European Gaming startup funding raised during H1 2016.
In H1 2016, 44 European Gaming companies raised a combined €150M across 45 funding rounds, up 118.7% versus H1 2015. Sweden led by capital raised, and AddInvest was the most active investor. Data as of 23 Aug 2026.
18 exits · €1.3B disclosed.
| Gameloft | Buyout | Feb 2016 | €700M |
| Paradox Interactive | IPO | Feb 2016 | €377M |
| Best Gaming Technology | Acquisition | Mar 2016 | €153M |
| Pixonic | Acquisition | Apr 2016 | €27M |
| Frogmind | Acquisition | Mar 2016 | €14M |
| Company | Stage | Date | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Starbreeze Studios | Growth/Late | Jan 2016 | €37M |
| Rovio | Debt | Jan 2016 | €25M |
| Paradox Interactive | Growth/Late | May 2016 | €18M |
| FACEIT | Series A |
| SBAT |
| Acquisition |
| Feb 2016 |
| €14M |
| Jan 2016 |
| €14M |
| Next Games | Series B | Jan 2016 | €9.2M |
| Plain Vanilla Games | Debt | Jan 2016 | €6.9M |
| Marmalade Game Studio | Series A | Jan 2016 | €4.6M |
| toucanBox | Early VC | May 2016 | €4.5M |
| DOJO Madness | Series A | May 2016 | €4.1M |
| Hazelight | Other | Apr 2016 | €3.2M |
| Armada Interactive | Seed | Apr 2016 | €2.6M |
| GetSocial.im | Early VC | Jan 2016 | €2.5M |
| Zengaming | Seed | Apr 2016 | €2.5M |
| Codeta | Seed | May 2016 | €2.1M |
| Hero Gaming | Early VC | Jan 2016 | €2.0M |
