Cash Flow
Vserv closes Series B round with Maverick Capital Ventures
US firm invests in India
Lion's Share
Lionsgate invests in The Walking Dead creators Telltale Games
TV and film meets gaming
This Good Takes
Sega's investment wasn't about the cash, it was about Japan, says Space Ape
Toby Moore on a strategic move
Here Be Dragons
Tencent sets sights on Europe with majority investment in Miniclip
Miniclip? More like Moneyclip
New Networks
Sega buys Demiurge Studios and invests in Space Ape and Ignited Artists
Big push into mobile
East To West
Firefly Games raises $8 million to bring top Chinese games to US
Ex-ZQGame president reloads
Big Backing
Supercell and King investors join Hutch Games' board of directors
Hutch gears up for MMX Racing Multiplayer launch
Ouya Elsewhere
Ouya leverages its library to earn $10 million investment from Alibaba
Ailing unconsole gets capital injection
Flying High
After B funding round, AppsFlyer is $20 million stronger
San Francisco firm take funding total to $28 million
Ruzzle To Riches
Mag Interactive invests in upcoming UK studio Delinquent
Swedish studio takes "giving back to the community" literally
Future Proof
NDreams raises $2.75 million to build VR games portfolio
Funded by new investment outfit Mercia
Finnvestment
Finnish investors prefer safe bets not innovation, says Rival Games' CEO
Is Finland taking the fun out of funding?
Hot Cash
Investors line up for Series A pitching event at PG Connects London
Exclusive access to 10 of the hottest Finnish studios
Investment
GameAnalytics get a C-Level talent injection and raises $5.5 million
Three from GoViral join the top table
Investment
Tencent co-leads $10 million investment into Dots developer
What comes next for Dots and TwoDots studio?
Investment
Qualcomm invests in Chukong as part of its strategic Chinese fund
Betting on synergies
Investment
Off the back of $1.8 million Indiegogo tablet campaign, Jolla total funding reaches $42 million
Hardware and OS projects funded
Investment
Promising to shake up F2P grossing stasis, PlayRaven raises $4 million
Spymaster dev is making plans
Investment
A Crowd of Monsters raises $550,000
All eyes on Barcelona
Investment
Mobile strategy dev Space Ape raises $7 million for Samuari Siege follow up
Outfit prepping Rival Kingdoms for 2015
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