Gaming Startups

PlayAbly offers a gamified-rebate platform for Shopify-based ecommerce brands, allowing shoppers to purchase at full price with automatic entry into conditional cashback promotions tied to real-world events. The company handles risk management, compliance, and payouts, enabling merchants to maintain margin while replacing traditional discounting strategies.

1 investor

Playback is a mobile gaming rewards platform where players earn points for installing, playing, and making purchases in mobile games, and redeem those points for gift cards. It targets frequent mobile gamers and rewards purchases across all mobile games, not just featured titles.

1 investor

Playbit builds a runtime for creating collaborative, graphical "personal-scale" applications that developers can write once and run across desktop, web, and mobile via a minimal ABI-stable syscall interface, running apps as WASM or as natively linked code. Aimed at developers building creative tools, editors, multiplayer apps, and utilities, it provides a system layer with capability-based sandboxing plus tools for debugging, profiling, syncing, and distribution; the initial release supports macOS.

1 investor

Playbl develops research-backed web and mobile games designed for teenagers to build decision-making skills and promote healthier lifestyle choices. The company's interactive games are supported by federal agencies and foundations, and target schools and youth wellness organizations.

1 investor

PLAYBRAIN is a Japanese esports and gaming company founded in 2016 that produces esports content and operates competitive gaming leagues such as the League of Legends Japan League and Rainbow Six Siege Japan League. It also builds gaming and esports products including tournament data services, fan portals, and merchandise sales, working with clients like Activision Blizzard, Supercell, and Riot Games.

1 investor

Playbyte builds accessible tools for creating video games and apps, having released an iOS app for making and playing microgames in an algorithmic feed, a utility for Godot developers, and a GPT-4-based app prototyping tool. The company is now developing a single-player first-person shooter roguelike game.

1 investor

PlayDapp operates a service platform for onboarding Web2 users into Web3 gaming, offering payment-gateway solutions that let people play blockchain games without needing cryptocurrency. It provides access to various Web3 networks and game DApps for consumer players.

1 investor

Play Date Digital develops entertainment and games for children, leveraging expertise in child development and game design. The company combines research-backed approaches to kids' media with modern game design practices.

1 investor

PlayDeck is a gaming platform and publisher for Telegram that connects game developers with players through integration tools, monetization and payment methods, analytics, and marketing/user-acquisition support. Part of The Open Platform (TOP) ecosystem, it serves game developers looking to launch, distribute, and grow games within Telegram.

1 investor

Playdeo creates interactive video games and experiences that blend filmed video with playable mechanics, combining mixed reality production with game development. The company serves gaming audiences through proprietary formats and technologies that enable dynamic, player-driven storytelling within video environments.

1 investor

Dreamscape offers Shoelace, a game-based literacy platform that embeds reading and vocabulary practice into immersive video games to engage reluctant student readers. It uses an adaptive algorithm to adjust reading difficulty in real time and an automated intervention system that flags struggling students and delivers targeted practice for schools.

1 investor

Play Ducky is a game publisher that provides feedback and support to game developers and assists with launching games in the Chinese market as a TikTok partner.

1 investor

P1GG runs what it describes as Latin America's largest esports awards event, bringing together players, organizations, casters, publishers, and influencers to recognize achievements across esports categories. The event includes digital broadcast coverage and curated stage programming.

1 investor

Player2 is an AI interface for games and mods, giving players access to free AI models plus daily credits for frontier models. It supports games such as Minecraft, Rimworld, Mount & Blade II, and Kenshi, offering AI mods, AI stories, and indie game integrations.

1 investor

PlayerOne is a metaverse sandbox gaming platform that provides creation tools, social features, and an NFT trading marketplace. It lets users build custom characters, spaces, voxel assets, and games, and buy or sell PlayerOne NFTs.

1 investor

Playfull is a game discovery platform where players find titles across multiple platforms and complete in-game quests to earn Playpoints, which can be redeemed for gaming rewards. It serves gamers by turning gameplay into points exchangeable for Steam Gift Cards and Steam keys.

1 investor

Playgig is a game development studio focused on competitive multiplayer titles, developing Mystic Kingdoms, a team-based arena MOBA with fast-paced 10-minute matches. The company works onsite in El Segundo, California.

1 investor

GOALS is a competitive football (soccer) video game focused on skill-based gameplay, covering match moments from kick-offs to goal celebrations. It is a player-oriented sports game.

1 investor

Play Magnus offers mobile chess apps that let users play and study chess against World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen and other Grandmasters, along with puzzle games like Tactics Frenzy and Knight Runner. The products combine chess instruction, tactics training, and puzzle-adventure gameplay for casual and competitive players.

1 investor

Playmore Games is a software and gaming company that develops Dized, a companion app helping players learn and play board games without reading rulebooks. It serves board gamers and aims to make tabletop games more accessible.

1 investor

Playoffnations is a marketing agency that builds advertising campaigns for brands targeting younger generations, using influencer marketing, in-game and metaverse brand experiences, and esports/gaming activations. It also offers a platform connecting brands with users inside video games across more than 1,000 titles with tailored ad formats.

1 investor

Play Perfect is a mobile game development studio run by gaming industry veterans, with over 8 million downloads across its titles. The company operates in multiple countries and is in the gaming sector.

1 investor

Play Playground Nashville is an entertainment venue featuring interactive games, immersive challenges, and physical puzzles designed for group play in downtown Nashville. The venue operates as a 13+ (with adult supervision until 7pm) and 21+ (after 7pm) interactive gaming experience with a rooftop lounge.

1 investor

Playpower Labs builds learning products and provides data science, product design, and software development services to education organizations. The company develops cognitive assessment platforms and AI software for paper-digital integration to improve large-scale learning and assessment outcomes.

1 investor