Gaming Startups

Flickplay is a platform that makes character IP portable and monetizable across user-generated content, social, and real-world experiences, letting fans carry characters across loyalty programs, games, and creator tools. It offers AR content creation, location-based and e-commerce loyalty unlocks, and a fandom intelligence dashboard that links fan identity, behavior, and spend data for brands and IP owners.

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Fnatic sells esports apparel, including its 2026 Pro Jersey, a black-and-orange team kit made from recyclable polyester and designed with Fulllife. The company operates in the gaming and esports merchandise space, offering products to fans and players.

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Gameflip is an online marketplace where individuals and professional sellers buy and sell gaming items, including in-game items, game codes, and Steam games, with delivery options such as auto-delivery and bot delivery. It provides buyer protection through a cash-back guarantee covering items that fail to arrive or don't match their listing.

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Gamezop offers 250+ browser-based HTML5 games across action, puzzle, racing, arcade, and board categories that run instantly without downloads on phones, tablets, and desktops. It also provides embeddable HTML5 games, quizzes, astrology modules, cricket content, and blogs for apps, websites, and platforms to increase engagement and revenue.

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GGWP provides an AI-based content moderation platform that detects and responds to disruptive user behavior and gives moderators automation and workflow tools. It serves games, media networks, creator ecosystems, and large fan communities.

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Helpshift is an AI-native player engagement platform for game studios, combining in-game support SDKs, AI agents, and human services to handle player support, VIP engagement, trust & safety moderation, and community management. It offers an end-to-end system covering the full player lifecycle across mobile, PC, web, console, and channels like Discord and forums.

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Hologram is a platform that lets users bring PFP (profile picture) NFTs to life as avatars for use in the metaverse, and enables artists to create or sell 2D and 3D characters and assets integrated across its ecosystem. It also supports content creators who want to build virtual identities and stream or make videos on platforms such as Twitch, YouTube, and TikTok.

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Hutch is a game development studio that builds mobile games, including car-themed titles such as Matchcreek Motors. It operates from offices in London, Dundee, and Nova Scotia.

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Ignite Tournaments is a mobile app that lets content creators run esports tournaments, launch community membership tiers, deliver digital assets, and track fan participation through leaderboards. It serves creators, influencers, their fans, and brand sponsors, and handles recurring memberships and payouts across many currencies and countries.

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BETVIBE is an online gaming platform offering 3,000+ casino games and 50+ sports betting markets specifically designed for Indian players. The platform operates under Anjouan Gaming Commission licensing with INR payments, popular local payment methods, and aims to deliver fast withdrawal processing.

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Lotus365 is an online sports betting platform focused on cricket, offering pre-match and live in-play betting on IPL, international cricket, football, and other sports. It targets Indian bettors with UPI/local payment support and WhatsApp-based account setup and customer service.

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Joyride is a game studio building games with new technologies that let players own, trade, and interact with in-game digital characters and items. Its team has developed games played by hundreds of millions of players.

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Landmark Games develops games, as indicated by its branding and mission statement on the website.

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Layer is a creative automation platform that uses AI to help game studios scale production across the asset creation lifecycle. The platform is designed for professional studios of all sizes to accelerate creative workflows while maintaining artistic control.

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Lootex operated a non-custodial multi-chain NFT marketplace and minting/creation tools across 8 blockchains for creators, game developers, and traders. The company is sunsetting its consumer Web3 products (going offline April 4, 2026), open-sourcing its infrastructure, and pivoting to full-stack AI web application development services for other teams.

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Mayhem provides game tracking, real-time leaderboards, and community chat features for gaming events. (Note: Acquired by Niantic in 2020)

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Midwest Games offers game publishing services for hire, including strategy, marketing, and production planning. It works with indie studios, established publishers, and IP holders while allowing them to retain ownership.

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A mobile game developer that creates games for smartphone and tablet platforms, consistently achieving high revenue rankings in the mobile gaming market.

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MonkeyTilt is a crypto-based online gambling platform offering casino games (slots, live dealer tables, game shows, and exclusive originals), a sportsbook with pre-match and live betting, and poker, all funded through cryptocurrencies. It serves gamblers worldwide and is operated by Kong Quest Ltd under a Tobique Gaming Commission license.

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Moon Active develops mobile games that integrate artificial intelligence to enhance player engagement. The company serves millions of players globally in the digital entertainment sector.

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nWay is a developer and publisher of real-time multiplayer games for mobile, PC, and console, with titles including Wreck League, Power Rangers: Battle for the Grid, and Power Rangers: Legacy Wars. The company operates nWayPlay, its proprietary engine for synchronous multiplayer gameplay across platforms.

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OP Games is a publishing ecosystem for indie game developers, offering a gaming marketplace (Arcadia) with play-and-earn mechanics and tournaments, a developer guild for education and game jams, and an in-house studio experimenting with AI and blockchain. It serves indie game developers and players in the gaming industry.

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Order of Meta is a game development studio made up of professional game creators focused on mid-core and hardcore genres. The studio is building a new shooter subgenre.

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