Gabe Leydon, a co-founder of free-to-play game studio Machine Zone that sold to AppLovin for $600M, raised $200M in 2021 for blockchain game startup Limit Break Techmeme · 3 months ago
Inworld, which helps developers create AI-based virtual characters for video games, raised a $50M Series A led by Section 32 and Intel Capital Techmeme · 3 months ago
Massachusetts-based Modulate, which scans voice chat using machine learning to find toxic players in online games, raised a $30M Series A led by Lakestar Techmeme · 3 months ago
Bishop Fox, which offers tools for dynamic application security testing, has raised a $75M Series B led by Carrick Capital Partners Techmeme · 4 months ago
Twitter says roughly 1.5B tweets about gaming were made on its site in H1 2022, up 36% YoY; Genshin Impact was the most tweeted-about game and Wordle was second Techmeme · 5 months ago
Edge, which lets gamers clip their own shareable gameplay moments and turn them into standalone playable units called Playables, has raised a $30M Series A Techmeme · 5 months ago
Interview with Chip Morningstar, a developer behind Lucasfilm's MMORPG forerunner Habitat, on lessons learned building the game, metaverse, blockchain, and more Techmeme · 5 months ago
Coalition, which offers cyber threat insurance and a real-time risk assessment tool, raised a $250M Series F at a $5B valuation, up from $3.5B in September 2021 Techmeme · 5 months ago
Planetarium Labs, which is building a Web3 gaming ecosystem based on Libplanet blockchain, has raised a $32M Series A led by Animoca Brands Techmeme · 5 months ago
London-based Omeda Studios, which is making a third-person action MOBA named Predecessor, raised a $20M Series A led by Haveli, after a $2.2M seed in March 2021 Techmeme · 5 months ago
Normalyze, which enables security teams to continuously analyze, prioritize, and respond to cloud data threats, emerges from stealth with a $22.2M Series A Techmeme · 5 months ago
London-based ESG Book, which provides sustainability data and whose clients include Citi and JP Morgan, raised a $35M Series B led by Energy Impact Partners Techmeme · 5 months ago
California-based VersusGame, an app that lets content creators pose "prediction contests" to viewers for a chance to win cash and prizes, raised a $25M Series A Techmeme · 5 months ago
Paris-based EcoVadis, which provides software for business sustainability ratings, raised a $500M Series C led by BeyondNetZero and Astorg at a $1B+ valuation Techmeme · 5 months ago
Playful Studios, the maker of Words With Friends, raised $46M to build Wildcard, a Web3 game combining collectible cards with battle arena real-time strategy Techmeme · 6 months ago
New York-based Castor, which offers enterprise tools to help catalog data, raises a $23.5M Series A led by Blossom Techmeme · 6 months ago
Cambridge-based Devo, a cloud-native logging and security analytics provider, raises a $100M Series F led by Eurazeo at a $2B valuation Techmeme · 6 months ago
Menlo Microsystems, which aims to make circuit breakers and electrical switches far more efficient, raises $150M, bringing its total raised to $225M Techmeme · 6 months ago
Manta, which offers a date lineage service for companies to understand and visualize the flow of information, raises a $35M Series B led by Forestay Capital Techmeme · 6 months ago
Stripe launches an apps marketplace to bring third-party tools directly into Stripe, starting with 50+ apps from companies like Dropbox, Mailchimp, and DocuSign Techmeme · 6 months ago
Toronto-based Forma.ai, which helps companies manage and optimize sales compensation plans, raises a $45M Series B led by ACME Capital Techmeme · 6 months ago
An interview with a16z's Jonathan Lai on Games Fund One, the VC firm's new $600M fund for games that will invest in studios, infrastructure, and technologies Techmeme · 6 months ago
Access governance service Pathlock raises $200M led by Vertica and merges with data security company Appsian and SAP compliance tool Security Weaver Techmeme · 6 months ago
Cornami, a fabless chip firm offering an architecture optimized for Fully Homomorphic Encryption and quantum threats, raises $68M Series C led by Vision Fund 2 Techmeme · 6 months ago
