Sisu Game Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm based in Helsinki, Finland, founded in 2014. The firm specializes in investing exclusively in the gaming industry, with a strong focus on supporting promising founders and innovative startups. With deep roots in the Nordic region, Sisu has cultivated a global network of founders and industry experts. The team comprises experienced professionals from the gaming and startup sectors, having founded and built numerous game companies since the early 1990s, achieving several successful exits. In addition to providing capital, Sisu Game Ventures acts as a studio builder, assisting individual founders in assembling their teams, refining product strategies, and connecting with the right investors.
Seven Stars is a startup for creating captivating mobile games with a talented, diverse team.
VIZTA DGTL
Seed Round in 2024
VIZTA is an innovative gaming studio at the forefront of significant technology shifts and increasing demands from new generations and various consumers.
Bitmagic
Seed Round in 2024
Bitmagic creates a game concept, and it builds a background story and creates an immersive 3D world.
Jam & Tea Studios
Seed Round in 2023
Jam & Tea Studios is a remote game studio that develops and offers multiplayer games. The company's games focus on leveraging innovative content and fostering social connections among players.
Unagi
Seed Round in 2023
Unagi is a sports platform that provides computer games.
Multiscription
Venture Round in 2023
Multiscription is a mobile gaming start-up that has developed an online subscription-based platform aimed at enhancing the gaming experience for players. This innovative platform allows users to access a single subscription that unlocks various benefits across multiple free-to-play games. Multiscription offers an in-game and cross-publisher subscription service, which includes family plans accommodating up to five users. This model enables customers to enjoy a wide array of gaming benefits and free games without the interruption of advertisements, thereby providing a seamless and enriched gaming experience. The company's scalable approach caters to diverse platforms and sectors within the gaming industry.
Tribo Games
Pre Seed Round in 2022
Tribo Games is a new mobile-first web3 game studio.
W4 Games
Seed Round in 2022
W4 Games helps to support the open-source Godot ecosystem by giving businesses the goods and services they require on a commercial level.
Extra Dimension Games
Seed Round in 2022
Extra Dimension Games is a game development company that specializes in creating engaging puzzle games aimed primarily at children. Its portfolio includes titles such as Critter Coast, Merge Meadow, and Bust-a-Mood, all designed to provide a relaxing gaming experience. The company's games are accessible on both the iOS App Store and the Android Play Store, allowing users to enjoy casual gaming at their leisure. Extra Dimension Games is positioned to lead the next generation of casual games, supported by investments from notable backers including Sisu Ventures and industry professionals.
Silvercoin Studios
Pre Seed Round in 2021
Silvercoin Studios is a mobile gaming studio developing exceptional hypercore games.
Core Loop Games
Series A in 2021
Core Loop Games engages in building the next generation of MMOs. Gameplay and social cooperation are the core of its mission. They want to reimagine how players cooperate on a large scale together. The company was founded by veterans from MachineZone, GREE, and Funzio. It is VC backed and building a remote team of engineers and artists.
1939
Venture Round in 2021
1939 Games is an independent game development studio located in Reykjavik, Iceland, specializing in World War II-themed gaming experiences. Founded in 2015 by former CCP veterans, the studio is currently focused on its flagship project, KARDS, a digital collectible card game. This game combines elements typical of the card game genre with the immersive aspects of classic WWII gaming, aiming to create an engaging and action-packed experience for players. By merging historical facts with gameplay, 1939 Games seeks to provide a unique platform that offers both entertainment and educational value related to significant historical events.
Multiscription
Seed Round in 2021
Multiscription is a mobile gaming start-up that has developed an online subscription-based platform aimed at enhancing the gaming experience for players. This innovative platform allows users to access a single subscription that unlocks various benefits across multiple free-to-play games. Multiscription offers an in-game and cross-publisher subscription service, which includes family plans accommodating up to five users. This model enables customers to enjoy a wide array of gaming benefits and free games without the interruption of advertisements, thereby providing a seamless and enriched gaming experience. The company's scalable approach caters to diverse platforms and sectors within the gaming industry.
