Sectors/Gaming/2013/H1

Gaming funding in H1 2013

European Gaming startup funding raised during H1 2013.

In H1 2013, 31 European Gaming companies closed 32 funding rounds and raised €168M in equity funding (excluding debt and grants), up 159.3% versus H1 2012. Finland led by capital raised, and ACT Venture Capital was the most active investor. Data as of 6 Nov 2026.

Equity funding

€168M

+159.3% vs H1 2012 · excl. debt & grants

Funding rounds

+33.3% vs H1 2012

Companies

Top country

Finland

Rank among sectors

6.1% of sector funding

Top-10 round share

91.2%

of disclosed capital

Rounds ≥ €100M

Funding by month

€ raised vs rounds, by month

Data table

	Funding	Rounds
Jan	€11M	5
Feb	€23M	6
Mar	€8.4M	5
Apr	€107M	6
May	€4.9M	3
Jun	€14M	7

Top countries

by € raised

Data table

	Gaming — top countries by capital, H1 2013
Finland	€104M
Lithuania	€18M
UK	€13M
Germany	€11M
Spain	€7.2M
Israel	€4.9M
Czech Republic	€2.3M
Russia	€2.3M

Stage mix

by € raised

Data table

	Gaming — stage mix, H1 2013
Series B	€104M
Series A	€40M
Seed	€8.7M
Series C	€8.3M
Early VC	€6.5M
Other	€84k

Exits & M&A

1 Acquisition

1 exit · €2.3B disclosed.

Mojang

Acquisition

Jan 2013

€2.3B

Top deals

largest disclosed rounds in H1 2013

Company	Stage	Date	Amount
Supercell	Series B	Apr 2013	€102M
Game Insight	Series A	Feb 2013	€18M
applift	Series A	Jun 2013	€10.0M
FanDuel	Series C	Jan 2013	€8.3M
Social Point	Series B	Feb 2013	€2.9M
Akamon Entertainment	Series A	May 2013	€2.8M
Carmageddon	Early VC	Mar 2013	€2.7M
BuddyBet	Early VC	Apr 2013	€2.3M
Playtox	Series A	Jun 2013	€2.3M
Nonstop Games	Seed	Mar 2013	€2.2M
Nextpeer	Seed	Mar 2013	€2.2M
Plain Vanilla Games	Series A	Apr 2013	€2.0M
Digit Game Studios	Series A	Jan 2013	€1.9M
Smarkets	Series A	Feb 2013	€1.7M
Bangbite	Early VC	Apr 2013	€1.5M

View all 32 Gaming deals in H1 2013 →

Top investors

most active in H1 2013, by deal count

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