Sectors/Gaming/2013/Q4

Gaming funding in Q4 2013

European Gaming startup funding raised during Q4 2013.

In Q4 2013, 18 European Gaming companies closed 19 funding rounds and raised €103M in equity funding (excluding debt and grants), up 360.1% versus Q4 2012. UK led by capital raised, and Boldstart Ventures was the most active investor. Data as of 6 Nov 2026.

Equity funding

€103M

+360.1% vs Q4 2012 · excl. debt & grants

Funding rounds

+18.8% vs Q4 2012

Companies

Top country

Rank among sectors

6.4% of sector funding

Top-10 round share

95.5%

of disclosed capital

Funding by month

€ raised vs rounds, by month

Data table

	Funding	Rounds
Oct	€15M	3
Nov	€54M	10
Dec	€34M	6

Top countries

by € raised

Data table

	Gaming — top countries by capital, Q4 2013
UK	€56M
Iceland	€18M
Israel	€8.9M
Sweden	€6.2M
Germany	€5.2M
Russia	€4.4M
Finland	€2.4M
Spain	€1.4M

Stage mix

by € raised

Data table

	Gaming — stage mix, Q4 2013
Growth/Late	€31M
Series B	€30M
Other	€18M
Series A	€16M
Early VC	€5.4M
Seed	€2.5M

Top deals

largest disclosed rounds in Q4 2013

Company	Stage	Date	Amount
GameAccount Network	Growth/Late	Nov 2013	€31M
Plain Vanilla Games	Series B	Dec 2013	€16M
Betable	Series A	Nov 2013	€14M
Plumbee	Other	Dec 2013	€12M
Tab Tale	Series B	Oct 2013	€8.9M
applift	Series B	Oct 2013	€5.2M
Nival	Other	Dec 2013	€4.4M
MAG Interactive	Early VC	Nov 2013	€4.4M
Seriously	Seed	Nov 2013	€1.7M
Nuday Games	Series A	Dec 2013	€1.5M
Plain Vanilla Games	Series A	Nov 2013	€1.5M
From the bench games	Early VC	Nov 2013	€1.0M
Small Giant Games	Other	Oct 2013	€675k
GetSocial.im	Seed	Nov 2013	€607k
Otogami	Other	Nov 2013	€405k

View all 19 Gaming deals in Q4 2013 →

Top investors

most active in Q4 2013, by deal count

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