Play Ventures

Play Ventures is a venture capital firm specialising in games. It was founded by gaming entrepreneurs and invests early, sometimes before a studio has a product.

What Play Ventures offers

• Early-stage investment — funding for game studios and games services startups.
• Recruitment help — support in finding staff.
• Design and fundraising advice — guidance from its own network of industry contacts.
• Co-investment — it invests alongside other gaming venture firms from around the world.
• Founder community — it encourages sharing between portfolio founders.

Who it works with

The firm looks for free-to-play, mobile and Web3 game makers from across the globe. Portfolio news on its site mentions a social multiplayer studio, a mod platform, a fantasy sports and gaming app and a cloud-native online game developer. It reports working with more than 50 companies.

Key facts

• Sector: gaming
• Stage: early, including pre-product teams
• Funds: two
• Recognition: won the Pocket Gamer Mobile Games Award for investor of the year twice in a row