GameDev musings - weekly round-up 💸 April 1st week week

Hey Friends, Greetings from Bangalore 💗

🔊 Shout out to new studios, game funds… 🕹️ April 1st week round-up on investments 💸

1. India’s Bombay Play raises $7M for instant mobile games. (FELLOW INDIAN STUDIO :)) 💗

2. Superbloom raises $3M to develop its first mobile game for women 👧🏽

3. Nazara invests $2.5M in Bitkraft Ventures

4. Block Tackle raises $5M and launches skateboard NFTs

5. Niantic acquires NZXR

6. Sky Mavis raises $150M, gears up for the launch of Axie Infinity: Origin

7. Legendary Play raises $4M for esports-themed mobile games for fans

8. Improbable raises $150M to accelerate metaverse pivot

9. Ready Player DAO raised a $10M Series A led by TCG

10. Dorian announced a $14M Series A led by Raine Group

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