Metatheory, co-founded by Twitch co-founder Kevin Lin to build games and virtual worlds using blockchain tech like NFTs, raises a $24M Series A led by a16z Techmeme · 6 months ago
Evisort, which offers an AI-powered contract management software, raises a $100M Series C led by TCV, bringing its total funding to $155.6M Techmeme · 7 months ago
Reno-based CIQ, which develops Rocky Linux, an open-source CentOS-successor Linux distribution, raises a $26M Series A led by Two Bear Capital Techmeme · 7 months ago
Unity Software's stock fell 28%+ in after-hours trading amid company's lower than expected sales forecasts for Q2 and lower revenue guidance for next full-year Techmeme · 7 months ago
Certn, which offers AI-driven tools to conduct background checks and risk monitoring for employees, contractors, and tenants, raises a $50M Series B Techmeme · 7 months ago
SEC filing: Voodoo PC founder Rahul Sood's Irreverent Labs, which recently released the NFT robot cock fighting game MechaFightClub, raised $40M Techmeme · 7 months ago
Sentry, an application performance monitoring service used by Microsoft, Slack, and others, raises a $90M Series E led by Bond and Accel at a $3B+ valuation Techmeme · 7 months ago
Kintent, which automates security compliance audit preparation, raises an $18M Series A led by OpenView Techmeme · 7 months ago
Utah-based Strider, whose software helps organizations and governments protect IP, talent, and supply chains from nation-state threats, raises a $45M Series B Techmeme · 7 months ago
Tampa-based Coherent, which offers no-code tools to create APIs from business logic within a spreadsheet, raises a $75M Series B led by Maverick Capital Techmeme · 7 months ago
Qualified, a Salesforce-based service that helps companies convert website visitors into customers, raises a $95M Series C led by Sapphire Techmeme · 7 months ago
Harness, which makes developer tools for continuous integration and delivery, raises a $175M Series D and $55M in debt at a $3.7B valuation Techmeme · 7 months ago
German startup Kinexon, a real-time location data and analytics service for IoT, raises a $130M Series A, after raising $18M in seed and debt Techmeme · 7 months ago
NPD Group: consumer spending across video game hardware, content, and accessories declined 15% YoY to $4.9B in March, and fell 8% YoY to $13.9B in Q1 2022 Techmeme · 7 months ago
Hour One, which enables businesses to create AI-powered digital human avatars for the workplace, raises a $20M Series A led by Insight Partners Techmeme · 7 months ago
Q&A with Roblox Chief Business Officer Craig Donato on being "all in" on the metaverse, seeing brands as creators, moderating user-generated content, and more Techmeme · 7 months ago
Ethereum scaling project Polygon launches a dedicated blockchain network called Supernets and says it will invest $100M in initiatives that use it Techmeme · 7 months ago
Cal.com, which develops an open source meeting and event scheduling service, raises a $25M Series A led by Seven Seven Six and launches an app store and new API Techmeme · 7 months ago
D-Matrix, which is building its chiplet-based Nighthawk architecture for faster matrix math calculations, raises a $44M Series A led by Playground Global Techmeme · 7 months ago
Okta's probe into the January Lapsus$ breach of a third-party vendor concludes that it lasted only 25 consecutive minutes and impacted just two active customers Techmeme · 7 months ago
Mumbai-based Videoverse, which helps companies automate online video content production and reduce editing time using AI, raises a $46.8M Series B Techmeme · 7 months ago
Fortress Information Security, which helps companies automate supply chain management, raises $125M from Goldman Sachs Techmeme · 7 months ago
Coda Payments, which offers cross-border payments for games, alternative app stores, and other digital products, raises $690M at a $2.5B valuation Techmeme · 7 months ago
Las Vegas-based MedTrainer, which provides cloud-based compliance software for the health care industry, raises a $43M Series B led by Vista Equity Partners Techmeme · 8 months ago