Sectors/Gaming/2014/Q2

Gaming funding in Q2 2014

European Gaming startup funding raised during Q2 2014.

In Q2 2014, 15 European Gaming companies closed 15 funding rounds and raised €44M in equity funding (excluding debt and grants), down 65.3% versus Q2 2013. Debt rounds added €25M. Finland led by capital raised, and 360 Capital Partners was the most active investor. Data as of 6 Nov 2026.

Equity funding

€44M

-65.3% vs Q2 2013 · excl. debt & grants · +€25M debt

Funding rounds

-6.3% vs Q2 2013

Companies

Top country

Finland

Rank among sectors

#14

2.1% of sector funding

Debt financing

€25M

36.4% of total

Top-10 round share

99.2%

of disclosed capital

Funding by month

€ raised vs rounds, by month

Data table

	Funding	Rounds
Apr	€15M	3
May	€8.7M	6
Jun	€45M	6

Top countries

by € raised

Data table

	Gaming — top countries by capital, Q2 2014
Finland	€45M
Germany	€14M
UK	€6.2M
Czech Republic	€3.1M
Netherlands	€220k
Austria	€0
Spain	€0

Stage mix

by € raised

Data table

	Gaming — stage mix, Q2 2014
Debt	€25M
Other	€22M
Series B	€9.0M
Early VC	€6.7M
Seed	€3.0M
Series A	€2.6M

Exits & M&A

2 Acquisition

2 exits.

Top deals

largest disclosed rounds in Q2 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
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
Fantastec	Seed	May 2014	€578k
nDreams	Seed	Apr 2014	€302k
GetSocial.im	Seed	Jun 2014	€220k

View all 15 Gaming deals in Q2 2014 →

Top investors

most active in Q2 2014, by deal count

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