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| 03.09.2025 | +++ Tiger Global +++ 0TO9 +++ Bind-X +++ Bayes Esports +++ Heatle +++ RobCo +++ mybacs +++ | Was gibt’s Neues? In unserem #StartupTicker liefern wir eine kompakte Übersicht über die wichtigsten Startup-Nachrichten des Tages (Mittwoch, 3. September). #STARTUPLAND
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| 17.08.2025 | Qloud Games: $5 Million Seed Raised To Build Solarpunk MMO Loftia | Qloud Games, an independent studio, has announced a $5 million seed funding round for its upcoming massively multiplayer online game, Loftia. The round was led by BITKRAFT Ventures and GFR Fund, with participation from Andreessen Horowitz (... |
| 15.08.2025 | Appcharge Lands $58M Series B to Transform Mobile Game Sales | Appcharge, a leader in direct-to-consumer solutions for mobile game publishers, announced a $58 million Series B funding round. IVP led the investment. This brings Appcharge's total funding to $89 million. The capital fuels global expansion... |
| 13.08.2025 | Qloud Games Raises $5M in Seed Funding | Loftia
Qloud Games, the Sydney, Australia-based independent studio behind the upcoming multiplayer online game Loftia, raised $5M in Seed funding.
The round was led by BITKRAFT Ventures and GFR Fund, with participation from Andreessen Horow... |
| 13.08.2025 | Appcharge Raises $58M in Series B Funding | Appcharge, a Tel Aviv, Israel-based provider of a direct-to-consumer (DTC) platform for mobile game publishers, raised $58M in Series B funding.
The round was led by IVP, with participation from Playrix, as well as existing investors such a... |
| 05.08.2025 | GameRamp raises $5.4 million funding in round led by Bitkraft Ventures | Synopsis
Founded by Vivek Ramachandran and Sashank Vandrangi, GameRamp operates as an AI-native publishing stack for mobile games and consumer apps. Headquartered in San Francisco with a research and development hub in Bengaluru, the compan... |
| 13.07.2025 | Circle Games Raises $7.25M in Seed Funding | Circle Games, a Istanbul, Turkey-based mobile gaming startup, raised $7.25m in seed funding.
The round was led by BITKRAFT Ventures, with participation from Andreessen Horowitz (a16z Speedrun), Play Ventures, APY Ventures, and e2vc.
The com... |
| 16.05.2025 | Arbitrum Gaming Ventures: First $10+ Million Investment Cohort Revealed | Arbitrum Gaming Ventures (previously known as The Gaming Catalyst), a $200 million ARB initiative to accelerate gaming and entertainment on Arbitrum, announced the first cohort of investments and grants, made along with VCs including Paradi... |
| 13.03.2025 | Liminal: $5.8 Million (Seed) Raised For AI In Gaming Platform | Liminal Experiences – a new UGC gaming startup dedicated to harnessing AI to enable human-centered creativity – has emerged from stealth with $5.8 million raised to date in seed funding. The funding comes from prestigious games industry bac... |
| 06.02.2025 | Beamable's $13.5M Funding: A New Dawn for Decentralized Gaming Infrastructure | In the ever-evolving landscape of gaming, a seismic shift is underway. Beamable Inc., a Boston-based innovator, has secured $13.5 million in Series A funding. This investment, led by BITKRAFT Ventures, aims to propel the development of a de... |
| 04.02.2025 | Bitkraft Leads $13.5M Series A in Beamable Inc. To Fund Decentralized Gaming Infrastructure | Beamable’s DePIN poised to become a top-10 global project by revenue at launch
We believe Beamable is uniquely positioned to set a new standard for decentralized infrastructure in gaming”
— Carlos PereiraBOSTON, MA, UNITED STATES, February ... |
| 18.11.2024 | LAOS Network Lists Token; Forges Partnership with Sequence to Bring Scalable Free-2-Play Gaming to Web3 | Barcelona, Spain, November 18th, 2024, Chainwire
In conjunction with its token listing on centralized exchanges (MEXC, Bit2Me), Polkadot parachain LAOS Network is thrilled to announce a strategic partnership with Sequence, the all-in-one de... |
| 06.11.2024 | Party Icons: Mobile-First Gaming Company Raises $9 Million (Seed) | Party Icons, a mobile-first gaming platform with three fully playable modes, announced it has raised $9 million in a private funding round led by BITKRAFT Ventures, bringing its total funding to $20 million. This investment emphasizes confi... |
| 31.10.2024 | Montenegro startup Buddy.ai closes €10.2 million for its AI tutor for children under 12 | Montenegro-based Buddy.ai, a conversational AI tutor for kids, announced it has closed a €10.2 million seed funding round, bringing the total venture funding raised since launch to €12M. The round was led by BITKRAFT Ventures, a leading glo... |
| 06.09.2024 | Sonic SVM, Gaming Project on Solana Blockchain, Plans $12.8M Node Sale
What's the Biggest Mistake Web3 Founders Make? | Sonic SVM has built its own framework, HyperGrid, which can be used to spin up new networks called "grids" that ultimately settle to the Solana blockchain.
