💰 $255M+ poured into gaming this week, here’s where the money went
Covering gaming startup funding, AI game studios, investments, partnerships [Sept 1st week] 365#
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Here’s your curated look at the last week’s top deals in gaming, Top Funding & M&A Headlines.
Funding & Investments:
1. Classy Games raises $300K to accelerate development of Silly Suspects
2. Symmetric Studio secures $300K for debut title Valley of Fog
3. Thirdverse raises ¥200M (~$1.3M) to expand XR development
4. GLHF raises $2.3M for its Gigaverse platform
5. Exel by Merak invests $300K each in 17 gaming startups (~$5.1M total)
6. Palladio AI raises funds from Griffin Gaming Partners to scale its AI-powered game dev tools
Acquisitions & M&A:
7. Aonic acquires Prime Insights in a $250M deal to build a global rewards platform
8. Qiddiya acquires Evo operator RTS to strengthen its global esports presence
9. GDEV increases its stake in Royal Ark (Zombie Miner dev) to 57%
Top Trends:
» Reports suggest Take-Two was in talks to revive Perfect Dark (unconfirmed)
» Curveball expands into games publishing
» Coffee Stain Group prepares for Embracer spin-off with a new board
» MPL to lay off 60% of India staff after government ban on paid games
» Google fined $3.5B by the EU over its ad-tech business
Speculation: Take-Two was in talks to revive Perfect Dark
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