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Lost Lake Games

Seed Round in 2022
Lost Lake Games is an independent studio committed to making games that blaze new trails and spark the next adventure. It was founded by veteran game developers with a shared love of their craft.

Core Loop Games

Seed Round in 2020
Core Loop Games engages in building the next generation of MMOs. Gameplay and social cooperation are the core of its mission. They want to reimagine how players cooperate on a large scale together. The company was founded by veterans from MachineZone, GREE, and Funzio. It is VC backed and building a remote team of engineers and artists.

Lightfox Games

Seed Round in 2020
Lightfox Games, Inc. designs and develops multiplayer mobile game applications. The company was incorporated in 2019 and is based in Seattle, Washington.

Superbloom

Seed Round in 2022
Superbloom is a new game development studio. Superbloom intends to make mobile games with a lifestyle focus, based on hobbies that are common among women.

1047 Games

Venture Round in 2021
1047 Games develops and offers console games. The company is headquartered in the United States.

FuzzyBot

Seed Round in 2021
FuzzyBot is building genre-crossing games within imaginative worlds that spark excitement and creativity. Founded in 2020, FuzzyBot is a team of experienced and versatile industry veterans with AAA backgrounds from studios like Ubisoft, Bungie, and EA. Our development philosophy is around dreaming big, but building smart – maintaining a pragmatic, flexible, and down-to-earth approach focused on shipping games. We are focused on creating games that connect players across generations by creating universes of curiosity and excitement, combining the joy of creation with the thrill of AAA action.

Elodie Games

Venture Round in 2020
Elodie Games connect gamers around the globe by creating games with deep co-op gameplay and endlessly engaging experiences. They engaged with the community to evolve and improve the player experience. Elodie's studio is located in Venice California. It was co-founded by Christina Norman and David Banks.

Twin Suns

Seed Round in 2021
Twin Suns Corp is a video game studio developing action games for console and PC. The company creates video games with its AAA class platform title, which will debut with an original game franchise, providing players around the world with creative and unexpected experiences. Tim Longo, Forest Swartout, and Jeff Morris co-founded the company.

Lightforge Games

Seed Round in 2021
Lightforge Games is a new, all-remote studio of industry veterans on a quest to change how the world plays RPGs. They building a studio for the long haul, rooted in a culture of empathy, honesty, and growth. We're looking for wild dreamers and renaissance thinkers from all walks of life.

Double Loop Games

Seed Round in 2020
Double Loop Games Inc., a mobile studio, designs and develops mobile games. The company was founded in 2019 and is based in San Francisco, California.

SuperGaming

Series A in 2021
Operator of a gaming studio intended to offer immersive entertaining alternatives through casual games. The company engages in building its own gaming engine for running hyper-scale and real-time multiplayer games which are story-based and with high graphic qualities, enabling gamers to enjoy and socialize while getting a real gaming experience.

Windwalk Games

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Windwalk Games is building the next generation of social games. Their first game is Enemy on Board. Enemy on Board is an online multiplayer game that combines the "hidden roles" gameplay of Mafia or Werewolf with exciting real-time combat. 6 crew members wake up on the spaceship Andromeda; 2 of these crew are secretly aliens in disguise as humans.

Talofa

Seed Round in 2024
Talofa Games is a developer of a real world augmented reality social running game. They provide a real world social running game that combines live audio coaching with virtual running companions and competitive gameplay with friends. They create new experiences to help players be healthier.

Methodical Games

Series A in 2022
Methodical Games is a studio that allows developers to push the boundaries of their craft and work directly with other creative minds. It takes pride in its detail-oriented approach to game development, with an emphasis on meticulously crafted gameplay. The company was founded in 2022 and is based in Raleigh, North Carolina.

Ruckus Games

Seed Round in 2022
Ruckus Games is to create unparalleled player experiences through style interactivity and emergence.

Legendary Play

Series A in 2022
META Games GmbH develops and publishes mobile games. It operates as an esports manager for games for mobiles. The company was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Berlin, Germany.

