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Top 100 Gaming Startups 2026

Private game studios, gaming platforms, and gaming infrastructure companies, ranked by total funding raised.

Known total funding for 100 of 100 ranked companies: $28.3B.

Showing top 100 matching companies · Ranked by total funding raised

Use company data through the API.
Example request
curl "https://indexed.vc/api/v1/companies?industries=Gaming&operatingStatus=active&sort=total_funding_raised&order=desc&limit=100" -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_API_KEY"

The API has no company type filter, so public companies can appear; this list counts private companies only.

The API cannot leave out companies whose latest round is a grant, private equity or debt financing; this list does.

Data from Indexed.vcUpdated

Methodology: up to 100 active companies matching this list's filters are ordered by disclosed total funding in USD. Companies whose latest round is one of: Grant, Private Equity, Debt Financing are excluded. Totals include recorded grants and other qualifying funding, not just equity. Open a company profile for its funding summary and available detail. How this data is built.

76
Sleeper

Sleeper is an innovative social platform with best-in-class communication features and designs to...

San Francisco Bay Area, United States11–50Gaming, Sports
Series CTotal funding$60.0MSep 2021
77
Carry1st

Carry1st helps global publishers scale content in Africa through end-to-end marketing, payment, a...

Cape Town, South Africa51–200Gaming, Media
Series BTotal funding$56.5MJan 2023
78
Believer

The Believer Company is a game development studio dedicated to putting the player at the center o...

Los Angeles, United States51–200Gaming
Series ATotal funding$55.0MMar 2023
79
Semble

Matchmaking for game development - LinkedIn for the game industry

Stockholm, Sweden1–10Gaming
Series CTotal funding$55.0MJun 2026
80
Spyke Games

Spyke Games is a Turkish mobile gaming company building social casual games, founded by the team ...

Istanbul, Turkey51–200Gaming
SeedTotal funding$55.0MJan 2022
81
Azra Games

Azra Games is a blockchain-based developer of collectable combat role-playing games for core game...

Sacramento, United States11–50Gaming, Artificial Intelligence
Series ATotal funding$52.7MOct 2024
82
Z League

Z League lets gamers meet teammates through its Looking for Group feature and join skill-based to...

Marina del Rey, United States11–50Entertainment, Gaming
Series BTotal funding$52.2MAug 2021
83
Avia Games

Developer and operator of skill-based mobile games offering competitive real-money tournaments to...

Los Angeles, United States501–1000Entertainment, Gaming
Series BTotal funding$50.0MAug 2021
84
Sett

Sett is an agentic AI platform that helps game studios move from idea to hit smart and fast, with...

Tel Aviv, Israel11–50Artificial Intelligence, Gaming
SeedTotal funding$50.0MMar 2026
85
Yahaha
Helsinki, Finland51–200AR/VR, Gaming
Venture RoundTotal funding$50.0MJan 2022
86
Backbone

Mobile gaming hardware and software platform creating the Backbone One controller that turns smar...

Palo Alto, United States51–200Gaming, Hardware
Series ATotal funding$45.5MFeb 2022
87
Jadu

Mobile AR game studio building immersive, camera-powered experiences for phones.

Los Angeles, United States11–50Financial Services, AR/VR
Series ATotal funding$45.0MMay 2022
88
k-ID

k-ID is transforming how kids and teens access age-appropriate game experiences and helping devel...

Singapore, Singapore11–50Gaming
Series ATotal funding$45.0MJun 2024
89
Hedra

Generative AI platform that helps creators and teams generate and edit images, video, and audio f...

San Francisco, United States11–50Gaming, Infrastructure
Series ATotal funding$42.0MMay 2025
90
CCP Games

CCP Games is an independent developer of massively multiplayer games (MMO). They are creators of ...

Reykjavik, Iceland51–200Gaming, Crypto & Web3
Series DTotal funding$40.0MMar 2023
91
FaZe Clan

FaZe Clan is a global lifestyle and entertainment brand rooted in competitive gaming and esports ...

Los Angeles, United States51–200Entertainment, Gaming
Series ATotal funding$40.0MApr 2020
92
Loaded

Loaded is a gaming creator management company that helps creators build brands and businesses thr...

Los Angeles, United States11–50Gaming
Venture RoundTotal funding$40.0MJul 2026
93
Vitruvian VR

Inspired by Leonardo's Vitruvian Man, the Vitruvian VR® simulator is a gyroscope-structured mecha...

Turin, Italy1–10Defense Tech, Gaming
Extension RoundTotal funding$39.3MDec 2023
94
Lucra Sports

Lucra powers real-money peer-to-peer skill competitions and mini games inside partner apps, actin...

New York, United States11–50Gaming
Series BTotal funding$39.1MApr 2026
95
Resolution Games

Creates VR, AR, and mixed-reality multiplayer games and IP for consumers across platforms, specia...

Stockholm, Sweden51–200AR/VR, Entertainment
Series CTotal funding$38.5MJul 2021
96
Nex

Nex is a motion entertainment company that is transforming sedentary activity into active play. W...

San Jose, United States51–200Entertainment, Mobile
Series BTotal funding$37.5MSep 2021
97
TaleMonster Games

Istanbul-based mobile game studio making Match Valley, a casual mobile puzzle game for global con...

Istanbul, Turkey1–10Entertainment, Gaming
Series ATotal funding$37.0MJan 2026
98
TSM

Premier esports organization founded in 2009 with global presence, competing across major game ti...

Los Angeles, United States201–500Entertainment, Gaming
Series ATotal funding$37.0MJul 2018
99
Series Entertainment

Creates AI-native game studios and a multimodal generative-AI platform to build immersive, franch...

San Francisco, United States51–200Artificial Intelligence, Developer Tools
Series ATotal funding$35.9MAug 2024
100
Fractal

Gaming NFT marketplace

San Francisco, United States11–50Gaming, Marketplace
SeedTotal funding$35.0MApr 2022