Why Tripledot Became a Unicorn
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Plus we cover Backbone’s recent $40M raise and round up this week’s top news headlines.
Polygon’s Massive Raise
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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
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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
Reading Time: 13 minutes 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
Reading Time: 16 minutes 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
Reading Time: 10 minutes 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
Reading Time: 6 minutes 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…
