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Play Ventures

Founders Henric Suuronen

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Total investments 97
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$8M
Portfolio companies 73
Rounds per year 16.17
Lead investments 17
Follow on index
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.25
Key employees 5

Areas of investment

  • Gaming
  • Video Games
  • Online Games
  • Blockchain
  • Software
Summary

Play Ventures is the famous VC, which was founded in 2018. The venture was found in North America in Cayman Islands. The main office of represented VC is situated in the Grand Cayman.

The fund is constantly included in 2-6 deals per year. The common things for fund are deals in the range of 1 - 5 millions dollars. The high activity for fund was in 2019. Considering the real fund results, this VC is 80 percentage points more often commits exit comparing to other organizations.

The standard case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 3 partakers. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Sisu Game Ventures, SAATCHiNVEST, Maki.vc.

Besides them, we counted 5 critical employees of this fund in our database.

For fund there is no match between the country of its foundation and the country of its the most frequent investments - Finland. Besides, a startup requires to be at the age of 1 and less years to receive the investment from the fund. Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight Redhill Games. Among the most popular fund investment industries, there are Lifestyle, Video Games.

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Darkbright Studios

$6M23 Sep 2024 -

Cypher Games

Gaming
Mobile Apps
PC Games
$10M11 Sep 2024 Sisli, Istanbul, Turkey

Odeeo

Ad Server
Advertising
Audio
Brand Marketing
Digital Marketing
Gaming
Marketing
Mobile Advertising
$5M04 Sep 2024 Herzliya, Tel Aviv, Israel

Social First

Gaming
MMO Games
$4M06 Aug 2024 Helsinki, Southern Finland, Finland

Nirvana Labs

Blockchain
Ethereum
IaaS
PaaS
Software
Technical Support
$4M19 Jul 2024 Los Angeles, California, United States

Arya

Consumer
Wellness
$7M12 Jun 2024 -

Hypersonic Laboratories

$7M30 May 2024 Los Angeles, California, United States

Benjamin Capital Partners, Inc

Banking
$5M11 Mar 2024 New York, New York, United States

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Video Games
$3M30 Jan 2024 Helsinki, Southern Finland, Finland
News
Mobile Premier League Raises Series E Financing; Valued at $2.3 Billion

– Mobile Premier League, the Asian largest esports and skill gaming platform, raised its Series E round of financing at a pre-money valuation of $2.3b.
– The round was led by Legatum Capital with participation from existing investors Sequoia, SIG, RTP Global, Go-Ventures, Moore Strategic Ventures, Play Ventures, Base Partners, Telstra Ventures, and Founders Circle Capital.
– The new investment will be used to finance the company’s global expansion and invest in its technology.

Colossi Games Raises $2.5M in Seed Funding

– Colossi Games is a Limassol, Cyprus-based gaming company focused on role-playing games (RPG).
– The company raised $2.5m in seed funding.
– The round was led by EQT Ventures, with participation from existing investor Play Ventures.
– The funding will be used to develop and market its first game, as well as the creation of future games.

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Total investments 97
Average round size 8M
Rounds per year 16.17
Peak activity year 2022
Lead investments 17
Follow on index 0.25
Group Appearance index 0.92

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Darkbright Studios

$6M23 Sep 2024 -

Cypher Games

Gaming
Mobile Apps
PC Games
$10M11 Sep 2024 Sisli, Istanbul, Turkey

Odeeo

Ad Server
Advertising
Audio
Brand Marketing
Digital Marketing
Gaming
Marketing
Mobile Advertising
$5M04 Sep 2024 Herzliya, Tel Aviv, Israel

Social First

Gaming
MMO Games
$4M06 Aug 2024 Helsinki, Southern Finland, Finland

Nirvana Labs

Blockchain
Ethereum
IaaS
PaaS
Software
Technical Support
$4M19 Jul 2024 Los Angeles, California, United States

Arya

Consumer
Wellness
$7M12 Jun 2024 -

Hypersonic Laboratories

$7M30 May 2024 Los Angeles, California, United States

Benjamin Capital Partners, Inc

Banking
$5M11 Mar 2024 New York, New York, United States

Order of Meta

Video Games
$3M30 Jan 2024 Helsinki, Southern Finland, Finland
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