$60M+ poured into gaming last week — let’s break down where and why
Covering gaming startup funding, AI game studios, investments, partnerships [Week of June 23, 2025] 349#
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Here’s your quick breakdown of the top funding headlines from the 4th week of June:
Flagship secures $1.3M to enhance AI-powered crypto investment tools
SciPlay invests $4M to expand its Cedar Falls studio, fueling a major hiring wave
Spekter, a Web3 Telegram game developer, raises $5M to scale up mini-game publishing
UK Government launches a $40.5M fund to back British game development and innovation
Motorica, an AI startup focused on procedural character animation, raises €5M to expand globally
Root, a social platform blending customizable apps and social play, raises $9M ahead of its closed beta
Top Trends:
» Pearl Abyss Might Sell CCP Games
» Google has officially launched the Instant Games app
» Netflix to delist over 20 mobile games from its library in July
» The beta version of the Asset Store for the Godot engine has been released
» Microsoft is adding Steam games to its Xbox PC app on Windows for Insider testing
» Games leaving include Monument Valley 3, which had a major Netflix-exclusive launch
» Supercell launches Brawl Stars as minigame on Tencent’s WeChat, Clash Royale following soon
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