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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
$2.4B
Avg Funding
$95.3M
Global Reach
13
countries

Top Cities for Gaming

Tampere
Bellevue
Rome
Sheffield
Singapore
San Francisco

Recently Funded Companies

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Tampere, Finland

BeiZ is a Beijing-based game studio engaged in the development of educational games for adults and children.

May 2024

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Bellevue, United States

GreaterThan Group incubates and operates video game studios globally and develops and publishes game titles.

$40.0M raised
May 2026

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Rome, Italy

Lottomatica is a legal gaming agency that provides sports betting, online gaming, video-games machines, and gaming hall direct management.

$971.3M raised
May 2024

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Sheffield, United Kingdom

Steel City Interactive develops gaming.

$18.8M raised
May 2024

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Singapore, Singapore

Mhaya is the world's first "Monopoly-GameFi" city simulation game in GameFi,advocates for free play and leisure entertainment.

$5.0M raised
May 2023

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

San Francisco, United States

StartPlaying is a gameplay community platform that allows players to find tabletop role-playing games and game masters for any game system.

$6.5M raised
May 2022

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Lutz, United States

Magic Find Studios is a gaming development studio that develops discovery and nostalgia games.

$3.0M raised
May 2026

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Santa Fe, United States

A video game developer and publisher.

$1.0M raised
May 2026

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Covina, United States

Dorian is a no-code platform that allows writers to turn fiction into interactive visual games and generate revenue from their content.

$131K raised
May 2026

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Sisli, Turkey

Dream Games is a mobile game development company that develops mobile puzzle games.

$1.3B raised
May 2025

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Issaquah, United States

We are the future of live-action, immersive sports entertainment.

$265K raised
May 2025

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Salt Lake City, United States

Blerp is an audio expression platform that helps create digital voices through sound bites.

$2.4M raised
May 2024

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Tórtola, Spain

Fitchin is a fully integrated gaming community playground that connects esports teams, content creators.

May 2024

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Irvine, United States

AI-driven RPG Platform

$1.5M raised
May 2024

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Waterloo, Canada

Catalyst Entertainment Technology provides entertainment software and technology such as virtual reality access.

May 2023

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

San Francisco, United States

The AI Platform for Creative Talent Management

$1.9M raised
May 2023

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Copenhagen, Denmark

Leagues is a platform for esports, we strive to be the future driver for all gamers that want to become players.

$658K raised
May 2023

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Seattle, United States

Reflection Games is a new mid-core mobile game development studio, launched by the founders of Big Fish Games and Self Aware Games.

$1.1M raised
May 2025

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Göteborg, Sweden

Mindforce Game Lab creates meaningful games with characters that act as companions on the journey to better health.

$2.8M raised
May 2022

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

San Francisco, United States

YUR is a fitness and health platform designed to make fitness a game using virtual reality.

May 2022

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Paris, France

Bloometa is a cross chain data marketplace for metaverse games.

$250K raised
May 2022

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Bethesda, United States

Pangea Cup is a game competitive community for undiscovered talent in the video game industry.

May 2022

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Berlin, Germany

StarBerry Games is a mobile game developer and publisher of crafting outstanding games.

$5.5M raised
May 2022

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Zug, Switzerland

Colizeum is a gaming platform that will house a variety of games and applications and operate as a user funnel similar to Steam.

May 2022

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Besiktas, Turkey

Grand Games is a mobile gaming company that develops puzzle and casual games designed for a broad audience.

$70.0M raised
May 2026

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
$95.3M
Total Funding Tracked
$2.4B
Countries Represented
13

Distribution by Funding Stage

Other25 companies

Top Cities for Gaming

1.San Francisco
3 companies$8.4M
2.Tampere
1 companiesUndisclosed
3.Bellevue
1 companies$40.0M
4.Rome
1 companies$971.3M
5.Sheffield
1 companies$18.8M

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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