The sale is scheduled for the week of Sept. 16 and will include 50,000 &qu... |
| 26.04.2024 | New Funds Target Out-Of-Favor Startup Sectors | 8 Shares Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
Startups in sectors that saw steep funding declines may be getting fresh attention from investors, courtesy of new industry-focused funds that closed this year.
In areas from consumer products to app... |
| 07.04.2024 | Bitkraft Ventures Raises $275M for Gaming Investments | Bitkraft Ventures, a Denver-based games investor, has raised $275 million for its third fund. The fund will support gaming studios and platforms to boost game production. Despite a 72% decline in games investments, Bitkraft has over 130 com... |
| 04.04.2024 | Bitkraft Ventures earmarks up to 15% of $275m gaming fund to back Asian startups | Gaming and Web3-focused venture capital firm Bitkraft Ventures has launched a $275-million venture fund that will allocate 10-15% for startups in Asia, according to an announcement. |
| 04.04.2024 | Against games industry doldrums, Bitkraft Ventures raises $275M to back studios and platforms | Bitkraft Ventures — a games investor based out of Denver, Colorado, but with European founders — is raising its third fund, coming in at $275 million. The fund will make seed and Series A investments in gaming studios and platforms to suppo... |
| 04.04.2024 | Bitkraft launches $275M gaming fund, bringing total managed assets to $1B | - |
| 18.11.2023 | USA-based Bazooka Tango raises USD 5 million in funding | San Francisco, USA-based game studio Bazooka Tango raised USD 5 million in funding. The round took place on November 17, 2023.BITKRAFT Ventures led the financing for the company. In addition, RW3 Ventures, Sfermion, 1Up Ventures, and others... |
| 21.09.2023 | Finland’s gametech Spectarium raises €5M led by BITKRAFT Ventures | Finland’s gametech Spectarium raises €5M led by BITKRAFT Ventures
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Oulu-based Spectarium, a company that b... |
| 20.09.2023 | Finnish gaming company Spectarium secures €5M to make Myths a reality | Finnish cross-platform RPG company Spectarium has secured €5 million in Seed round funding. The round was led by Bitkraft Ventures and includes Delphi Digital and Framework Ventures. The fresh capital will allow the games company to scale i... |
| 29.06.2023 | Scriptic writes another $5.7 million into its Seed round as it expands its phone-first show and game content with generative AI | London-based studio Scriptic (formerly ElectricNoir) has added another $5.7 million to its Seed round raking in a total Seed round of $8.2 million. The firm that develops interactive phone-first shows and leverages generative AI for its vis... |
| 06.04.2023 | Venture Capital Bitkraft Raises $220.6M for Second 'Token' Fund: Filing | Gaming-focused venture capital firm Bitkraft raised $220.6 million for its second "token fund," which had a total target of $240 million, according to a March 30 filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
The f... |
| 01.04.2023 | LIV closes $8.5M round led by Bitkraft Ventures | LIV enables creators to livestream from inside AR/VR experiences. It has raised $8.5M from Bitkraft Ventures, Sony Innovation Fund, Amazon Alexa Fund, Samsung Next, Goal Venture Partners and others. Read more here. |
| 30.03.2023 | Когда НЕ нужно использовать Apache Kafka? | Apache Kafka де-факто превратился в стандарт потоковой передачи событий для обработки данных на лету. По мере его широкого распространения в отрасли появляются вопросы: «А когда НЕ нужно использовать Apache Kafka? Какие ограничения у этой п... |
| 28.02.2023 | Voicemod cierra una ronda de $14,5M en la que participan K Fund, Bitkraft y The Mini Fund | 20/02/2023
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VOICEMOD CIERRA UNA RONDA DE $14,5M EN LA QUE PARTICIPAN K FUND, BITKRAFT Y THE MINI FUND
