Create To Dominate
Sneaky Panda raises $6 million for novel 'luck-puzzler' mobile games
Debut title scheduled to release next year
The Secret Sauce
UK-based indie studio Pocket Burger Games raises $1 million for casual mobile games
Founded by former Rovio, Space Ape, and Gram Games alumni
Creating Casual Titles
Turkish dev studio Hadi raises $5.2 million for casual mobile games
Currently working on several unannounced titles
Up And Coming
Ex-War Robots execs launch Kek Entertainment, raise $3 million for multiplayer mobile titles
Debut will be competitive mobile action game featuring deep tactical elements
Seeded
Order of Meta raises $1.5 million in a round led by Play Ventures
Will release its first game in 2022
Rocket Fuel
Ludus invests in three Turkish mobile game startups
Istanbul cluster is blooming
Mgvc Makes Moves
My.Games Venture Capital invests into Tworogue Games and Wideview Games
Acquires minority stake with option to purchase full control in future
Ballistic For Blockchain
OP Games raises $8.6 million to combine blockchain, NFTs and DAOs
Plans to support 500 games by end of 2022
New Entrant
MZ and Rovio vets launch Original Games with $6 million seed round
Investment led by Play Ventures
Chasing The Indie Dream
FuzzyBot raises $3.5 million for co-op games starting with Switch
LA studio is up and funding
Adding Games
Multiscription secures $800,000 for F2P game subscription service Unleashd
Available on Android through Google Play
Hearing Ads
In-game audio ad platform Odeeo raise $1 million in seed funding
Suggests in-game audio ads accompany gameplay
Quackers
Swedish dev Gigantic Duck raises $1.2 million in seed funding
Currently developing two titles, including Bombergrounds: Battle Royale
Midcore Makers
Studio Sirah raises $830,000 for India-first midcore mobile games
Now developing Kurukshetra: Ascension
It's Not Unusual
Spanish casual startup Unusuall raises $3.6 million, led by Garena
Free Fire outfit makes second investment
Boom Times
Indian esports app Loco raises $9 million via seed round
Krafton leads the investment
Big Social Beasts
New social gaming platform Noice raises $5 million from Supercell, Unity and Remedy founders
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Out Swinging
The Game Band raises $3 million to launch Blaseball on mobile
Viral success gains momentum
Big Brain Time
BigBrain raises $4.5 million in funding to launch real-money trivia game
Going live later in 2021
New Blood
Ace Games raises $7 million in seed funding
Ex-Peak co-founder starts again
Ready Portal One?
PortalOne raises $15 million for its mobile game-TV show mash-ups
Launching with reimagined Atari arcade games
This Instant
Artie secures $10 million in seed funding to make instant games
It will eliminate the need for additional app downloads
Money Money Money
Colossi Games secures $2.5 million in seed funding
"This new funding will enable us to bring the game to life in a more advanced state and create more game-changing entertainment"
Money Money Money
Aglet raises $4.5 million in seed funding
"We seek to be the 'metaverse for commerce' where online and offline consumption experiences fuse together"
Money Money Money
Bombay secures $1 million in funding from Lumikai
"Lumikai's investment is a great validation for us, given the fund's sector focus and expertise"
Money Money Money
Bigger Games secures $6 million in seed funding
"Exceptional culture is a must to create a global success story, and we are committed to creating this culture with exceptional people"
Money Money Money
Lightfox Games secures $3.3 million in funding
"The best games are built by small, passionate, talent-rich, multi-disciplinary teams that are open to and quick to react to player feedback"
Shoot Em Up
Mobile studio Lila Games secures $2.8 million in seed funding
"Lila Games is made up of an outstanding founder team, and they are focused on a very sizable genre that has room for innovation on mobile"
Pgc Digital
PGC Digital: Why attracting the right investor is a "critical hire for your business"
Comment was made on 'The Investor Dating Game - Attracting the Right Investor' panel.
Funding
Hiber raises $2.25 million in a seed funding round for its creative platform
"Each of the new investors brings additional expertise and guidance to our business"
Money Money Money
F2P games network Lootcakes raises $2 million in seed funding
"Lootcakes aims to be the leader of a new data paradigm we call 'rewarded data-sharing'"
Skill Up
Transcend Fund leads $5.25 million investment into Big Run Studios
Indie has fifth game Big Cooking out soon
Carbonated Seed Round
Carbonated Games closes $8.5 million seed funding round
Using AI and in-house live ops tech to make a better shooter experience on mobile
Create A Change
4Good Games closes its seed funding round to make socially impactful games
"Our mission is to be the change we want to see in the world"
Live Ops
Fundamentally Games raises seed round to help developers create live ops games
Tools, processes and resources will be provided
Hot Stuff
Idle Coffee Corp dev StarBerry raises $1.1 million
Berlin startup is expanding
New Lifestyles
Robin Games raises $7 million to bring mobile gaming to 'underserved women audience'
Ex-Jam City team going big
Starting Up
End Game Interactive raises $3 million seed funding from Makers Fund and Supercell
Working on auto-battler Fate Arena
Games For All
Emily Greer's new mobile game studio Double Loop raises $2.5 million seed round
LVP and 1Up Ventures lead
To The Future
AI solution startup Modl.ai secures $1.7 in seed funding
It will be used to expand on an international level
Simple, Faster
Hypercasual mobile game publishing platform Coda raises $4 million from LVP
London startup closes large seed round
New Investment
PatronGG raises $1 million for its Kokyo esports app
The seed round was led by Bitkraft Esports Ventures
For All
SuperGaming raises $1.3 million for new social gaming platform
Building for a casual audience
Esports Boost
Meta Games secures $2 million in seed funding round
The company will use it to aid for upcoming games
Seed Funding
Hyper-casual competitive gaming platform Ready secures $5 million in seed funding round led by Bitkraft
The money will be used to expand the company’s audience of engaged players
Funding Quest
Ex-King staff raise $2.2 million for new Swedish studio Strange Quest
Developer to focus on multiplayer games for mobile
Bucks For Bangs
Panzerdog raises $950,000 from Mail.Ru to launch mobile shooter Tacticool
Finnish/Russian dev closes seed round
Explosive Start
Lightneer secures $5 million seed funding round to prep for launch of Big Bang Legends
Invisible-learning game now due to launch in January 2018
Blasting Off
Hypernova Interactive raises seed funding from first-time games investor Kae Investments
Two-man developer has released two games so far
Snak Attack
Berlin-based Playsnak snags $1.2 million investment from Gumi as it pushes further into VR development
Secures $1.2 million from Gumi