Top 12 Game Industry Investments and Partnerships – week of June 2nd, 2025
Investment round-up details from the first week of June 2025, 342#
Hey Friends, Greetings from Bangalore 💗
Investment news update from the first week of June:
Empty vessel Raises $11 Million
SharpLink Secures $425 Million
Yuga Labs Sells Moonbirds NFT
Latent Technology Raises $8 Million
Yarnhub gets $2.1m in crowdfunding
Lighthouse Games lands additional funding from Tencent
Kohort closes fundraising round to fuel expansion beyond mobile
Khalifa Fund and Inovartic partner to support UAE games startups
Siyata eyes $126bn mobile games market with Core Gaming merger
Nazara Technologies acquires Sachin Tendulkar-backed Smaaash for ₹126 crore
Quranium secures Animoca Brands investment to focus on web3, AI, metaverse, and games.
6 Welsh game developers secure $1.1m Welsh Government funding to develop their pilots - Cloth Cat, COPA Gaming, Goldborough Studios, Rocket Science, Sugar Creative, and Wales Interactive
Top Trends:
Zynga closes Echtra Games
Major US retailers cancel Nintendo Switch 2 pre-orders
US App Store economy is worth over $400bn, says Apple
Epic Games Store Updates Revenue Share: Keep 100% of the First $1M Per Product, Per Year
Have a great start to the week.
tCARe, CARtic P
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