Voicemod, la startup valenciana de software de modificación de voz mediante IA, ha cerrado una ronda de inversión $14,5 m... |
| 02.02.2023 | Il mercato del Venture Capital a gennaio 2023 | Gli investimenti nel mercato del Venture Capital (VC) in Europa, nel corso del 2022, sono diminuiti rispetto all’anno record 2021, passando da 108,9 miliardi di euro a 91,6 miliardi di euro. Dati e grafico PitchBook
Con questo articolo ina... |
| 26.04.2022 | Polish SMOK Helps Return Entertainment Take Gaming to the Cloud | Finnish cloud gaming startup Return Entertainment attracts EUR 5.6M of investment from an international cast of investors Cloud gaming is a way to make them accessible from any platform, thus redefining the gaming community and offering a n... |
| 17.03.2022 | Where’s Paris Hilton investing? Charli Cohen’s RSTLSS wears in $3.5 million to create and sell multiverse fashion | Gone are the days when fashion shows were dominated by ramp parades and catwalks down the aisle. Creators can now just sell and showcase their designs virtually. Startups are making a beeline to disrupt fashion in the metaverse world.
Makin... |
| 14.02.2022 | Finnish cloud-native game studio brings in €5.3 million to offer immersive 3D experiences | Finland-based studio incubated by Sisu Game Ventures that aims to breakdown the boundaries of gaming with its cloud-native games and technology, Return Entertainment has raised €5.3 million in funding.
The round was led by BITKRAFT Ventures... |
| 11.10.2021 | Sure, dogs are cute. But there’s another dimension to the battle over Zooplus | This is the web version of Term Sheet, a daily newsletter on the biggest deals and dealmakers. Sign up to get it delivered free to your inbox.
Even before the pandemic unleashed a boom in puppy adoptions, the fortunes of the pet-care indust... |
| 12.08.2021 | Z2 vets raise $5M to grow Seattle studio Starform and launch social games | The Starform team. (Starform Photo)
Seattle-based game studio Starform has raised $5 million. The startup plans to use the money on further development for its first game, as well as starting a team to work on a second project. Its unannoun... |
| 29.07.2021 | Horizon Blockchain Games raises $4.5M for blockchain games like Skyweaver | All the sessions from Transform 2021 are available on-demand now. Watch now.
Horizon Blockchain Games has raised $4.5 million to further develop its blockchain-based gaming ecosystem around games such as Skyweaver.
Toronto-based Horizon Blo... |
| 29.07.2021 | Horizon Blockchain Games raises $4.5M for blockchain games like Skyweaver | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Horizon Blockchain Games has raised $4.5 million to further develop its blockchain-based gaming ecosystem for games such as Skyweaver.
... |
| 14.07.2021 | Tommy Palm’s VR games studio Resolution Games raises $25 million | Stockholm-based VR games studio Resolution Games has raised $25 million in a Series C funding round. The influx of capital is slated to accelerate growth and scale ahead of projected market growth. Resolution Games has raised a total of $38... |
| 16.06.2021 | Yield Guild Games raises $4 million for the play-to-earn era of games | Join gaming leaders, alongside GamesBeat and Facebook Gaming, for their 2nd Annual GamesBeat & Facebook Gaming Summit | GamesBeat: Into the Metaverse 2 this upcoming January 25-27, 2022. Learn more about the event.
Yield Guild Games has... |
| 16.06.2021 | Yield Guild Games raises $4 million for the play-to-earn era of games | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Yield Guild Games has raised $4 million in funding, and that’s a big validation of the company’s belief that players should be able to ... |
| 31.05.2021 | ESPORTS ENTERTAINMENT GROUP, INC.
