Investment news – digest for March 23-29

All the gaming deals for the past week in one material.

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 Evdokimov1. Mobile game developer Big Run Studios has attracted $1.4 million seed investment

California-based casual mobile game developer Big Run Studios has raised $1.4 million in a seed round. The key investor in the transaction was the Galaxy Interactive profile fund. Since 2019, the studio has released 3 projects and plans to release 3 more games this year.

2. The MRGV Fund has invested in 2 Belarusian studios and is negotiating with 3 more

It became known that in addition to investing in SWAG MASHA, the MGRV gaming fund invested money in another Belarusian startup. The company is also negotiating to work with 3 more gaming teams.

3. Investments, M&A deals and exits in the gaming industry – results of 2019

Prepared and published a document on the results of investment transactions in the gaming business over the past year. In total, $ 7.2 billion was invested in games in 2019.

4. Rally Cry esports platform attracted $1.2 million seed investments

The California esports startup Rally Cry, founded by natives of Blizzard, “raised” $1.2 million in the seed round. Investors in the deal were the founders of Blizzard, Twitch, Riot and other business angels.

5. Mobile esports organization Tribe Gaming has attracted $1 million seed investment

The Texas-based mobile esports organization Tribe Gaming has raised $1 million in funding to establish a new headquarters in Austin, Texas, open a content creation lab for mobile games and further grow the business. Among the sponsors is the star of the US National Basketball Association, Gordon Hayward, a WWE wrestler named Claudio Castagnoli (aka Cesaro), CEO of Super Evil Megacorp Christian Segerstrale and business angel Victor Krahn.