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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
$137.0M
Avg Funding
$5.5M
Global Reach
11
countries

Top Cities for Gaming

Foster City
Concord
London
Lexington
Sunnyvale
Tokyo

Recently Funded Companies

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Foster City, United States

Snapser is a customizable Backend Platform for Game Studios and App Makers.

$2.6M raised
Feb 2023

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Concord, United States

5x5 Gaming is a cross platform competitive gaming company.

$1.7M raised
Feb 2022

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

London, United Kingdom

Live Tech Games is pioneering a new wave in Mobile Entertainment.

$3.4M raised
Feb 2022

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

London, United Kingdom

Rafflrs is an online platform that enables users to easily take part in online raffles for a chance to win luxury products.

$250K raised
Feb 2022

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Lexington, United States

RalphVR is a video game company

Feb 2022

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Sunnyvale, United States

We help game developers and creative professionals speed up 3D content creation with the power of AI.

$50.0M raised
Feb 2022

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Tokyo, Japan

TOKYO GameFi is a web3 firm creating games that integrate finance and gaming, allowing customers to include cryptocurrency and NFT assets.

$6.9M raised
Feb 2025

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Toronto, Canada

i3Soft is a developer of casino games.

$2.2M raised
Feb 2023

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

New York, United States

Eighth Era creates mobile games like Eighth Era, combining digital play with physical collectibles and unique in-game experiences.

$6.7M raised
Feb 2026

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Waffo a global payments platform provider supporting over 70 currencies and 300 payment methods.

$15.0M raised
Feb 2026

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Toronto, Canada

A Universe of games using the Play-to-Earn protocol of the future

$2.2M raised
Feb 2022

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Kyiv, Ukraine

My NFT Wars is a Play-Create-Own-based massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG).

$2.0M raised
Feb 2023

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Skokie, United States

Bringing Arcade Gaming to the 21st Century

$2.0M raised
Feb 2023

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Gibraltar, Gibraltar

PLAY is a layer 0 protocol that enables AI agents to transact autonomously in games and social apps by bringing web2 games onchain.

$3.0M raised
Feb 2024

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Los Angeles, United States

Wolf Suit Games operates as a location-based game and content creation platform.

$250K raised
Feb 2022

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Bielsko-biala, Poland

Fool's Theory is a Gaming Studio

$626K raised
Feb 2022

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Wilmington, United States

Blast is a web3 tournament platform for gaming and esports

$1.8M raised
Feb 2022

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Vienna, United States

Breshna.io empowers users to create their own purposeful web3 video games, with no code & at lightning speed.

$60K raised
Feb 2024

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Limassol, Cyprus

Beginner-friendly crypto products

$25.0M raised
Feb 2024

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Manhattan Beach, United States

The first true gamer social community.

$89K raised
Feb 2023

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

San Francisco, United States

Jest offers messaging games that are built for the texting era.

$7.0M raised
Feb 2026

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Paris, France

PlayMakers is a software company that provides user-generated content tool to computer games.

$1.5M raised
Feb 2024

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Atlantic City, United States

G3 Esports operates as a full-service esports, gaming, and entertainment agency.

$600K raised
Feb 2026

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

San Francisco, United States

AI Powered Automatic Synthetic Data Platform

Feb 2026

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Espoo, Finland

Prenew is a platform, which allows to sell and buy used gaming computers with an ease.

$2.1M raised
Feb 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
$5.5M
Total Funding Tracked
$137.0M
Countries Represented
11

Distribution by Funding Stage

Other25 companies

Top Cities for Gaming

1.London
2 companies$3.6M
2.Toronto
2 companies$4.4M
3.San Francisco
2 companies$7.0M
4.Foster City
1 companies$2.6M
5.Concord
1 companies$1.7M

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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