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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
$202.1M
Avg Funding
$8.1M
Global Reach
7
countries

Top Cities for Gaming

Wilmington
Montréal
London
Paris
Hamilton
Moncton

Recently Funded Companies

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Wilmington, United States

Esports coaching platform that is the only in the market offering the full-spectrukm of coachings services to gamers

$265K raised
Mar 2023

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Montréal, Canada

Alice & Smith is a middleware technology developer for Microsoft in the fields of Media & Entertainment, Azure Cloud, and AI.

$3.3M raised
Mar 2023

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

London, United Kingdom

Next-gen video game publisher and developer creating truly fresh multiplayer games with player driven economies.

$3.0M raised
Mar 2025

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Paris, France

Opus Major is a company that uses music and video games to create experiences that strengthen human bonds.

$10.0M raised
Mar 2025

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Hamilton, Bermuda

The RoyaLand is a monarchy game presented in a massively multiplayer online role-playing (MMORPG) format.

$135K raised
Mar 2024

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Moncton, Canada

MetalCore is a mechanized fighting game service provider that offers the development of first-person mechanised fighting games.

$3.7M raised
Mar 2024

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Bucharest, Romania

Financializing attention. Currently raising funds.

$650K raised
Mar 2022

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

London, United Kingdom

Ioconic operates as a venture studio creating world class products that introduce the masses to next generation digital experiences

$25.0M raised
Mar 2022

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

London, United Kingdom

Aglet is a digital platform that connects sneakerheads, creators, and brands through virtual sneakers.

Mar 2022

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Atlanta, United States

We offer a patent-pending SDK that enables seamless interoperability between games and metaverses.

$415K raised
Mar 2022

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Oakland, United States

Magic Circle Studio creates games that help people bond through cooperation, creativity, and silliness.

$1.0M raised
Mar 2022

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Singapore, Singapore

Aiko builds a real-time intelligence layer for live sports.

$1.5M raised
Mar 2026

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

San Francisco, United States

Lord Of The Games is a gaming company that offers video and online games.

$6.5M raised
Mar 2025

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Singapore, Singapore

MetaCene is a blockchain company that aims to create an accessible Web3 world for the masses, with a focus on player-centric entertainment.

$10.0M raised
Mar 2024

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Waterloo, Canada

Free to play sports betting

$371K raised
Mar 2024

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

New York, United States

Kutt is a P2P social gaming app that allows people to bet directly against each other on the outcome of sports, politics, and other events.

$103K raised
Mar 2025

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

San Francisco, United States

Plutus Labs is a Social Gaming Platform with prediction markets & personalized hyper-casual games.

Mar 2024

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Cambridge, United States

VirZoom is a Cambridge-based virtual reality fitness technology company.

$1.6M raised
Mar 2023

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Sarasota, United States

VIP Play is an online gaming platform that offers sports wagering products.

$275K raised
Mar 2023

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Burlingame, United States

Burlingame Studios is a new game studio started by veterans of casual games.

$20.0M raised
Mar 2022

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Seattle, United States

Ironwood Studios is a video game developer company driven forward by surreal settings and compelling gameplay.

$4.0M raised
Feb 2026

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Monrovia, United States

Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow is a Web3 gaming company that offers non-fungible tokens (NFTs), peer-to-peer trading, and secondary markets.

$3.0M raised
Feb 2024

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Brighton, United Kingdom

Hardball Games create interactive entertainment that allows people to interact in novel and satisfying ways.

$5.2M raised
Feb 2023

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Cluj, Romania

TOKHIT is a blockchain-powered gamified social app.

$100.5M raised
Feb 2023

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Bardstown, United States

The everything, everywhere game platform for creators to, design, play, and share their experiences.

$1.5M raised
Feb 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
$8.1M
Total Funding Tracked
$202.1M
Countries Represented
7

Distribution by Funding Stage

Other25 companies

Top Cities for Gaming

1.London
3 companies$28.0M
2.Singapore
2 companies$11.5M
3.San Francisco
2 companies$6.5M
4.Wilmington
1 companies$265K
5.Montréal
1 companies$3.3M

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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