Why Tripledot Became a Unicorn
Plus we cover Backbone’s recent $40M raise and round up this week’s top news headlines.
Polygon’s Massive Raise
Plus we analyze the growing world of digital fashion and round up this week’s best reads.
How Moon Active Will Grow Past Its New Valuation
Plus we break down Wolf Game, a new NFT-based title, and round up this week’s top news headlines
The Present & Future State of Gaming Venture Capital
This essay was written by Matt Dion. In addition to being a content consultant at Naavik, Matt is a product manager at EA Mobile. Source: Crunchbase Last month, Turkish casual games developer Dream Games raised $155M in a Series B round, valuing the company at $1B. This made Dream Games the industry’s latest “unicorn” —…
Moritz Baier-Lentz: VC Insights In The Gaming Industry
Moritz Baier-Lentz is an ex-Diablo II Pro & Partner at BITKRAFT Ventures. In this conversation, Moritz discusses his history with esports, starting up Goldman Sachs’s gaming arm, growing trends in gaming, and his approach to investing – enjoy!
Three Reasons Why Playco is Worth $1 Billion
This past week, the mobile gaming industry got a new unicorn! On September 21st, Playco announced a whopping $100M Series A at a valuation just north of $1B. Playco regards itself as the first instant play gaming company that hopes to create games that not just millions, but billions of people can play together. Instant…
A Look Under the Hood of Skillz
Two weeks back, mobile game developer Big Run Studios (BRS) raised a second seed funding round of $5.25M through investment firms Transcend Fund and Galaxy Interactive. This comes a few months after BRS’ first seed round of $1.4M, and is most likely due to the recent success of their flagship title “Blackout Blitz” – a…
