Sectors/Gaming/2014/H1

Gaming funding in H1 2014

European Gaming startup funding raised during H1 2014.

In H1 2014, 26 European Gaming companies closed 26 funding rounds and raised €54M in equity funding (excluding debt and grants), down 68.0% versus H1 2013. Debt rounds added €25M. Finland led by capital raised, and Jari Ovaskainen was the most active investor. Data as of 6 Nov 2026.

Equity funding

€54M

-68.0% vs H1 2013 · excl. debt & grants · +€25M debt

Funding rounds

-18.8% vs H1 2013

Companies

Top country

Finland

Rank among sectors

#17

1.4% of sector funding

Debt financing

€25M

31.8% of total

Top-10 round share

91.3%

of disclosed capital

Funding by month

€ raised vs rounds, by month

Data table

	Funding	Rounds
Jan	€7.9M	6
Feb	€396k	2
Mar	€1.8M	3
Apr	€15M	3
May	€8.7M	6
Jun	€45M	6

Top countries

by € raised

Data table

	Gaming — top countries by capital, H1 2014
Finland	€51M
Germany	€14M
UK	€6.3M
Czech Republic	€3.1M
Spain	€1.4M
Estonia	€1.3M
Türkiye	€435k
Belgium	€296k

Stage mix

by € raised

Data table

	Gaming — stage mix, H1 2014
Debt	€25M
Other	€24M
Series B	€9.0M
Series A	€8.4M
Early VC	€6.7M
Seed	€6.0M

Exits & M&A

3 Acquisition

3 exits.

Top deals

largest disclosed rounds in H1 2014

Company	Stage	Date	Amount
Rovio	Debt	Jun 2014	€25M
Lifeline Ventures Oy	Other	Apr 2014	€15M
Flaregames	Series B	Jun 2014	€9.0M
crobo	Other	Jun 2014	€5.1M
Next Games	Series A	Jan 2014	€4.4M
Outplay Entertainment	Early VC	May 2014	€3.6M
Geewa	Early VC	Jun 2014	€3.1M
Boomlagoon	Series A	May 2014	€2.6M
Flexion	Other	Jun 2014	€2.3M
Seriously	Seed	May 2014	€1.9M
PlayRaven	Seed	Jan 2014	€1.7M
Omnidrone	Series A	Mar 2014	€1.4M
Relax Gaming	Other	Jan 2014	€1.3M
Fantastec	Seed	May 2014	€578k
Gram Games	Seed	Jan 2014	€435k

View all 26 Gaming deals in H1 2014 →

Top investors

most active in H1 2014, by deal count

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