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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
$385.7M
Avg Funding
$15.4M
Global Reach
10
countries

Top Cities for Gaming

San Francisco
Cham
London
Delaware City
New York
Helsinki

Recently Funded Companies

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San Francisco, United States

Niantic develops reality platforms that focus on mapping and security for current and future AR hardware generations.

$300.0M raised
Nov 2021

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Cham, Switzerland

UniX is a gaming platform.

$8.1M raised
Nov 2021

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

London, United Kingdom

Lebom is a start-up tech company providing social groups with an exciting yet safe platform.

$450K raised
Nov 2022

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Delaware City, United States

Gamified Web3 Digital Collectible Solutions (NFT) for ESports & Sports Brands

$272K raised
Jan 2022

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

New York, United States

Yumnon is a unity-based mobile app that store compliant, competition, and player ownership solutions.

$1.5M raised
Jan 2022

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Helsinki, Finland

3DBear is a Finnish high-technology startup

Jan 2022

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Denver, United States

Somm Says is a wine consumer-tasting game designed to support wine brand marketing, marketing automation, and wine market research.

$400K raised
Jan 2022

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Tokyo, Japan

Playco is an instant play game company that creates games that let billions play together seamlessly and enjoyably.

$40.0M raised
Jan 2022

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Austin, United States

Pocketful of Quarters is a universal virtual currency platform for gaming, usable across different games and platforms.

$7.0M raised
Jan 2022

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

San Francisco, United States

Forte is an economic technology for games that powers NFTs and rich token economies.

Jan 2022

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Melbourne, Australia

Web3 Toolkit for Creators, Brands & Enterprise

$726K raised
Jan 2022

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

London, United Kingdom

MNM Gaming is a British Chinese gaming brand that supports and promotes gaming cultures across nations.

$430K raised
Jan 2022

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Park City, United States

Gala Games is redefining the world of gaming.

Jan 2022

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Zug, Switzerland

Alien Worlds is a NFT metaverse online gaming platform.

Jan 2022

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Cambridge, United Kingdom

Just Wont Die is a game developer and publisher.

$7.5M raised
Jan 2022

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Warsaw, Poland

Unique casual esports challenges platform with AI powered skills improvement system. Integration with games like LoL, Fortnite.

$284K raised
Jan 2022

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Valencia, United States

Yacht Club Games is an independent game developer that is located in Valencia, CA.

$1.2M raised
Jan 2022

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

San Francisco, United States

FunCraft is to make mobile games that are daily rituals in our players’ lives. ​

Jan 2022

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

London, United Kingdom

Clays is a bar that brings the sport of clay shooting indoors and adds a twist of charm and hospitality for everyone to enjoy.

Jan 2022

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Monkey Kingdom is a cross-chain NFT project that provides NFT forms and characters for ethereum.

$300K raised
Jan 2022

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Zürich, Switzerland

Copresence is delivering photorealistic representations of humans (avatars) for the the gaming, XR/metaverse and video conferencing industry

$5.5M raised
Jan 2022

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Singapore, Singapore

IMPLS Entertainment is an esports company that provides event planning, consulting, content creation, and manages professional teams.

$816K raised
Jan 2022

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Singapore, Singapore

Wizzwoods offers a pixel game on social media that uses blockchain and a token, letting players farm, upgrade, and learn Web3 through play.

$10.0M raised
Nov 2025

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Plan-les-ouates, Switzerland

Ovomind proposes a new way to share and interact with video games by adding a new dimension - emotions.

$62K raised
Nov 2025

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Belgrade, Serbia

KOKODI is a cross-chain, multi-platform MMO game that allows players to play with zero-knowledge cryptography.

$1.1M raised
Nov 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
$15.4M
Total Funding Tracked
$385.7M
Countries Represented
10

Distribution by Funding Stage

Other25 companies

Top Cities for Gaming

1.San Francisco
3 companies$300.0M
2.London
3 companies$880K
3.Singapore
2 companies$10.8M
4.Cham
1 companies$8.1M
5.Delaware City
1 companies$272K

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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