Resolution Games
Series C in 2021
Resolution Games is a gaming studio specializing in the development of virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) experiences. Led by industry experts, the studio aims to create immersive video games that cater to a diverse range of gamers. By focusing on delivering rich and engaging worlds, Resolution Games enables players to fully enjoy the enhanced sense of presence that VR and AR technologies offer. The company's titles are designed for multiple platforms, ensuring accessibility for a broad audience of gaming enthusiasts.
Quicksave
Seed Round in 2021
Quicksave Interactive is a chat game platform developing fun gaming-based chatting applications. It is on a mission to define the emerging gaming platform on social messaging apps. Its chat game platform leverages technology to help in making messaging applications more interactive by offering multiple games. Quicksave Interactive was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Helsinki, Southern Finland.
Lightheart Entertainment
Series A in 2021
Lightheart Entertainment Oy is a mobile game development studio located in Helsinki, Finland, established in 2019 by a team of experienced developers. The company focuses on creating innovative mobile games while emphasizing efficient development practices and data-driven decision-making. Lightheart aims to enhance the game development process, reducing learning curves and promoting scalability. Through its commitment to craftsmanship and continuous improvement, the studio seeks not only to produce engaging games but also to redefine the methods of game creation.
Theorycraft Games
Series A in 2021
Theorycraft Games operates as an independent game development studio that operates remotely. The company is in process of developing its first game codenamed Loki. Theorycraft was founded in 2020 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, California, United States.
Core Loop Games
Seed Round in 2020
Core Loop Games engages in building the next generation of MMOs. Gameplay and social cooperation are the core of its mission. They want to reimagine how players cooperate on a large scale together. The company was founded by veterans from MachineZone, GREE, and Funzio. It is VC backed and building a remote team of engineers and artists.
1939
Venture Round in 2020
1939 Games is an independent game development studio located in Reykjavik, Iceland, specializing in World War II-themed gaming experiences. Founded in 2015 by former CCP veterans, the studio is currently focused on its flagship project, KARDS, a digital collectible card game. This game combines elements typical of the card game genre with the immersive aspects of classic WWII gaming, aiming to create an engaging and action-packed experience for players. By merging historical facts with gameplay, 1939 Games seeks to provide a unique platform that offers both entertainment and educational value related to significant historical events.
Mainframe Industries
Series A in 2020
Mainframe Industries is a gaming development company founded in 2019, with headquarters in Helsinki, Finland, and a presence in Reykjavik, Iceland. The company specializes in creating an open-world, social sandbox MMO designed for cloud gaming. With a team that combines expertise in AAA, MMO, and mobile game development, Mainframe Industries aims to deliver a unique gaming experience that supports cross-platform play across mobile devices, PCs, and televisions. The company emphasizes the potential of friction-free access through social networks and streaming platforms to enhance the creativity and engagement of game developers and players alike.
Utopos Games
Seed Round in 2019
Utopos Games is a video game development studio based in Las Vegas, Nevada, founded in 2019 by a group of former Westwood Studios employees. The company specializes in creating a variety of games, including strategy games, arcade action titles, and shooters, designed for multiple platforms such as PCs, consoles, and mobile devices. Utopos Games focuses on both premium and free-to-play models, with an emphasis on developing AI-based robot battle games. Through its innovative approach, the studio aims to provide gamers with engaging and modern cross-platform experiences.
Mainframe Industries
Seed Round in 2019
Mainframe Industries is a gaming development company founded in 2019, with headquarters in Helsinki, Finland, and a presence in Reykjavik, Iceland. The company specializes in creating an open-world, social sandbox MMO designed for cloud gaming. With a team that combines expertise in AAA, MMO, and mobile game development, Mainframe Industries aims to deliver a unique gaming experience that supports cross-platform play across mobile devices, PCs, and televisions. The company emphasizes the potential of friction-free access through social networks and streaming platforms to enhance the creativity and engagement of game developers and players alike.
Doppio Games
Seed Round in 2019
Doppio is a conversational game studio, creating the next big step in entertainment: voice and narrative-driven games. Check out our titles, The Vortex and The 3% Challenge, on your Google Assistant or Amazon Alexa.
