Gaming: venture funds and startups
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◆ Funds tracked
20
◆ Combined AUM
$6.8B
◆ Startups tracked
9
◆ Raised between them
$44.9M
◆ Overview
Fusion42 tracks 20 venture funds in Gaming with $6.8B in combined assets under management, and 9 startups that have raised $44.9M between them. The data below is live from the same database that powers Raise and Scout, and is continuously enriched as new rounds and funds are announced.
Part of the Raise fund database and the Scout startup database by Fusion42 — the same live data Arthur reasons over.
◆ Highlights
Active funds in Gaming include Frame1Games, Makers Fund IV, Balderton Early Stage Fund, seventh venture fund and Liberty City Ventures; startups in Gaming include Entity, Élisa Interactive, Neon, Neon Commerce and Floaty Studio. Each name links through to a full machine-readable profile — its backers, rounds and related Wire analysis — and the tables below list every entity Fusion42 tracks in Gaming, refreshed as new rounds and funds are announced.
◆ Funds in Gaming (20 tracked)
| Fund | Type | HQ |
|---|---|---|
| Frame1Games | vc | United States |
| Makers Fund IV | vc | United States |
| Balderton Early Stage Fund | vc | United Kingdom |
| seventh venture fund | vc | United States |
| Liberty City Ventures | vc | United States |
| Quiet Capital | vc | United States |
| Galaxy Ventures | vc | United States |
| Index Ventures | vc | United Kingdom |
| Kakao Ventures | vc | South Korea |
| Kona Global IP Investment Fund | vc | South Korea |
| Animal Capital Fund III | vc | United States |
| du Ventures | corporate vc | UAE |
| Firstpoint VC | vc | Turkey |
| FDJ United Ventures | corporate vc | France |
| Sony Innovation Fund 4 | corporate vc | Japan |
| Enry’s Island SpA | vc | Italy |
| Runway Fund | corporate vc | United States |
| Snapdragon Metaverse Fund | corporate vc | United States |
| Rainfall Ventures | vc | United States |
| Leeroy Jenkins Kapital | vc | — |
◆ Startups in Gaming (9 tracked)
| Startup | Stage | HQ | Raised |
|---|---|---|---|
| Entity | seed | Ireland | $5.5M |
| Élisa Interactive | pre-seed | Canada | $0.9M |
| Neon | series-a | United States | $13M |
| Neon Commerce | series-a | United States | $13M |
| Floaty Studio | — | Saudi Arabia | — |
| Bold Games | seed | Turkey | $6M |
| Kohort | series-a | United Kingdom | $6.5M |
| Lucra | — | United States | — |
| CardNexus | — | France | — |
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