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Video Games Startups

Updated October 2026

Companies in the video games sector developing innovative solutions and technologies.

Explore 620 recently funded video games companies with verified founder contact information and fundraising data.

Total Companies
620
Total Funding
$180.9M
Avg Funding
$7.2M
Global Reach
13
countries

Top Cities for Video Games

Firenze
Beyoglu
Carlsbad
Amsterdam
Dallas
Gurley

Recently Funded Companies

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Firenze, Italy

SmallPixels offers web-based compressed video stream services.

$1.9M raised
Jan 2026

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Beyoglu, Turkey

Bucked Games Dijital Oyun Teknolojileri develops educational and casual games, blending learning with fun across multiple platforms.

$500K raised
Nov 2025

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Carlsbad, United States

Visionary Realms is driven to fearlessly lead and advance the MMO game industry by creating content-rich, challenging, highly social games.

Nov 2025

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Smart Distribution Platform

$3.5M raised
Nov 2025

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Dallas, United States

Stemuli combines education and career pathways into an AI-powered video game.

$8.3M raised
Nov 2024

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Gurley, United States

Freedom Games operates as a game publisher that provides support to independent game developers.

$10.0M raised
Nov 2022

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Paris, France

Video Game Studio combining the best of Web2 & Web3.

$750K raised
Nov 2022

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Helsinki, Finland

Mainframe Industries is a pan-Nordic game venture with studios in Helsinki and Reyjavik.

$19.6M raised
Nov 2021

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

London, United Kingdom

Petaverse Network creates an open standard for crosschain, interoperable pets in the metaverse.

Nov 2022

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Montréal, Canada

Squido Studio is an innovative video game studio that focuses on the development of virtual reality games for classic gaming experiences.

$110K raised
Nov 2025

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Middletown, United States

WanderLabs Play, explore, and collect digital assets in a sci-fi universe across web, Steam, and Epic Games platforms.

$2.0M raised
Nov 2022

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Madrid, Spain

We provide game tech for true ownership of digital assets, verifiable scarcity, and integrated secondary markets are the future of games.

$2.1M raised
Nov 2021

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Dover, United States

The company is on a mission to build Web3 games with “eternal stories” and never-ending experiences that keep players coming back.

$7.5M raised
Nov 2022

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

City Of London, United Kingdom

Footium is a web3 Football management game that allows players to become the owner, manager and scout for their very own football club!

$600K raised
Jan 2025

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Montpellier, France

Plug In Digital is a video game distributor that helps studios and publishers distributing their games on PC, consoles, and mobile.

$75.0M raised
Nov 2021

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Wilmington, United States

Genopets is the world’s first Free-to-Play, Move-to-Earn NFT mobile game that makes it fun and rewarding to live an active lifestyle.

Jan 2024

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Old Road Town, Saint Kitts and Nevis

Rebel Bots is a digital card fighting game with a science-fiction premise that allows players to compete against each other.

Jan 2024

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Belo Horizonte, Brazil

Fitness and health game app for people to transform health and body

$1.0M raised
Nov 2023

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

London, United Kingdom

Pocket Burger is dedicated to discovering, creating and building new genres in the mobile games space.

$1.0M raised
Nov 2021

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Sydney, Australia

Catheon Gaming is the fastest-growing integrated blockchain gaming and entertainment company globally.

Jan 2023

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Boulder, United States

Random Games is a game development studio.

Jan 2023

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Singapore, Singapore

NOTA is a social gaming platform that matches gamers together with their favorite gaming streamers in a digital casting studio.

$2.0M raised
Jan 2023

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Brisbane, Australia

IP Licensing Marketplace for Games

Jan 2023

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

San Francisco, United States

Frameplay is truly the in-game advertising leader, enabling intrinsic advertising within video game environments.

Jan 2023

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Philadelphia, United States

KHK Games is an innovative social gaming and iGaming company creating engaging mobile and casino experiences.

$45.0M raised
Nov 2024

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

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About the Video Games Startup Ecosystem

The video games sector is an active area of startup innovation and venture capital investment. Companies in this space are developing new technologies, platforms, and services that address evolving market needs and create new business opportunities.

Funding Trends in Video Games

Video Games companies raise capital across various funding stages, from early seed rounds to late-stage growth financing. Investor interest in this sector is driven by the size of the addressable market, the pace of technology adoption, and the potential for scalable business models.

Growth Outlook

The video games sector is expected to continue evolving as technology advances, market dynamics shift, and new opportunities emerge. Companies that demonstrate strong product-market fit, efficient growth, and clear competitive advantages are well-positioned to attract continued investment.

Video Games Funding Breakdown

Here is how funding is distributed among the 620 video games companies tracked in the VCBacked database.

Average Funding
$7.2M
Total Funding Tracked
$180.9M
Countries Represented
13

Distribution by Funding Stage

Other25 companies

Top Cities for Video Games

1.London
2 companies$1.0M
2.Firenze
1 companies$1.9M
3.Beyoglu
1 companies$500K
4.Carlsbad
1 companiesUndisclosed
5.Amsterdam
1 companies$3.5M

Related Industries

Companies in the video games 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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