Esports Entertainment : Top Esports Deals And Investments In 2020 And 2021 | Despite the coronavirus pandemic, the esports community has witnessed an explosive year of investment growth in 2020 and early 2021. Here is a brief summary of just some of the more significant esports acquisitions and investment transactio... |
| 31.05.2021 | Esports Entertainment : Top Esports Deals And Investments In 2020 And 2021 | Despite the coronavirus pandemic, the esports community has witnessed an explosive year of investment growth in 2020 and early 2021. Here is a brief summary of just some of the more significant esports acquisitions and investment transactio... |
| 31.03.2021 | 6 esports business leaders that you should follow | Esports has become a global phenomenon that has created a new class of super star celebrity and plenty of healthy competition between world-class professional esports teams. In 2019 approximately 32% of Internet users aged between 16 and 24... |
| 02.02.2021 | Anzu.io raises $9 million for in-game ad platform | Join gaming leaders, alongside GamesBeat and Facebook Gaming, for their 2nd Annual GamesBeat & Facebook Gaming Summit | GamesBeat: Into the Metaverse 2 this upcoming January 25-27, 2022. Learn more about the event.
Anzu.io has raised $9... |
| 02.02.2021 | Anzu.io raises $9 million for in-game ad platform | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Anzu.io has raised $9 million in new funding for its platform for a new generation of in-game advertising.
In-game advertising isn’t ne... |
| 16.11.2020 | Lila Games raises $2.8 million for mobile shooter | Lila Games has raised $2.8 million to build a game studio and craft a new subgenre of mobile shooter games. It’s another example of the boom in game investing led by game-focused venture capital firms.
The company is creating a free-to-play... |
| 16.11.2020 | Lila Games raises $2.8 million for mobile shooter | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Lila Games has raised $2.8 million to build a game studio and craft a new subgenre of mobile shooter games. It’s another example of the... |
| 03.11.2020 | Gaming rules the entertainment industry, so why aren’t investors showing up? | As gaming’s popularity reaches epic heights, venture investors’ activity in the industry doesn’t seem to equate with the overall size of the games market. Spurred by an unreal year where traditional entertainment has been upended by the COV... |
| 31.08.2020 | Bitkraft Ventures Closes New Fund, at $165M | Bitkraft Ventures, a San Francisco, CA-based venture capital firm, closed its new fund, at $165m.
With Bitkraft Venture Fund I, which is backed by such entities as the family office of Bruce Karsh, Declaration Partners and JS Capital, among... |
| 27.08.2020 | Bitkraft Ventures raises $165 million to invest in games | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Bitkraft Ventures, a venture capital fund focused on esports, gaming, and interactive media, has raised $165 million for its fund, surp... |
| 27.08.2020 | BITKRAFT Ventures Bets Big On Gaming Industry With $165M Fund | 7 Shares Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
BITKRAFT Ventures closed its new fund after raising $165 million, some $40 million above its initial target of $125 million, the company said Thursday.
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| 27.08.2020 | BITKRAFT Ventures launches $165 million fund for gaming, esports and interactive media | BITKRAFT Ventures, a Berlin-based VC with offices in London, Los Angeles and San Francisco, has announced a $165 million fund for esports, gaming and interactive media. Cheques will go to seed and Series A rounds in startups that match the ... |
| 27.08.2020 | Fond de investiții de 165 milioane dolari pentru startup-uri de gaming, susținut de fiul lui George Soros | Studiourile de jocuri video vor putea obține finanțări de capital de risc dintr-un nou fond de investiții, de 165 de milioane de dolari, susținut și de unul dintre fiii miliardarului american George Soros.
BITKRAFT Ventures Fund I, lansat d... |
| 27.08.2020 | Gamezop Raises $4.3 Million Series A Led by BITKRAFT Ventures | - |
| 27.08.2020 | With BITKRAFT’s $165M Game Fund Oversubscribed, Jens Hilgers Talks Investing Strategy | (Photo by BERTRAND GUAY / AFP) (Photo by BERTRAND GUAY/AFP via Getty Images)AFP via Getty Images |
| 27.08.2020 | [Funding alert] Gamezop raises Rs 32 Cr in Series A round led by BITKRAFT Ventures | Delhi-based Gamezop, a multi-game platform has raised Series A funding of Rs 32 crores ($4.3 million) from BITKRAFT Ventures, Velo Partners, and FJ Labs.