1939
Seed Round in 2019
1939 Games is an independent game development studio located in Reykjavik, Iceland, specializing in World War II-themed gaming experiences. Founded in 2015 by former CCP veterans, the studio is currently focused on its flagship project, KARDS, a digital collectible card game. This game combines elements typical of the card game genre with the immersive aspects of classic WWII gaming, aiming to create an engaging and action-packed experience for players. By merging historical facts with gameplay, 1939 Games seeks to provide a unique platform that offers both entertainment and educational value related to significant historical events.
HipFire Games
Seed Round in 2019
Hipfire Games (TechStars '18) is focused to open a new market in multiplayer gaming in Virtual Reality by allowing VR gamers to play with mobile gamers. The team comes from Supercell and Rovio background. Developing large scale multiplayer games for VR has been so far impossible with the limitations in available users. With Hipfire's technology platform and games VR users can now play with anyone who owns a mobile phone, including all of their friends. This opens the platform to be more social than ever before and lets developers to create larger games than ever before in VR.
Exit Plan
Seed Round in 2019
Exit Plan Games is a small group of experienced game developers focused on creating engaging and innovative video games. Drawing on their extensive backgrounds in the AAA gaming industry, the company aims to design games that are not only entertaining but also accessible, allowing players to easily pick them up and enjoy. Their platform enables users to build and explore a variety of gaming experiences, catering to diverse preferences and fostering creativity in gameplay.
Resolution Games
Series B in 2018
Resolution Games is a gaming studio specializing in the development of virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) experiences. Led by industry experts, the studio aims to create immersive video games that cater to a diverse range of gamers. By focusing on delivering rich and engaging worlds, Resolution Games enables players to fully enjoy the enhanced sense of presence that VR and AR technologies offer. The company's titles are designed for multiple platforms, ensuring accessibility for a broad audience of gaming enthusiasts.
1939
Seed Round in 2018
1939 Games is an independent game development studio located in Reykjavik, Iceland, specializing in World War II-themed gaming experiences. Founded in 2015 by former CCP veterans, the studio is currently focused on its flagship project, KARDS, a digital collectible card game. This game combines elements typical of the card game genre with the immersive aspects of classic WWII gaming, aiming to create an engaging and action-packed experience for players. By merging historical facts with gameplay, 1939 Games seeks to provide a unique platform that offers both entertainment and educational value related to significant historical events.
3rd Eye Studios
Seed Round in 2017
3rd Eye Studios is a game development company based in Helsinki and Shanghai, established in June 2016 by experienced professionals from the gaming industry. The team comprises veterans who previously held senior roles at notable companies such as Remedy Entertainment and Unity Technologies. The studio focuses on creating atmospheric and sophisticated games, as well as developing advanced technology and tools aimed at enhancing virtual reality gaming experiences. By leveraging their extensive background in technology, film, television, and gaming, 3rd Eye Studios aims to provide innovative solutions that empower game developers in creating immersive virtual reality content.
Network Next
Pre Seed Round in 2017
Network Next, Inc. is a company based in Santa Monica, California, founded in 2017, that specializes in providing a cloud network program aimed at optimizing internet traffic for online game developers and interactive content. Its proprietary software creates a prioritized pathway for game traffic, enabling users to experience high-quality multiplayer gaming with minimal latency. By identifying consistent routes in real time, Network Next facilitates a fast lane for each user, enhancing the overall performance and experience of online gaming.
Quicksave
Pre Seed Round in 2017
Quicksave Interactive is a chat game platform developing fun gaming-based chatting applications. It is on a mission to define the emerging gaming platform on social messaging apps. Its chat game platform leverages technology to help in making messaging applications more interactive by offering multiple games. Quicksave Interactive was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Helsinki, Southern Finland.
Armada Interactive
Seed Round in 2016
Armada Interactive is a gaming startup focused on developing next-generation core mobile games. The company aims to create a unique mobile gaming experience that challenges players while also providing entertainment. Armada Interactive seeks to ensure that mobile accessibility does not compromise game quality, striving to elevate the standards of mobile gaming.
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