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Genpop Interactive is a global consortium of top-tier software engineers, game designers, artists, and competitive gamers working together to create an original next-generation team shooter.

Atom Switch, Inc. is an independent game developer. The company is driven by a passion for gameplay and storytelling so good that it builds loyalty and drives sales better than micro-transactions and monetization strategies ever could.

SCiFi Foods is a food technology company creating transformational products by combining cultivated meat with plant-based ingredients to make burgers shockingly close to the taste of conventional beef. Already, it has successfully grown beef cells in suspension, which at scale will reduce its cost of production by 1000x—a massive milestone. It was co-founded by CEO Joshua March, a serial entrepreneur with two prior exits, and CTO Kasia Gora, PhD., who has led R&D teams in bioengineering for more than a decade, most recently at Zymergen. To date, it has raised $29M from leading investors, including Andreessen Horowitz, Valor Siren Ventures, BoxGroup, Entree Capital, and Prelude Ventures, amongst others.

Legendary Play creates mobile games for esport fans. The company was established in 2017 in Berlin, Germany.

Superbloom is a new game development studio. Superbloom intends to make mobile games with a lifestyle content based on interests that are common among women.

Return Entertainment conquers the cloud to break down gaming barriers. Its games and innovative technology make entertainment instant, shareable, and truly inclusive - easy, fast, and fun on any device.

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.

Talewind is a professional UK games studio focused on creating incredible experiences for the metaverse.

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.

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.

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 is a new game studio focused on building massively-multiplayer “societal games” that are less focused on pure combat and instead encourage social interaction and cooperation between players.

SuperGaming is an gaming development firm that develops casual computer games.

Founded by designers of such award-winning indie titles as Journey, What Remains of Edith Finch, Dustforce, Blaseball, and more, Gardens is a game studio focused on growing the future of social play -- lush, living online spaces that bring players together to form lasting relationships and vibrant social player communities, “forever games” that grow and evolve far into the future, and worlds that cultivate lasting memories.

Founded in 2021. Creating a cross-platform strategy game that is free and fair. Changing how games are made through transparency, data mastery, exceptional taste, and commitment to craft.

Splitgate is an operator of a remote video game developer studio. It was founded in 2016 and is based in Zephyr Cove, Nevada, United States.

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.

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.

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.

Omeda Studios is a game developer of cross-platform third-person multiplayer online battle arena games. Predecessor, a third-person action shooter MOBA currently in development for PC and console, is the company's first release. As a studio that prioritizes community, Predecessor has already amassed an engaged audience of over 35,000 Discord fans and well over 100,000 signups prior to its release. Omeda Studios was founded in 2020 and is headquartered in London.

BebopBee is a game development studio developing emotive and enduring casual app-based games. It is primarily concerned with match-3 puzzle games.

Glow Up Games is creating and publishing mobile games featuring diverse stories, to unlock the largest hidden market within games. They produce beautifully crafted stories through games, mobile, AI, AR/VR and other emerging technologies. Glow Up Games was founded in 2019 and is headquartered in New York.

Lightfox is a game development company that creates multiplayer games that connect and inspire the next generation of mobile players. Lightfox hopes to set the bar high for what it means to create socially connected video games. They create games to foster strong social bonds between old and new friends.

Frost Giant Studios is a production studio focused on real-time strategy (RTS) games for competitive gaming on PCs. The studio aims to bring innovation and quality to the RTS genre, leveraging the expertise of its founders who have worked on popular titles like StarCraft II. Frost Giant Studios concentrates on establishing a direct connection with real-time strategy (RTS), developing games tailored for actual players through feedback incorporation. They uphold the enduring mechanics of RTS, strategically broadening their audience while staying true to the existing fan base of the genre. Frost Giant Studios is at the forefront with their latest release, Stormgate.

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.

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.

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.

Superkind is a women-led tech company making the next generation of AI-powered super experiences

Bit Fry Game Studios offers video games featuring online multiplayer action for mobile, console, and PC.

Double Loop Games is a mobile studio dedicated to making delightful, relaxing experiences for the biggest audience in games.

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.

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.

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.