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A Guide to Venture Capital Funding For Video Game Startups (2021)
I often get requests from early-stage video game-related startups asking for intros to investors who invest in games. There were only a few gaming-focused VC funds in the past, but this number has grown significantly in recent years. In February of his year (2021), GamesOne released a list of the top VC funds dedicated to gaming, ranked by fund size, with assets under management of $1.577 billion. In a sign of the times, new gaming funds have been announced since the release of the list.
Since there are loads of new gaming startups these days, let me first say, using a dated (and sexist) analogy, you most likely will have to kiss a few frogs before finding your prince (or princess). Still, if you want to go after gaming VCs, you can increase your chances of getting funded by finding the right fit for your startup.
In this article, I wanted to not just give a list, but to give some context on each fund (subjective though that context might be), so you can decide if they are a good fit for you. Some of the context is from conversations I’ve had with the partners, and others are from their publicly available information.
A Little History of VCs and Gaming
This is a unique time for the gaming industry, where new gaming VC funds are flush…
