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Gaming Startups

Updated October 2026

Companies in the gaming sector developing innovative solutions and technologies.

Explore 1,433 recently funded gaming companies with verified founder contact information and fundraising data.

Total Companies
1,433
Total Funding
$502.5M
Avg Funding
$20.1M
Global Reach
8
countries

Top Cities for Gaming

Oslo
Victoria
Boston
London
San Francisco
Singapore

Recently Funded Companies

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Oslo, Norway

Kahoot! is a game-based learning platform that makes it easy to create, share, and play fun learning games and trivia quizzes.

$153.4M raised
Sep 2022

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Victoria, Canada

Battlesnake is a platform that allows people who wanted to know and try programming in a fun way.

$1.5M raised
Sep 2021

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Boston, United States

Runesoul is a gamefi and social networking platform that focuses on graphic elements.

$4.0M raised
Sep 2025

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

London, United Kingdom

Building the best analytics stack & economy engine for Web3

$2.1M raised
Sep 2022

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

San Francisco, United States

Roforco runs a Roblox game accelerator that makes games successful by providing funding, resources and hands-on support.

$1.0M raised
Sep 2022

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Singapore, Singapore

MetaOne offers guild management solutions for GameFi developers.

Sep 2022

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Brooklyn, United States

PickUp is a fan opinion platform that makes content interactive by letting publishers embed contextual and shareable editorial.

$3.0M raised
Sep 2021

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Istanbul, Turkey

Arcustin is an Istanbul-based AI-first mobile game studio.

$500K raised
Sep 2026

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Istanbul, Turkey

Arcustin is an Istanbul-based AI-first mobile game studio.

$500K raised
Sep 2026

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Zephyr Cove, United States

1047 Games is an American video game developer company. Known for creating the online multiplayer first person shooter game Splitgate.

$100.0M raised
Sep 2021

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Paris, France

Wefight is a brand operating in the online gambling and lottery industry.

$11.8M raised
Sep 2021

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Berkeley, United States

Rascal Games creates games that are unapologetically multiplayer.

$4.2M raised
Sep 2023

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Fargo, United States

FargoRate is a rating computation platform that uses pocket-billiard player ratings to rate amateur and professional players.

$500K raised
Sep 2023

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

London, United Kingdom

Flick Games develops an online and mobile platform for card games.

$500K raised
Sep 2022

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Houston, United States

Mainline helps companies, brands, universities, and organizations to manage, monetize, and market their esports programs and events

$250K raised
Sep 2021

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Singapore, Singapore

Mythic Protocol is an entertainment company that develops games, media and platforms.

$6.5M raised
Sep 2023

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Washington, United States

ORB Reality is a software company that develops VR video games and programming,

$250K raised
Sep 2022

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Ankara, Turkey

UDOGaming is a mobile game developing company that offers casual, strategic, and action games for gaming enthusiasts.

$840K raised
Sep 2022

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Arcadia, United States

DonGamers is a mobile e-sports social platform which is Empowering and Connecting Gamers across the globe.

$375K raised
Sep 2021

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Zagreb, Croatia

Football Manager on the WAX blockchain.

$700K raised
Sep 2021

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Miami, United States

BeetsDAO connects the world's creativity by incubating, tokenizing, and creating shared incentives for creators and audiences on Web 3.

$1.6M raised
Sep 2021

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Bellevue, United States

ProbablyMonsters builds AAA video game studios and interactive entertainment.

$200.0M raised
Sep 2021

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Singapore, Singapore

JoJoWorld develops AI-based tools for creating 3D virtual environments using text-to-3D models and blockchain technology.

$8.0M raised
Sep 2025

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

London, United Kingdom

Mock AI offers a platform for motion generation for virtual characters to automate the animation pipeline for games and animation.

$978K raised
Sep 2024

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Denver, United States

Last Gameboard is a technology company building tabletop games that merge digital play with analog experiences.

Sep 2023

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

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About the Gaming Startup Ecosystem

The gaming industry encompasses video game studios, gaming infrastructure, esports, game streaming platforms, and metaverse technologies. Gaming has grown into one of the largest entertainment industries globally, attracting venture capital investment across both consumer and enterprise applications.

Funding Trends in Gaming

Gaming companies raise capital at all stages, with game studios typically raising seed and Series A funding for initial development, while platform and infrastructure companies attract larger growth rounds. The sector has seen increased interest from crossover investors and strategic corporate investors.

Growth Outlook

Gaming continues to grow with mobile gaming, cloud gaming, virtual reality, and the emergence of user-generated content platforms. Companies building gaming infrastructure, social gaming experiences, and cross-platform tools are attracting significant venture interest.

Gaming Funding Breakdown

Here is how funding is distributed among the 1,433 gaming companies tracked in the VCBacked database.

Average Funding
$20.1M
Total Funding Tracked
$502.5M
Countries Represented
8

Distribution by Funding Stage

Other25 companies

Top Cities for Gaming

1.London
3 companies$3.6M
2.Singapore
3 companies$14.5M
3.Istanbul
2 companies$1.0M
4.Oslo
1 companies$153.4M
5.Victoria
1 companies$1.5M

Related Industries

Companies in the gaming sector often overlap with or complement businesses in adjacent industries. Exploring related verticals can help you discover additional companies, identify partnership opportunities, and understand the broader competitive landscape.

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