1) Epic Games
Epic Games offers full-featured game engine technology, giving developers everything they need to bring their creative visions to life.
Details of the startup:
- Valuation: $31.50B (October 2018)
- Country: United States
- State: North Carolina
- City: Cary
- Started in: 1991
- Founders: Mark Rein, Tim Sweeney
- Number of employees: 1,000-5,000
- Funding: $544.93M
- Funding rounds: 10
- Number of investors: 34
You can find their website here.
2) Dapper Labs
Dapper Labs is a consumer-focused cryptocurrency company that builds blockchain games and supports digital collectables.
Details of the startup:
- Valuation: $7.60B (March 2021)
- Country: Canada
- State: British Columbia
- City: Vancouver
- Started in: 2018
- Founders: Dieter Shirley, Mack Flavelle, Roham Gharegozlou
- Number of employees: 100-250
- Funding: $665.07M
- Funding rounds: 8
- Number of investors: 95
You can find their website here.
3) Moon Active
Moon Active is proud to develop high-quality games that appeal to a wide range of audiences.
Details of the startup:
- Valuation: $5.00B (January 2020)
- Country: Israel
- City: Tel Aviv
- Started in: 2011
- Founders: Samuel Albin
- Number of employees: 1,000-5,000
- Funding: $425M
- Funding rounds: 4
- Number of investors: 5
You can find their website here.
4) Sorare
Sorare is a global fantasy football game where players can buy, trade, and play with official digital cards.
Details of the startup:
- Valuation: $4.30B (September 2021)
- Country: France
- City: Paris
- Started in: 2019
- Founders: Adrien Montfort, Fabian Estrada, Nicolas Julia
- Number of employees: 10-50
- Funding: $737.08M
- Funding rounds: 4
- Number of investors: 31
You can find their website here.
5) Rec Room
Rec Room is a social network for gamers and creators. Play games, create your own levels, and share all with friends.
Details of the startup:
- Valuation: $3.50B (March 2021)
- Country: United States
- State: Washington
- City: Seattle
- Started in: 2016
- Founders: Bilal Orhan, Cameron Brown, Dan Kroymann, John Bevis, Josh Wehrly, Nick Fajt
- Number of employees: 100-250
- Funding: $294.82M
- Funding rounds: 8
- Number of investors: 11
You can find their website here.
6) Improbable
Improbable is a games technology company that enables developers to build virtual worlds for games and simulations of any scale.
Details of the startup:
- Valuation: $3.36B (May 2017)
- Country: United Kingdom
- State: England
- City: London
- Started in: 2012
- Founders: Herman Narula, Peter Lipka, Rob Whitehead
- Number of employees: 500-1,000
- Funding: $603.93M
- Funding rounds: 6
- Number of investors: 10
You can find their website here.
7) Wildlife Studios
Wildlife Studios is a mobile gaming company that develops and publishes unique games that are fun and challenging.
Details of the startup:
- Valuation: $3.00B (December 2019)
- Country: Brazil
- City: Sao Paulo
- Started in: 2011
- Founders: Arthur Lazarte, Michael Mac-Vicar, Victor Lazarte
- Number of employees: 500-1,000
- Funding: $180.00M
- Funding rounds: 2
- Number of investors: 13
You can find their website here.
8) Dream Games
Dream Games is a mobile game development company that develops mobile puzzle games.
Details of the startup:
- Valuation: $2.75B (June 2021)
- Country: Turkey
- City: Istanbul
- Started in: 2019
- Founders: Eren Sengul, Hakan Saglam, Ikbal Namli, Serdar Yilmaz, Soner Aydemir
- Number of employees: 100-250
- Funding: $467.20M
- Funding rounds: 4
- Number of investors: 6
You can find their website here.
9) Games24x7
Gaming for Real Money, Daily Fantasy Sports, and Casual Gaming.
Details of the startup:
- Valuation: $2.50B (March 2022)
- Country: India
- State: Maharashtra
- City: Mumbai
- Started in: 2006
- Founders: Bhavin Pandya, Trivikraman Thampy
- Number of employees: 501-1000
- Funding: $75.00M
- Funding rounds: 2
- Number of investors: 4
You can find their website here.
10) Immutable Systems
Immutable Systems offers a revolutionary new approach to cloud security.
Details of the startup:
- Valuation: $2.50B (March 2022)
- Country: Australia
- State: New South Wales
- City: Surry Hills
- Started in: 2018
- Founders: James Ferguson, Robbie Ferguson
- Number of employees: 251-500
- Funding: $279.80M
- Funding rounds: 5
- Number of investors: 32
You can find their website here.
11) Coda Payments
Coda Payments assists digital content providers in more than forty markets in monetizing their products and services.
Details of the startup:
- Valuation: $2.50B (April 2022)
- Country: Singapore
- State: Central Region
- City: Singapore
- Started in: 2011
- Founders: Bobby Choi, Neil Davidson, Paul Leishman
- Number of employees: 251-500
- Funding: $715.25M
- Funding rounds: 8
- Number of investors: 14
You can find their website here.
12) Mobile Premier League
Mobile Premier League is a skill-based eSports platform used to offer cash prizes while playing games.
Details of the startup:
- Valuation: $2.45B (September 2021)
- Country: India
- City: Bengaluru
- Started in: 2018
- Founders: Sai Srinivas Kiran G, Shubh Malhotra, Shubham Malhotra
- Number of employees: 250-500
- Funding: $377.70M
- Funding rounds: 5
- Number of investors: 18
You can find their website here.
13) Forte Labs
Forte is an economic technology for games that powers NFTs and rich token economies.
Details of the startup:
- Valuation: $1.73B (May 2021)
- Country: United States
- State: California
- City: San Francisco
- Started in: 2018
- Founders: Brett Seyler, Josh Williams, Kent Wakeford, Kevin Chou, Mahesh Vellanki
- Number of employees: 100-250
- Funding: $910.00M
- Funding rounds: 4
- Number of investors: 25
You can find their website here.
14) Mythical Games
Mythical Games is a video game engine for player-owned economies.
Details of the startup:
- Valuation: $1.25B (November 2021)
- Country: United States
- State: California
- City: Sherman Oaks
- Started in: 2018
- Founders: Cameron Thacker, Chris Downs, Jamie Jackson, John Linden, Rudy Koch
- Number of employees: 100-250
- Funding: $260.00M
- Funding rounds: 6
- Number of investors: 34
You can find their website here.
15) Playco
Playco builds cross-platform, free-to-play titles for gamers around the world. Their games run on desktops, iOS devices, and across the web.
Details of the startup:
- Valuation: $1.00B (September 2020)
- Country: Japan
- City: Tokyo
- Started in: 2020
- Founders: Justin Waldron, Michael Carter, Takeshi Otsuka, Teddy Cross
- Number of employees: 50-100
- Funding: $100.00M
- Funding rounds: 7
- Number of investors: 17
You can find their website here.