Sectors/Gaming/2020/H2

Gaming funding in H2 2020

European Gaming startup funding raised during H2 2020.

In H2 2020, 38 European Gaming companies raised a combined €792M across 42 funding rounds, up 1141.7% versus H2 2019. Sweden led by capital raised, and Tencent Holdings was the most active investor. Data as of 9 Jul 2026.

Total funding

€792M

+1141.7% vs H2 2019

Funding rounds

+162.5% vs H2 2019

Companies

Top country

Sweden

Rank among sectors

#13

2.0% of sector funding

Top-10 round share

90.2%

of disclosed capital

Rounds ≥ €100M

Funding by month

€ raised vs rounds, by month

Top countries

by € raised

Stage mix

by € raised

Exits & M&A

11 Acquisition · 2 IPO

15 exits · €3.5B disclosed.

NetEnt	Unknown	Sep 2020	€1.9B
Codemasters	Acquisition	Dec 2020	€1.0B
Hutch	Acquisition	Dec 2020	€227M
Enad Global 7	IPO	Dec 2020	€165M
Sandbox Interactive	Acquisition	Dec 2020	€130M

Top deals

largest disclosed rounds in H2 2020

Company	Stage	Date	Amount
Stillfront	Growth/Late	Dec 2020	€365M
Kahoot!	Growth/Late	Oct 2020	€182M
G-Loot	Other	Oct 2020	€48M
Metacore	Growth/Late	Sep 2020

View all 42 Gaming deals in H2 2020 →

Top investors

most active in H2 2020, by deal count

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