Gaming Startups

Shoelace (also branded as Dreamscape) is an adaptive learning platform that presents rigorous reading comprehension practice as a game to build reading stamina and accelerate literacy growth. It serves elementary and middle school students (grades 3-8) and their schools, offering pilots and partnership programs with measured reading outcomes.

5 investors

Singa provides a karaoke streaming service accessible via computer, mobile devices, and smart TVs, offering a library of karaoke songs including original recordings. Its mobile app also lets users locate nearby karaoke venues and request songs to perform.

5 investors

Skillprint turns gameplay into behavioral and cognitive intelligence, mapping in-session signals like planning, adaptation, attention and emotion to a Human × Game ontology. It serves individuals and organizations building capability, game studios monetizing gameplay data, and AI labs training and benchmarking models against real human performance.

5 investors

SkyArk Chronicles develops a Web3 multiplayer game universe featuring collectible heroes, lands, and NFTs across interconnected gaming realms. The company targets gaming and NFT enthusiast communities through its multiverse gaming platform.

5 investors

SnackClub is a gaming community, primarily run through Discord, that hosts esports tournaments (Valorant, Free Fire), community events, and rewards players with cash prizes for participating and competing. It also covers Web3/blockchain games and encourages members to invest in them, positioning itself around gaming, esports, and crypto for a Portuguese-speaking (Brazilian) audience.

5 investors

Spaceport is a creator-first platform enabling developers and IP owners to license, integrate, and manage playable intellectual property across gaming and digital experiences. The company provides tools for gaming studios and entertainment brands to access, customize, and distribute branded assets within games and metaverse platforms.

5 investors

str8bat produces cricket-related content and appears to operate in the cricket sports space, publishing blogs such as tributes to cricket figures. The available page content does not clearly describe a product or service beyond cricket-focused editorial content.

5 investors

Thatgamecompany is a video game developer, known for the game Sky, and produces related media including a wordless animated feature titled "Sky: The Two Embers" that reveals the origin story of the game's world.

5 investors

Those Beyond builds immersive, social games and experiences for entertainment fandoms, deployed directly inside platforms like Reddit, Discord, Twitch, and Snapchat. Powered by its proprietary ARISE Engine, the company creates community activations that let fans connect and play within the franchises they follow.

5 investors

Tribe XR is a virtual reality platform where DJs can learn, practice, and perform DJing to a global audience. The service targets aspiring DJs and music enthusiasts who want to develop professional DJing skills in an immersive environment.

5 investors

UploadVR is an online media outlet publishing news, reviews, and coverage of virtual reality and augmented reality products, games, and industry developments.

5 investors

VividQ develops computational holography software, including an end-to-end holographic software framework and algorithms for high-quality holographic displays. It sells to global OEMs across VR, AR, and automotive head-up display markets.

5 investors

Kahoot! runs a game-based learning and engagement platform used by teachers, students, and businesses to create and play interactive quizzes ("kahoots") for lessons, assessments, corporate training, presentations, and events. The company serves K-12 and higher education as well as corporate customers worldwide, offering free and paid plans across its apps and platform.

5 investors

Xterio is a Web3 gaming ecosystem and publishing platform that provides developers with tools for game development and distribution across mobile, PC, and consoles, including onboarding wallets, deployable smart contracts, identity/analytics/LiveOps tooling, and onchain AI agents. Backed by the XTER token, it bridges traditional and Web3 gaming.

5 investors

Yotta is a free-to-play gaming platform where users can play games and compete to win prizes. The platform has attracted over 900,000 players.

5 investors

Zwift is an indoor cycling and training app that connects to smart trainers and dedicated smart bikes, letting cyclists ride, train, and compete virtually with others. It serves recreational and professional cyclists through hardware such as the Zwift Ride smart bike and compatible smart trainers.

5 investors

Mirrativ operates a live game streaming platform where users can broadcast and watch gameplay, alongside advertising services and live gaming events.

5 investors

Sally (株式会社Sally) operates "Uzu," a platform connecting players and creators of murder mystery ("madamis") experiential entertainment. The company develops and runs apps and plans events centered on the murder mystery genre.

5 investors

meleap develops HADO, an augmented reality sport in which players wear a head-mounted display and arm sensor to play techno-sports experiences. The company creates AR-based competitive sports systems and spectator formats.

4 investors

8th Wall is an open-source platform for building 3D experiences and WebAR applications with free tools including an XR engine and desktop editor. It enables developers to create augmented reality experiences for web and native platforms that can be deployed anywhere.

4 investors

Adikteev provides machine learning models for user churn prediction in gaming apps, helping developers identify and retain users at risk of leaving. The platform enables app marketers to improve retention strategies through data-driven insights on user behavior.

4 investors

Aether Games develops story-driven games with a focus on strategy and world-building, with a flagship card game titled "Cards of Eternity: The Wheel of Time." It also produces animation and narrative-driven series, extending its worlds across multiple media platforms, and operates a $AEG crypto token.

4 investors

Affyn operates a multichain metaverse ecosystem powered by its $FYN token, offering NFT collections, virtual land, and a world viewer that link virtual and real-world experiences. Its products include mobile games such as Nexus World and Buddy Arena.

4 investors

Agave is a mobile game developer that creates casual puzzle and hidden object games such as "Find The Cat 2" and "Art Block Puzzle".

4 investors