Sectors/Gaming/2010

Gaming funding in 2010

European Gaming startup funding raised during 2010.

In 2010, 20 European Gaming companies closed 20 funding rounds and raised €43M in equity funding (excluding debt and grants). UK led by capital raised, and Prime Ventures was the most active investor. Data as of 6 Nov 2026.

Equity funding

€43M

excl. debt & grants

Funding rounds

Companies

Top country

Gaming: last three years

change vs the year before

Year	Equity	Change	Rounds	Change	Debt
2008	€137M	+221.8%	23	+27.8%	—
2009	€18M	-86.9%	18	-21.7%	—
2010	€43M	+141.6%	20	+11.1%	—

Rank among sectors

#16

1.2% of sector funding

Top-10 round share

92.1%

of disclosed capital

Funding by month

€ raised vs rounds, by month

Data table

	Funding	Rounds
Jan	€16M	5
Feb	€3.9M	1
Apr	€394k	2
May	€6.6M	2
Jun	€1.8M	1
Jul	€6.5M	2
Aug	€3.0M	1
Oct	€2.9M	2
Nov	€1.1M	2
Dec	€1.2M	2

Top countries

by € raised

Data table

	Gaming — top countries by capital, 2010
UK	€15M
Iceland	€11M
France	€5.5M
Germany	€3.9M
Israel	€3.2M
Spain	€2.6M
Türkiye	€1.2M
Finland	€800k

Stage mix

by € raised

Data table

	Gaming — stage mix, 2010
Growth/Late	€11M
Early VC	€11M
Other	€9.3M
Series B	€4.6M
Series A	€4.1M
Seed	€3.4M

Exits & M&A

3 Acquisition

3 exits · €106M disclosed.

Hyves	Acquisition	Oct 2010	€50M
PokerStrategy	Acquisition	May 2010	€38M
Chillingo	Acquisition	Oct 2010	€18M

Largest equity rounds

by disclosed amount, 2010

Company	Stage	Date	Amount
CCP Games	Growth/Late	Jan 2010	€11M
Eutechnyx	Early VC	May 2010	€6.6M
Zattikka	Other	Jul 2010	€5.0M
DarkWorks	Early VC	Feb 2010	€3.9M
Palringo	Series B	Aug 2010	€3.0M
Smeet	Other	Jan 2010	€2.6M
PlayScape	Series A	Jan 2010	€2.1M
Neonga	Series A	Oct 2010	€2.1M
Crowdpark	Other	Jun 2010	€1.8M
Allegorithmic	Series B	Jul 2010	€1.6M

View all 20 Gaming deals in 2010 →

Top investors

most active in 2010, by deal count

Source: Tech.eu Funding Explorer · data as of 6 Nov 2026 · licence CC BY 4.0 · Methodology

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