Investment
UA platform Ad2games raises $9 million for global expansion
Opening in Brazil and emerging Asian markets
Investment
Zeotap raises $1.3 million to analyse carrier data
Backed in Berlin
Investment
Digital insight outfit SimilarWeb raises $15 million for aggressive mobile expansion
Tracking app store traffic
Investment
Pushing synchronous multiplayer mobile gaming, Flow State raises $1 million
SparkLabs Global lead the round
Investment
Rumour: Alibaba to invest big in Com2uS
Making up for lost time
Investment
Rivals collaborate: Tencent and Alibaba both invest in film/TV outfit Huayi Brothers
Tencent gains IP for game development
Investment
Disruptor Beam raises $3.2 million for Star Trek Timelines and other projects
Midverse Studios and GrandBanks Capital boldly go
Deal
Best Fiends developer Seriously receives $5 million funding boost
Old friends, new challenges
Investment
Gunjin Games gains investment from Ian Hetherington and Games Investor
Brighton studio up and running
Investment
LINE and Tencent invest $110 million Korean startup 4:33 Creative Lab
Double up
Investment
Scopely takes a big bet on its nextgen publishing philosophy with $35 million round
Doing things differently
Deal
TinyLoot receives additional funding ahead of Series A investment
Cash matters
Investment
Execution Labs to boost indie outreach internationally after raising $6 million
Canadian media giant Corus leads the way
Deal
Midverse signs Disruptor Beam and Imaginary Games to its Invest+Publish program
Combining development prowess and app operations
Discovery platform gamesGRABR looks to crowdfunding to raise $600,000
Turning to crowdfunding and individual investors
Investment
Traplight Games raises $500,000 to launch user-generated social racer What on Earth!
Serial investors Nikolaj Nyholm and Henric Suuronen involved
Investment
Fiksu raises $10 million to supercharge global expansion
Takes debt funding from Silicon Valley Bank
Investment
UA outfit YouAppi raises $3 million to move beyond installs to LTV
Moving downstream
Investment
Buoyant Helsinki: Small Giant Games raises $3.1 million
Round led by Creandum
Investment
OurPalm invests $30 million into loss-making subsidiary FingerFun
Moving money around
Investment
IDG Capital drops $1.55 million on Cloudcade to drive F2P innovation
Seed round complete
Chart Of The Week
Five crazy deals which have inflated the games M&A bubble during 2014
Show me the profits
Investment
Hugo Games raises $4 million for marketing new Hugo the troll games
Boosting the troll
Deal
Stolen Couch Games secures $315,000 in funding for Animal Crossing-style game
Development paradise
Investment
Skillz raises $6 million for an aggressive UA campaign for real-money skill-based games
Total funding now over $13 million
Investment
New company name, faces and direction as Fuel raises $3.5 million
Grantoo is reborn
Deal
KneoWorld receives $6 million to extend its education games to Spanish, Cantonese, and Mandarin
The price of knowledge
Chart Of The Week
Body-mounted wearables are attracting the most VC investment
Generating 10x leverage post-crowdfunding
Investment
Swrve raises $10 million to provide the tools enabling brands to grow the consumer relationship
Acero Capital leads the B round
Investment
Chobolabs raises $1.3 million to redefine competitive shooters on mobile
Round led by Eric Schmidt's Innovation Endeavors
Investment
Adjust raises $7.6 million for US and Asian expansion
Active Venture Partners leads the round
Investment
LINE invests into Gumi and the pair also partner up for game integration
Distribution meets global gaming
Investment
Android F2P specialist Kiwi raises $15 million
Northgate Capital-led round brings total funding to $21 million
Investment
Smaato closes $25 million investment; expanding in Indonesia and Singapore
RTB outfit bids up
Deal
China in its hands: Kabam signs $120 million publishing deal with Alibaba
Online giant to launch Kabam games in China
Going it alone: Former Zynga devs raise $2.5 million following successful solo debut
It's a hits game
Investment
Leanplum raises $4.8 million and rolls out new marketing automation feature
Shasta Ventures funds Series A round
Investment
Next Games adds to $6 million funding thanks to strategic deal with Lionsgate
Mad Men company looks towards games
Investment
GamePop primes for the big time with $13 million round led by Samsung Ventures
Subscription-based unconsole will now be distributed by cable companies
Investment
Supersonic raises $15 million to open offices in China, India and Japan and boost headcount to 250
APAC region is the place for growth
Investment
Italian start-up BadSeed raises $330,000 early stage investment
Start of a relationship with United Ventures
Opinion
Bull or Bubble? How to make sense of mobile gaming M&A activity
Conclusions from Digi-Capital’s Q2 Investment review
Investment
Interactive mobile ad outfit mNectar raises $7 million
NEA impressed with 'huge market opportunity'
Deal
AppLift funds API-based customisable native ad platform PubNative to tune of 'x' million
Seven-digit investment announced
Investment
With IPO rumours mounting, Gumi raises $49 million and hooks up with Sega for US invasion
Japanese publisher gains momentum
Deals
Motor World Car Factory dev Oh BiBi raises $4 million
And hooks up with Japanese publisher Gumi
Finland's latest hottest startup Seriously poaches Rovio marketing chief and raises $2.65 million
Total investment now $5 million
Pg Connects
Seduction secrets: How to make sure investors fall in love with you
Agnitio Capital reveals all
Investment
Crobo expanding into USA and Asia through $5.75 million investment
Germany-based team set to double.
Capital idea: TIGA to connect UK devs with investors at finance event
London bound on 19 June