The Game Band

Seed Round in 2021
The Game Band is a game creator studio for Apple Arcade, Switch, and PC. The company is the creator of Blaseball, an online game that features baseball. The Game Band was founded in 2015 by Sam Rosenthal and is headquartered in Los Angeles, California, United States.

Drop Fake

Seed Round in 2021
Drop Fake is starting a new game. Remote-first games company founded in 2021. Building a cross-platform strategy game that will be open and available to all. Find your metaverse family.

Core Loop Games

Series A in 2021
Core Loop Games engages in building the next generation of MMOs. Gameplay and social cooperation are the core of its mission. They want to reimagine how players cooperate on a large scale together. The company was founded by veterans from MachineZone, GREE, and Funzio. It is VC backed and building a remote team of engineers and artists.

Sparkypants

Seed Round in 2020
Sparkypants is an operator of a game development studio used to create strategic video games. It builds and publishes cross-platform strategy games based on the fantasy warfare genre that can be played on computers and other gaming consoles that provide individuals with an immersive virtual gaming experience. It was founded in 2011 and is headquartered in Baltimore, Maryland.

Starform

Seed Round in 2019
Starform was started by industry veterans with the goal of changing the way people play games together. It puts together small, autonomous teams of talented game developers and provides them with the tools, infrastructure, and support to design and build games in partnership with players, enabling gamers to get state of the art graphics and quality entertainment. The company was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in Seattle, Washington.

Playable Worlds

Seed Round in 2019
Playable Worlds is a computer games company that specializes in the fields of game development, online games, and gamification. The company is driven by its mission is to build a truly cloud-native game, taking advantage of technology to create a true persistent work that involves and changes over-time.

Bit Fry Game Studios

Series A in 2020
Bit Fry Game Studios, Inc. develops game titles for the next generation of console and mobile gaming platforms. The company was incorporated in 2013 and is based in Portsmouth, New Hampshire with with additional offices in Los Angeles and New York City.

Robin Games

Seed Round in 2020
Robin Games, Inc., a lifestyle gaming company, develops mobile games. The company was incorporated in 2019 and is based in Venice, California.

Bazooka Tango

Series A in 2023
Bazooka Tango, Inc. develops computer and mobile games. Bazooka Tango, Inc. was formerly known as White Water Games, Inc. and changed its name to Bazooka Tango, Inc. in April 2020. The company was founded in 2019 and is headquartered in San Mateo, California.

Noodle Cat Games

Seed Round in 2022
Noodle Cat is an independent game studio on a mission to change the current standard of game development. The Noodle Cat team is committed to learning, collaborating, and pushing boundaries in a healthy, flexible working environment.

Stratosphere Games

Venture Round in 2022
Berlin-based Stratosphere Games is a mobile development studio formed by gaming veterans from Splash Damage, Riot Games, Smilegate, Huuge and Nexon. Stratosphere works with partners like Gearbox, Boombit and 505 Games worldwide to deliver AAA-quality games. Backed by our own development architecture, we create next-gen experiences for your pocket, with a strong focus on high-end production values, leading-edge multiplayer features, and innovate engagement and retention elements. For more information, visit http://www.stratosphere-games.com.

Sprocket Games

Seed Round in 2022
Sprocket Games is a game development studio that develops cross-platform, social adventure games. Sprocket Games creates ambitious, story-driven games while also providing excellent care to those who work on them. Sprocket Games creates game experiences that bring people together through shared experiences.

Sword & Wand

Seed Round in 2023
Sword & Wand is a fully remote studio that focuses on shared online experiences and systemically driven replayability. The company was founded in 2022 and is headquartered in Kissimmee, Florida, United States.

Toya Pioneering Women

Seed Round in 2021
Toya is developing multilayer games for girls on a Minecraft platform. The playful learning experience enables girls to become the heroes while revealing the life stories of exceptional women.

Clockwork Labs

Series A in 2021
Just announced BitCraft, worlds first crypto MMORPG: https://bitcraftonline.com