Started by brothers Yashash Agarwal (CEO), and Gaurav Agarwal in 2015, Gamezop license... |
| 27.08.2020 | BITKRAFT Ventures launches €139.5 million fund to invest in gaming, esports, and interactive media startups | BITKRAFT Ventures, a venture capital fund focused on gaming, esports, and interactive media, today announced the close of BITKRAFT Venture Fund I at around €139.5 million, above the initial €105.8 million target.
The firm is a global early ... |
| 27.08.2020 | ₹32 crore from US investors Bitkraft" data-reg="Indian gaming startup Gamezop raises ₹32 crore from US investors Bitkraft">Indian gaming startup Gamezop raises ₹32 crore from US inve... | This is the first major investment for Gamezop since the 2016 seed round when they raised ₹2.3 crore from Kwan, a talent management firm. ₹32 crore from US investors Bitkraft" data-reg="Indian gaming startup Gamezop raises ₹32 cro... |
| 27.08.2020 | Bitkraft Ventures raises $165 million to invest in games | Join gaming leaders, alongside GamesBeat and Facebook Gaming, for their 2nd Annual GamesBeat & Facebook Gaming Summit | GamesBeat: Into the Metaverse 2 this upcoming January 25-27, 2022. Learn more about the event.
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| 27.08.2020 | BITKRAFT Ventures Bets Big On Gaming Industry With $165M Fund | 9 Shares Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
BITKRAFT Ventures closed its new fund after raising $165 million, some $40 million above its initial target of $125 million, the company said Thursday.
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| 27.08.2020 | BITKRAFT Ventures launches €139.5 million fund to invest in gaming, esports, and interactive media startups | London: BITKRAFT Ventures, a venture capital fund focused on gaming, esports, and interactive media, today announced the close of BITKRAFT Venture Fund I at around €139.5 million, above the initial €105.8 million target.
The firm is a globa... |
| 06.07.2020 | Voicemod cierra una ronda de $8M liderada por Bitkraft Ventures | 01/07/2020
VOICEMOD CIERRA UNA RONDA DE $8 MILLONES LIDERADA POR BITKRAFT VENTURES.
Voicemod aplicación de filtros de voz para videojuegos, ha cerrado una ronda de $ 8M liderada por el fondo norteamericano de capital riesgo (Venture capit... |
| 09.06.2020 | BoomTV Raises $10M Led By BITKRAFT Ventures | - |
| 05.03.2020 | Veritas Entertainment raises $10 million and unveils LVL esports venue in Berlin | - |
| 08.10.2019 | Meta Games raises $2 million for esports mobile games | - |
| 25.07.2019 | Strafe raises $3 million for esports companion app and social betting game | - |
| 23.02.2019 | Japanese Tournament Organizer PlayBrain Raises $1.9M Seed Round Led by BITKRAFT | - |
| 18.02.2019 | Epics.gg raises $2 million for esports digital trading cards | - |
| 23.01.2019 | Network Next Lands $3.1 Million Seed Funding Bitkraft leads round for startup looking to boost gaming internet speed | - |
| - | Finnish cloud-native game studio brings in €5.3 million to offer immersive 3D experiences | Finland-based studio incubated by Sisu Game Ventures that aims to breakdown the boundaries of gaming with its cloud-native games and technology, Return Entertainment has raised €5.3 million in funding.
The round was led by BITKRAFT Ventures... |
| - | Tommy Palm’s VR games studio Resolution Games raises $25 million | Stockholm-based VR games studio Resolution Games has raised $25 million in a Series C funding round. The influx of capital is slated to accelerate growth and scale ahead of projected market growth. Resolution Games has raised a total of $38... |
| - | Mobile Gaming Startup Gamezop Raises $4.3 Mn In Series A Round Led By BITKRAFT Ventures | Mobile gaming platform Gamezop, on Thursday (August 27), announced that it has raised $4.3 Mn (INR 32 Cr) in a Series A funding round led by BITKRAFT Ventures, a global early-stage investment platform for gaming, esports and interactive med... |
| - | Where’s Paris Hilton investing? Charli Cohen’s RSTLSS wears in $3.5 million to create and sell multiverse fashion | Gone are the days when fashion shows were dominated by ramp parades and catwalks down the aisle. Creators can now just sell and showcase their designs virtually. Startups are making a beeline to disrupt fashion in the metaverse world.
Makin... |
