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
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