Business of games: 17 biggest funding rounds, partnerships, and trends from the August 1st week

Investment round-up details from Aug 1st week, 262

Hey Friends, Greetings from Bangalore 💗

Investment news update, from Aug 1st week:

1. Amber acquires Madbricks

2. Social First secures $4.2m in funding

3. South Korea’s Hybe IM raises $80M for games

4. Oneiric11 Gaming raises $1 Mn in pre-Series A funding

5. Nazara acquires UK-based Fusebox Games for $27.2 Mn

6. Nazara’s Absolute Sports acquires assets of DeltiasGaming

7. Ex-Hitman, Raid: Shadow Legends devs found Chamo Games

8. Cartridge raises $7.5M in funding for on-chain game development

9. Second Dinner invests in W4 Games and will make Godot games

10. 11 Bit Studios partners with Skybound on Frostpunk 2 Special Edition

11. RallyHere partners with ProbablyMonsters to launch two new titles

12. MixRift Secures $1.6M Funding Round to Make the ‘Angry Birds’ of MR

13. Bitkraft invests in Gam3Girl Ventures to help Web2 devs move to Web3

14. Curio announces $5.7M funding round, launches new strategy game Duper

15. Industry veterans partner to launch game publisher Digital Bandidos for indie developers

16. Former NFL star and ex-Activision producer team up to launch new mobile game studio Marauder Tech

17. AI agent maker nunu.ai has raised $2 million in a pre-seed round from a16z Games Speedrun, Boost VC, Y Combinator, and angel investors

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