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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
$159.4M
Avg Funding
$6.4M
Global Reach
11
countries

Top Cities for Gaming

Los Angeles
London
Singapore
Miami
Kartal
Palo Alto

Recently Funded Companies

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Los Angeles, United States

C2x is a blockchain gaming platform that specializes in the development of web3 gaming architecture through decentralized finance.

$25.0M raised
Mar 2022

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

London, United Kingdom

SlingShot DAO is a dynamic and community-driven platform to empower creatives around the globe.

$16.0M raised
Mar 2025

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Singapore, Singapore

Kamigotchi is an on-chain game built on the Interwoven Stack from Initia.

$1.3M raised
Mar 2025

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Miami, United States

Papumba is a subscription-based, all-in-one app for families with young kids, offering educational books, games, videos, and audiostories.

Mar 2023

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Kartal, Turkey

Ratic is a software development company that offers a platform for gaming studios to maximize revenue and player engagement.

Mar 2023

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Palo Alto, United States

The future of specialized cloud and grid computing

$5.0M raised
Mar 2022

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Nottingham, United Kingdom

Lava Labs is a game development studio.

$10.0M raised
Mar 2022

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Sydney, Australia

As we enter the AI era; Itheum unleashes data as a new asset class. Your data wealth. AI’s fuel. We bring them together.

$4.0M raised
Mar 2022

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Toronto, Canada

City From Naught is a game studio that uses AI to produce 3D assets from text prompts.

$500K raised
Mar 2023

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Montréal, Canada

Bravo Ready is a studio concentrating on real-money entertainment products through development and direct investment.

Mar 2023

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Chicago, United States

HUNDŌ Sports Exchange is a real-time fantasy game that serves as a stock market for fantasy sports.

$250K raised
Mar 2022

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Umeå, Sweden

Crypto Rogue Games is a gaming and blockchain platform.

$1.5M raised
Mar 2024

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Tokyo, Japan

ODD No. specializes in development of original IP, game, artificial inteligence, music and content.

$13.1M raised
Mar 2024

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Umeå, Sweden

Crystals of Naramunz develops an action RPG set in the post-apocalyptic steampunk world.

$1.5M raised
Mar 2024

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Eindhoven, The Netherlands

Castle of Blackwater is a social deduction game that plays to betray.

$1.0M raised
Mar 2024

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Madison, United States

Slot Check is a mobile web app that provides real-time slot machine performance data.

$500K raised
Mar 2023

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

London, United Kingdom

Revel Games is a game developer that creates mobile gaming applications.

$4.5M raised
Mar 2022

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Istanbul, Turkey

Revel Games is a mobile gaming company that develops casual mobile games for gamers and players.

$4.5M raised
Mar 2022

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Berlin, Germany

Metacards creates a global online gamer capital market.

$768K raised
Mar 2022

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

San Francisco, United States

Crypto Unicorns is a Web3 game development and research and development studio.

$26.0M raised
Mar 2022

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Austin, United States

Arctic7 is a next-gen transmedia partner helping IP holders expand their worlds across games, film, and TV.

$2.0M raised
Mar 2022

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

London, United Kingdom

State of Play is a tech-enabled social entertainment group featuring darts, ping-pong, and bingo

$35.0M raised
Mar 2022

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Costa Mesa, United States

Autoverse Studios offers Auto Legends, a competitive social auto racing game.

$1.0M raised
Mar 2025

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

São Paulo, Brazil

Jungle develops and publishes hybrid games that are mobile first and blockchain-enabled.

$6.0M raised
Mar 2023

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

San Francisco, United States

Discord is an online voice, video, and text communication platform designed for creating communities.

Mar 2024

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
$6.4M
Total Funding Tracked
$159.4M
Countries Represented
11

Distribution by Funding Stage

Other25 companies

Top Cities for Gaming

1.London
3 companies$55.5M
2.Umeå
2 companies$3.0M
3.San Francisco
2 companies$26.0M
4.Los Angeles
1 companies$25.0M
5.Singapore
1 companies$1.3M

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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