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The gaming industry is projected to generate over $140+ billion in revenue this year, and that number will continue to grow. That’s why many technology entrepreneurs are taking their talents to the gaming world, creating new games and technologies that can change how we play forever. This list of investors represents some of the top venture capital firms backing the most innovative gaming companies in the world.
Top 10 Gaming Venture Capital Firms
1. Makers Fund
Makers Fund is a global interactive entertainment venture capital firm focused on early stage investments. The team supports founders through an extensive network and deep experience in the industry.
Website: www.makersfund.com
Founded: 2017
Total fund size: $700M
Stage: Series A
Sector: Gaming
Ticket Size: - $ 30M
Investment Geography: North America
Makers Fund's most notable exits include Loco, FaceIT, and Parsec.
2. VGames
VGames is the venture fund for game entrepreneurs. Having both worked with some of the youngest and most mature developers, we have a deep understanding of what it takes to build a great game. We are passionate about games, and about supporting companies as they grow to become global leaders.
Website: www.vgames.vc
Founded: 2020
Total fund size: $171M
Stage: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A, Growth
Sector: Gaming
Ticket Size: $ 300K - $ 15M
Investment Geography: Agnostic (Global)
3. Play Ventures
Play Ventures is a venture funding that invests globally in games and game services startups.
Website: www.playventures.vc
Founded: 2018
Total fund size: $144.9M
Stage: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
Sector: Gaming, Media and Entertainment
Ticket Size: $ 500K - $ 1M
Investment Geography: Agnostic (Global)
Play Ventures's most notable exits include Savage Game Studios, Reworks, and Dataseat.
4. dune ventures
dune ventures: a multi-stage venture firm backing the founders shaping interactive content, social, and technology. We invest globally in a small number of the most ambitious founders in the interactive space each year.
Website: www.dune.ventures
Founded: 2020
Stage: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A, Series B
Sector: Media and Entertainment, Gaming, VR/AR
Ticket Size: $ 50K - $ 3M
Investment Geography: Agnostic (Global)
5. Galaxy Interactive
Galaxy Interactive is a venture capital firm focused on interactive content and technology companies.
Website: www.galaxyinteractive.io
Founded: 2018
Total fund size: $650M
Stage: Series A
Sector: Gaming, Media and Entertainment
Ticket Size: $ 325M
Galaxy Interactive's most notable exits include N3TWORK, RTFKT, and OS Studios.
6. Hiro Capital
Hiro Capital is a Luxembourg / London technology Venture Capital fund which invests in European and UK innovators in Games, Esports and Digital Sports. Hiro Capital generally invests at the post-seed Series A and B stages. We invest both in front-end Content creators in Games, Esports and Digital Sports and in deep tech sector-specific applications of Cloud, Mobile, Streaming, Big Data, AI, Wearables, AR and VR technologies.
Website: www.hiro.capital
Founded: 2019
Total fund size: €400M
Hiro Capital's most notable exits include Loco and Incredibuild.
7. BITKRAFT Ventures
BITKRAFT Ventures was founded in 2015 by german serial entrepreneur, Jens Hilgers. BITKRAFT’s team is located in Berlin, Los Angeles, San Francisco, New York, London, Madrid and Lisbon covering videogames and esports investments not only digitally but in the most relevant and busy metropoles for digital entertainment in the Western world.
Website: www.bitkraft.vc
Founded: 2015
Total fund size: $2.5M
Stage: Seed, Series A, Series B
Sector: $ 500K - $ 10M
Ticket Size: Media and Entertainment, Gaming, Sports
Investment Geography: North America
BITKRAFT Ventures's most notable exits include Lofelt, The Action Network, and Esports Business Solution.
8. Lumikai
Lumikai is the first gaming and interactive media venture fund.
Website: www.lumikai.com
Founded: 2019
Total fund size: $500K
9. London Venture Partners
LVP is a venture capital seed fund with a difference - they're operating experts in the games sector, and they only ever invest in the games ecosystem. That means they bring real experience and deep understanding. They speak the same language, share the same references, understand the same challenges - and they believe in the same vision. They know instinctively where the opportunities lie; where there are strengths to be harnessed and exposures to be covered. In fine-grain, no-hiding, straight-talking detail. They know when to bide time, when to iterate and when to go wide. And how.
They invest in people. That means founders with the potential to build the best in the world; teams with terrific, creative games development skills, or fantastic ideas for revolutionary games technology or services… and a vision that sets them apart.
Website: www.londonvp.com
Founded: 2010
Total fund size: $138M
Stage: Pre-Seed, Seed
Sector: Gaming
Ticket Size: Europe, North America
LVP's most notable exits include Unity, Bossa Studios, and Supercell.
10. The Games Fund
TGF is an early-stage VC fund founded by video games industry veterans. We invest in future leaders: game developers, gaming technologies, and services. We share best practices and offer our experience and personal touch.
Website: www.gamesfund.vc
Founded: 2020
Total fund size: $67M
