Investment News – digest from June 29 to July 5

The material was prepared specifically for App2Top.ru Sergey Evdokimov, Investment Manager Mail.Ru Games Ventures and the author of the telegram channel Gaming – M&As and Investments.

Sergey Evdokimov

1. Discord has raised $100 million and plans to expand its audience

The Discord messenger raised $100 million at a valuation of $3.5 billion. The funds received will be used to expand the audience by changing the very concept of the site. Now Discord positions itself not as a service for a narrow gaming audience, but as a universal means of communication for everyone.

2. Koji social startup invested $10 million

Koji raised $10 million during the “A” series round, the lead investor of which was Galaxy Interactive. Koji will continue to develop its service to create unique posts, memes and mini-games that can be posted on any social network.

3. RemoteMyApp received $2.3 million to create cloud software

The Polish company RemoteMyApp, engaged in developments in the field of cloud technologies, received $2.3 million in investments from Telekom Innovation Pool, a special fund of the telecommunications giant Deutsche Telekom. Companies are already working on creating a cloud application for a large audience of Deutsche Telekom.

4. Finnish 4Good Games closed the funding round thanks to the founder

Finnish mobile game development studio 4Good Games has closed the seed round of funding. His lead investor was the co-founder of the company Jukka Pilman (Jukka Pihlman). The company plans to raise important social issues in its games, and donate half of its profits to charitable foundations. The exact amount of the investment is not called.

A game from 4Good Games

5. Starbreeze will raise $27 million to find a publisher for Payday 3

Swedish video game developer and publisher Starbreeze is going to attract more than $26 million in investments during the issue of shares for existing shareholders. The funds raised will help the company cover part of its large debts and finance the development of the Payday 3 cooperative shooter.

Payday

6. The authors of the Voicemod voice application received $8 million in investments

Voicemod, a Spanish developer of a real-time voice-altering app, has raised $8 million in a funding round. The only investor was the BITKRAFT Ventures fund. Voicemod differs from other applications in its sound effects, which adapt to the situation occurring on the screen during game streams.

Voicemod

7. $3 million has been invested in the analytical platform Spiketrap

Spiketrap, a platform for analyzing the behavior of users of social networks, raised $3 million during a seed round of financing, the lead investor of which was Susa Ventures. Spiketrap uses the received investments to improve the recognition technology of the “Internet language”.

8. ControlZee startup was transferred $3 million for the development of a custom engine

Game startup ControlZee raised $3 million from undisclosed investors during the Series A round. The company has developed an easy-to-use Dot Big Bang game engine. It will allow users to create their own games, which can be played by up to 50 thousand players at the same time, simply by clicking on the link from any device.

Dot Big Bang

9. Publisher CrazyLabs invested half a million dollars in an Indian accelerator

Indian mobile game publisher CrazyLabs has invested $500 thousand in its new business accelerator CrazyHub India. This fund will support Indian startups engaged in the development of hyper-casual games.

CrazyLabs Mobile Project

10. Animoca Brands has absorbed the developer of browser games Gamee

The Australian developer and publisher of mobile games Animoca Brands acquired 100% of Gamee shares for $ 6.5 million. The company develops browser games. Now there are more than eighty games in its library, and the monthly number of active users exceeds 1.3 million.

11. Paradox Interactive has bought a French mobile studio

Swedish publisher and video game developer Paradox Interactive has acquired the Paris-based company Playrion Game Studio, famous for its Airlines Manager business simulator. Using her experience in mobile development, Paradox Interactive plans to release mobile games based on the company’s franchises.

Airlines Manager

12. Mobile publisher Com2uS bought a controlling stake in the South Korean Dongyang Online

Com2uS, the publisher and developer of mobile games, has acquired an 86% stake in the Korean studio Dongyang Online, which is behind Tygem, a popular go game service in South Korea. In addition to providing the venue itself for GO competitions, Tygem allows you to cover matches and place bets on their outcome.

Tygem

13. Esports startup PlayBrain received $6 million investment

The Japanese organizer of esports events PlayBrain received $6 million from BITKRAFT Ventures. The attracted investments will be used to organize esports tournaments and continue partnerships with the largest Japanese league for League of Legends — LoL Japan League.

League of Legends

14. DoubleDown Interactive, the developer of social casinos, postponed the IPO

The leading Korean developer of social casinos DoubleDown Interactive postponed the initial placement of its shares. The reason was the halving of the volume of issued shares — 5.5 million shares at a price of $15.60 instead of 11 million at a price of $17 to $19. During the IPO, the company plans to raise $86 million.

DoubleDown Interactive Staff

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