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Gaming Startups

Updated July 2026

Companies in the gaming sector developing innovative solutions and technologies.

Explore 1,457 recently funded gaming companies with verified founder contact information and fundraising data.

Total Companies
1,457
Total Funding
$155.2M
Avg Funding
$6.2M
Global Reach
13
countries

Top Cities for Gaming

Nicosia
Bakirkoy
Sydney
Menlo Park
Rutherford
Uppsala

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Nicosia, Cyprus

Eschatology Entertainment is a Cyprus-based game developers that creates an immersive hardcore experiences in a unique living game world.

$11.3M raised
Aug 2024

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Bakirkoy, Turkey

Hungri Games is a mobile game company crafting mid-core gaming experiences for mass audience.

$1.9M raised
Aug 2023

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Sydney, Australia

Qloud Games is an independent game studio with a vision to create Loftia, a cozy MMO that emphasizes community.

$5.0M raised
Aug 2025

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Menlo Park, United States

Merso is a fintech startup that offers financing solutions for digital assets in the gaming sector.

$3.0M raised
Aug 2025

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Rutherford, United States

Chilled Worlds is a blockchain-based next-generation MMORPG that offers players an innovative, dynamic, and living universe.

$300K raised
Aug 2024

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Uppsala, Sweden

Wicket Gaming is a mobile game developer with Swedish roots

$946K raised
Aug 2023

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

London, United Kingdom

A place where people connect via playing together

$250K raised
Aug 2021

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Oslo, Norway

Gameflow builds a platform designed for online video streaming.

$500K raised
Aug 2022

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Las Cruces, United States

Founded by ex-Riot Games industry veterans, we build episodic video games that complement the lifestyle of the 1B gamers with busy lives.

$100K raised
Aug 2022

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Los Angeles, United States

From software to hardware: one data-agnostic system for endless data streams—where correlation is everything.

$2.2M raised
Aug 2022

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Palo Alto, United States

Cutting-edge AdTech powering gamified, sponsor-funded social impact experiences.

$1.5M raised
Aug 2022

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Warsaw, Poland

AI Coach for esports players

$1.0M raised
Aug 2021

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Rome, Italy

Ludus Magnus Studio is a building boardgames that provides black rose wars rebirth and chamber.

$1.5M raised
Aug 2021

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Los Angeles, United States

Clips sharing platform for gamers

$1.0M raised
Aug 2021

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Mountain View, United States

Aviagames is a mobile skill-based gaming company that aims to create a global, competitive, and fun gaming platform for everyone.

$40.0M raised
Aug 2021

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Besiktas, Turkey

Yin Yang Games is a NFT GameFi studio that produces experience-based games for corporate brands.

$1.0M raised
Aug 2022

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Montreal, Canada

MetaSing is a web3 lifestyle platform that combines music & crypto, which fully includes music-fi, and game-fi elements.

$3.0M raised
Aug 2022

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

New York, United States

Revenue-based financing for gaming studios, record labels, and internet businesses

$12.0M raised
Jul 2025

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Toronto, Canada

Enthusiast Gaming is a platform that reaches three hundred million video gamers monthly through its portfolio of communities.

$1.5M raised
Jul 2025

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Los Angeles, United States

Earn. Compete. Win. Invest. Repeat.

$6.7M raised
Jul 2022

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Minsk, Belarus

Purple Games is expertise in mobile game development.

$450K raised
Jul 2021

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Paris, France

PowerZ is a video game that allows all children of the world to learn. To understand. To find their interests and develop their abilities.

$7.1M raised
Jul 2021

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Copenhagen, Denmark

BetaDwarf Entertainment is a Danish game developer company.

Jul 2025

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Los Angeles, United States

WagerWire is a multi-faceted service provider to sports betting and fantasy sports operators that spans both technology and media

$3.0M raised
Jul 2022

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

London, United Kingdom

Space Ape creates mobile games for apple and android smartphones.

$50.0M raised
Jul 2022

Founder Contacts

30,000+ 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 1,457 gaming companies tracked in the VCBacked database.

Average Funding
$6.2M
Total Funding Tracked
$155.2M
Countries Represented
13

Distribution by Funding Stage

Other25 companies

Top Cities for Gaming

1.Los Angeles
4 companies$12.9M
2.London
2 companies$50.3M
3.Nicosia
1 companies$11.3M
4.Bakirkoy
1 companies$1.9M
5.Sydney
1 companies$5.0M

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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