$594M in gaming deal value last week. Only $1M was fresh capital into a studio
Snapshot of last week's funding, indie fund launches, and IP moves in gaming. 447#
Hey Friends, greetings from Bangalore 💗
Here’s where the money actually went
1. Wemade founder sells controlling stake to NeoPulse, $593M
2. vgames launches a $500M growth capital platform. Aimed at gaming’s thinnest layer, the $20M to $50M scaling round.
3. Floaty raised $1M, a Saudi-based mobile games studio.
4. GDAI launches Supernova to support India’s next generation of game studios.
5. Gamecity Hamburg opens round two of prototype funding: up to €80K in non-repayable grants per studio, applications Sep 4 to 24.
$593M out (stake sale), $1M in (as raise). That was the week.
Stay ahead. Curated weekly at iCartic.com
tCARe, CARtic P
PS. Other posts from last week: Indie devs under $1M, are you tipping Apple extra 15%?