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Founders, 15 VCs investing in the gaming space. Ranked by fund size. 1. Griffin Gaming Partners - $1.3b  2. Makers Fund - $960m  3. BITKRAFT Ventures - $823m  4. The Games Fund - $600m  5. Galaxy Interactive - $585m  6. Hiro Capital - $486m 7. Lightspeed gaming - $450m 8. Play Ventures - $310m 9. Konvoy Ventures - $270m 10. vgames - $201m 11. Lvp - $138m 12. Dune Ventures - $100m 13. Lumikai Fund - $100m 14. MGVC - $100m 15. Mechanism Capital - $100m Fundraising has been really tough for the gaming industry over the past couple of years. It feels like things are moving in the right direction though. With Roblox increasing their revenue share, Apple opening up their app stores to the competition, margins will hopefully improve. Paving the way for more profitable studios, and platforms.

🗞 NEW TOP INVESTOR LIST! 🕹 Introducing the 2024 most active #VC #investors in #gaming. BITKRAFT Ventures takes the top spot while the list is completely shaken up from last year. Check out my latest for PitchBook here: https://lnkd.in/g_9kAeKC

If you had to take a guess, which industry do you think makes the most money: music, movies, or video games? 🤔 Did you consider anything other than Video games? 🎮 The gaming industry makes more money than movies and music put together. That doesn’t mean the gaming industry didn’t feel the economic hit recently. Companies laid off workers, and funding dropped in 2023. However, VCs are optimistic for 2024. 💼 Last year's fundraising, as per a report by VC Konvoy Ventures, saw an approximately 70% decrease compared to 2022. 📉 Despite some challenges, the gaming industry had many successes in 2023. Games like Baldur’s Gate 3 and Hogwarts Legacy sold millions of copies. The industry is expected to reach $229 billion by 2030. 🎮💰 Josh Chapman mentioned in a recent chat that the gaming scene will return to normal growth in 2024 after the gaming and crypto investment frenzy during the pandemic. 📈 With gaming moving from mobile to cross-platform, which costs more but pays off, and AI just starting, startups get new opportunities with trends. Some of the major investments were made in 2023. 💡 Gusto Collective Kooply AVALON Nifty Island 🏝 Konvoy #gamesindustry #games #videogames #gamingtrends #techinvestment #gamedevelopment #industryinsights #industrygrowth #digitalentertainment #innovation #gamingcommunity #virtualworlds #futuretech #businessgrowth #aitechnology

Learn more about how game developers are transforming investor partnerships with Xsolla Funding. With Xsolla, developers can not only secure funding but also connect with investors and bring their gaming ideas to life. It's important to note that Xsolla isn't just aggregating payment channels; we're also aggregating opportunities ✨🔥 #XsollaFunding #GameDevelopment #InvestorPartnerships #VietnamGoGlobal

‘Per Crunchbase data, seed- through growth-stage investment in companies tied to the gaming industry hit a multiyear low last year.’ https://lnkd.in/eqmCwpSP #gamesindustry #gaming #gamesbusiness #investing #investment #capitalraising

What investors are looking for in gaming startups? Let's find out in this talk by Ilia Eremeev, Maria Kochmola and Bryant Francis

Revo Capital's #BuildingBridges event rocked the stage with a panel on #gaming: "The Power of Play: Insights and Trends into the Gaming World" 🎮 Moderated by Ender Ozcan, and featuring panelists Volkan B., Emre Tas, Ilker Ergen, and Andris Merkulovs 🌟#Revo2024 Türkiye has solidified its position as the Silicon Valley of #mobilegaming, leading the charge in hyper-casual game development. 📱 With Turkish gaming studios churning out 10 to 15 games per year (double the global average!), it's clear that innovation is thriving in this vibrant ecosystem🎯 In 2020, Türkiye proudly birthed 2 gaming unicorns: Dream Games and Peak Games. Recently, 'Royal Match' by Dream Games stole the spotlight as the world's highest-grossing game Candy Crush! 🦄 Türkiye has the second-highest number of game studios in Europe after the UK, with Istanbul ranking as the second-largest European city in the gaming industry after London 🌍 The growth is phenomenal, with more and more Turkish game studios bootstrapping their startups and hitting annual profits of $50 million or more within 3-4 years! 💰 🎉 As we delve into new investment sectors with our 3rd Fund, we're thrilled to be part of this dynamic #gaming ecosystem 🚀

During interviews, reporters asked, "$21 million. That's, like, 5x of a typical Seed round. Why do you think investors are willing to invest this much?" To me, it's obvious. It's casual/hyper-casual games. User experience is superb: players don't even know they're on the blockchain blockchain. It's indistinguishable from a Web2 experience. See for yourself at https://join.b3.fun Congrats to Daryl Xu, Viktoriya Hying, and the NPC Labs team!

Games make the world a better place. Now it's time to build a better place for games. Game developers and players deserve more economic freedom and unlimited fun. That's why I'm proud to lead b3.fun's $18m round with Pantera Capital to build the future of onchain gaming on Base. B3 is a gaming ecosystem built on Base, the consumer-focused Layer 2 #blockchain launched by Coinbase. Why Base? Base is now a premier onchain destination for consumer apps: - $3B of $USDC issued - 500k+ daily active addresses - Generated $65M in fee revenue in ~1 year - Third-largest L2 by TVL, behind $ARB and $BLAST - Integrations with the @Coinbase stack (110M+ users) There's no team better suited to build B3 on #Base. The NPC Labs team are Base OG's & Day-0 contributors at Coinbase: Daryl Xu: Gaming & Onramps Lead @ Base Viktoriya Hying: NFT & Creator Lead @ Base Sean Geng: Engineering leader in Coinbase Wallet, Retail & #NFT I've known Daryl for years and seen him build in the deep trenches of crypto winters. The energy and passion that he, Viktoriya, and Sean are bringing to b3.fun is inspiring and rare. True champions for an onchain future and for gaming founders & builders. Today, the B3 testnet is live with top-tier #gaming partners (to be announced) and shipping at hyperspeed, with 350+ integrations with wallets, onramps, oracles, data providers, and onchain analytics. We're aiming for 100 games within 12 months, live on B3.