 million from two seed funding rounds
Looking to revolutionise core mobile gaming
Managed By Maple
Mobile acquisition and management firm Maple Media raises $30 million
Shamrock Capital gives a healthy cash injection
Creative Leeds
Creative England grants £150,000 to Leeds-based developers
GamesLab Leeds initiative off to a great start
Swiss Speaches
Three things we learned at the Zurich Game Festival
At the end of last month, Ludicious took place in Switzerland, and here are our track highlights…
Gram London
Gram Games to invest $5 million in its London HQ and create 30 new jobs
Developer doubles down on new home
Money For Something
E-commerce platform Xsolla launches $30 million royalty investment arm for indie game developers
Get some much needed funding for a cut of your revenues
Expansion Warchest
Chinese mobile games developer ShineZone raises $58 million
May acquire new studios overseas
Grin And Bear It
Game developer takes plunge into icy water to speak with investors at Finland’s Polar Bear Pitching
3D Bear flies the flag for mobile, PC and VR games in education
Institutionalised
The "golden rules" for games developers looking to raise funding from institutional investors
Shum Singh goes after the big money
Coin For Krotos
Audio tech firm Krotos secures six-figure funding from former Rockstar North president
Looking to double its headcount and push into VR
Finnish Games Industry
The Finnish and Nordic games industry from an investor’s perspective
Samuli Syvähuoko breaks it down
Beans For Beans
Children's interactive media brand Beans Entertainment closes $374,000 in seed funding
Launching Bean&Gone in the coming months
Esports In India
Nazara to invest $20 million into new eSports league for India
Committed to growing the league for at least the next five years
Just Deserts
Brazilian developer Cupcake Entertainment secures $1 million deal with Southeast Asia publisher Playlab
Revenues for the company have tripled since September 2016
Make It So
Star Trek Timelines developer Disruptor Beam raises $8.5 million
Studio plots renewed growth after record year
Funding Play
PlayFund promises 250% returns for UK investors starting at £20,000 minimum investments
Targets mobile games specifically
Hutch Investment
Hot Wheels: Race Off developer Hutch raises $5.5 million in investment
Index Ventures and Backed VC co-lead the round
South Korea Vr
YJM Games becomes first South Korea developer to invest in Venture Reality Fund
Hopes to expand further into AR and VR
Fig Funding
Crowdfunding platform Fig raises $7.84 million to boost number of campaigns
Funding platform gets additional funding
Show Me The Money
Discover how to get funding for your games at Pocket Gamer Connects London 2017
Learn who to approach and get tips on investment
Mocha Money
China-based Shunwei Capital to invest $2 million in Indian developer Mech Mocha
Studio hoping to raise $4 million overall
Find Funding
Sign up for the first-ever Investor SpeedMatch at PG Connects London 2017
Looking for funding or developers to invest in? Look no further
Watch This
VR eSports streaming platform Boom.tv raises $3.5 million in seed funding
Bringing VR eSports streaming to all headsets
Find Funding
PG Connects London's new Investor SpeedMatch brings together investors and developers
Looking for funding or developers to invest in? Look no further
High Noon
Industrial Toys spin-off Gunslinger Studios raises $1.4 million
Closing down on a Summer 2017 release for Exiles of Embermark
F Is For Funding
Children's AR games dev Osmo raises $24 million funding round from Mattel and Sesame Street
Moving beyond the iPad
Five Million Heroes
Asia mobile eSports tournament Hero World Championship 2 draws in five million viewers
2,000 people there in person
Business Deals
Deal Tracker: Big money deals in China, HTML5, chat apps and fashion games in November 2016
37 Interactive splashes nearly $200 million on acquisitions