Top 8 Game Industry Investments and Partnerships – Week of July 15, 2025
Investment round-up from the third week of July 2025, 354#
Hey Friends, Greetings from Bangalore 💗
Here’s your quick breakdown of the top funding headlines from the July 3rd week:
1. Football(dot)Fun Secures $2M
2. UK industry vet Tom Stone founds new studio
3. Summer Games Done Quick 2025 raises $2.4M
4. Codev Airship Interactive assets acquired by Airmergent
5. Coda acquires Europe’s Recharge prepaid payments platform.
6. Nice Plans Studio raises $3M to launch its mobile shooter Ricochet Squad
7. Stash and Adyen partner to bring enterprise-grade payments to game web shops
8. Former German development studio Artex brought back to life as a publisher after 25 years
Top trends:
» Discord rolls out virtual currency Orbs to all users
» Apple News+ introduces Emoji Game for puzzle fans
» Roblox Launches New Licensing Platform For Experiences
» UAE-based Red Dune partners with Japanese studio Acquire
» Amazon targets vibe-coding chaos with new ‘Kiro’ AI software development tool
» Zynga is now focusing more on creating its own original games, scaling back on licensed games/IPs
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