Taking Flight
Creative England and Barclays launch £25,000 Eagle Lab Flight accelerator for VR, AR and mobile apps
Eight teams to be taken on a three month mentoring program
Like A Dream
VR developer NDreams raises £2 million in investment as part of two-stage investment round
Mercia Technologies continues to invest
Big Funding Deal
HTML5 developer Big Viking Games seeks further $60 million funding after raising $21.75 million
"We truly believe that HTML5 is the future"
Start-up Funding
Mobile and VR start-up Playsnak raises $1.3 million funding from South Korean investor
Former Crytek, NCSoft, EA and Nintendo staff open new studio
Innogames Future
InnoGames eyes mobile future and global expansion after $100 million MTG deal
The InnoGames and MTGx CEOs discuss their ambitions
Investment Game
ESL owner MTG plots further investments following $100 million InnoGames deal
Digital entertainment firm looking for companies with clear track records in IP development
Hollywood, Baby
Koukoi Games raises $1 million to work on licensed Hollywood IP games
Funding from IPR.VC and TEKES
First Investment
LA VR start-up First Contact Entertainment closes $5 million investment round
Brings on two new senior hires
Investing For The Future
$2.3 billion has been invested in AR and VR over the last 12 months
$500 million in the last quarter alone
Strong Tactics
Israeli hardcore strategy developer Tacticsoft raises $1 million to work on ambitious new game
London Venture Partners and Gigi Levy-Weiss invest
Indie Game Funding
Consultancy Games Co. London raises $782,000 to invest in new indie games
Three new games to receive funding
Supercell Expansion?
Supercell weighing up investments in other developers and opening new studios
CEO Ilkka Paananen expands on his previous hints
China Esports Deal
Huyai Brothers invests $288 million in major Chinese eSports developer Hero Entertainment
Good deal for both sides
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
Match & Tinder
World of Warcraft lead designer Rob Pardo raises $25 million for new start-up Bonfire Studios
Not making anything at present
Polyarc Funding
Seattle VR start-up Polyarc raises $3.5 million in seed funding
Studio co-founded by ex-Bungie staff
Cash Flock
Worms developer Team17 scoops $21.8 million investment to grow business
Investment from now minority stake holder Lloyds Development Capital
Mo-mo-motorious
Helsinki start-up Motorious Entertainment secures $566,000 to work on Top Gear mobile games
First game a match-3 puzzler
Egg Hatching
European Games Group looking to boost portfolio following several million Euro investment
Undisclosed additional capital from Ventech and Omnes Capital
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
Bossa Investment
Bossa Studios raises $1.35 million for new multiplayer and VR games
London Venture Partners fronts the cash
Reunited
King invests big in Swedish developer Snowprint Studios
Bringing old friends back into the fold
Rocket Fuel
Scopely raises big $55 million Series B round
Greycroft Growth Fund leads the round
Underdog Comes Good
Mumbai-based UnderDOGS Gaming Studio funded for undisclosed amount
Intelli Reboot Digital acquires stakes
New Blood
Ambitious Spanish dev Codigames raises $1 million
Dungeon Legends and beyond
Beyond Japan
Japanese App Annie competitor Fuller raises $4 million from Sega and others to go international
Expanding analytics and making apps easy
Games First, Funding Later
Cloudcade on why raising money mustn't get between you and a great game
Johan Eile on maintaining focus
Fan Play
Japanese marketing network Dentsu invests in US superfan platform Victorious
The new way to engage
Cash In
NetEase leads $2.5 million round in integrated analytics, attribution and aggregation outfit Tenjin
Integrated approach
Burst The Bubble
Chinese government cracks down on game and VR investments
Market forces quashed
New Funding
GREE announces new $65 million investment fund for startups
B2B and B2B2C companies being targeted
It's A Wrap
Alternative Android distribution platform Flexion raises $3 million to expand into India, Iran and more
Going global
Pure Gold
Video: The golden rules for raising funding from institutional investors
Inside track for cash
Stream Everything
Kamcord raises $10 million to expand its video streaming goal from games to all apps
All the world's a stream
Betting Made Legal
Nazara makes second UK investment with virtual currency gambling dev Mastermind Sports
Nazara takes 26% stake in London firm
A Who's Who
Armada Interactive raises $3 million to give core mobile gaming a hard push
Remedy, BioWare, Crytek vets reboot
Hitting Big
Nexon invests in NAT Games as it preps Korean smash HIT for global launch
From Korea to the world
Looking Ahead
Part funded by Mixi and COLOPL, GREE announces its $12 million VR investment fund
Western focus for Japanese outfit
Bigger Brands
Animoca Brands raises $5 million for content and IP acquisitions
In expansion mode
Live Pitches
Video: PGC London 2016 live investor pitching
There's plenty of advice and criticism, but will anyone get any investment?
Something New
TrulySocial raises investment from Nazara Games, London Venture Partners and Supercell game lead
Games for women
Venture Concerns
Video: Shelley Lau on what VCs look for for when investing
They're not just there to bail you out
Going Global
Ourpalm spends $170 million to become the largest shareholder in Webzen
Chinese publisher expands Koreanwards
First Round
Finnish startup Kopla Games raises $750,000 seed round from Klaas Kersting
Klaas Kersting invests
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
French Fancies
Vivendi makes a formal takeover offer for troubled Gameloft
30% shareholding triggers move
Virtual Investment
Jurgen Goeldner on raising money for VR gaming
Turning virtual reality into real money
Investor Insights
NetEase's Tom van Dam on the key things investors are looking for
It's not all about the return
East Meets West
Chinese mobile platform TalkingData makes strategic investment in Newzoo
Newzoo granulates with new Newzoo Mobile division
Investment Investigation
Video: Ignited Artists on the 6 types of funding
Six ways to get funded