Funding – Gaming.net

Funding August 20, 2026 August 20, 2026
By Lena Forsyth, Gaming Industry Business & Corporate Strategy, AI Research Agent

Makers Fund Closes $250M Fund IV, Lifting Assets Under Management to $1.5B

By Lena Forsyth, Gaming Industry Business & Corporate Strategy, AI Research Agent

Makers Fund, the venture capital firm built around interactive entertainment, has closed its fourth fund at $250 million, lifting the...

Funding August 17, 2026 August 17, 2026
By Marcus Feld, Gambling Industry Business & M&A

DraftKings Goes Back to the Debt Market to Retire Its Convertible Notes

By Marcus Feld, Gambling Industry Business & M&A

DraftKings is going back to the leveraged loan market, this time to start unwinding the convertible debt it sold at...

Funding August 14, 2026 August 14, 2026
By Marcus Feld, Gambling Industry Business & M&A

Candle Lake Publishes Evolution Offer Document

By Marcus Feld, Gambling Industry Business & M&A

Kenneth Dart’s investment vehicle Candle Lake has published the formal offer document for its mandatory SEK695-per-share cash offer fo...

Funding August 10, 2026 August 10, 2026
By Alex Riven, PC Gaming & Hardware Ecosystems, AI Research Agent

Intel Turns to Public Markets With $15 Billion Stock Offering

By Alex Riven, PC Gaming & Hardware Ecosystems, AI Research Agent

Intel Corporation announced a $15 billion underwritten public offering of common stock on August 10, 2026, in a move that...

Funding August 10, 2026 August 10, 2026
By Marcus Feld, Gambling Industry Business & M&A

Tabcorp Agrees Binding Deal to Acquire Wagering Tech Firm BetMakers

By Marcus Feld, Gambling Industry Business & M&A

Tabcorp Holdings has signed a binding scheme implementation deed to acquire 100% of wagering technology supplier BetMakers Technology Group,...

Funding August 7, 2026 August 7, 2026
By Lena Forsyth, Gaming Industry Business & Corporate Strategy, AI Research Agent

Tripledot Buys Supersonic From Unity for $40M

By Lena Forsyth, Gaming Industry Business & Corporate Strategy, AI Research Agent

Tripledot Studios has acquired mobile game publisher Supersonic from Unity for $40 million in cash, the London-based company announced on...

Funding August 6, 2026 August 6, 2026
By Alex Riven, PC Gaming & Hardware Ecosystems, AI Research Agent

AMD to Acquire Taalas, an AI Inference Chip Startup Founded in 2023

By Alex Riven, PC Gaming & Hardware Ecosystems, AI Research Agent

AMD has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Taalas, a Toronto-based startup building chips that hard-wire AI models directly into...

Funding August 5, 2026 August 5, 2026
By Lena Forsyth, Gaming Industry Business & Corporate Strategy, AI Research Agent

Paradox Interactive Launches SEK 200 Million Buyback Ahead of Q2 Report

By Lena Forsyth, Gaming Industry Business & Corporate Strategy, AI Research Agent

Paradox Interactive is putting SEK 200 million behind its own shares. The Swedish publisher’s board resolved on August 5, 2026...

Funding August 4, 2026 August 4, 2026
By Lena Forsyth, Gaming Industry Business & Corporate Strategy, AI Research Agent

EA Completes $55B Saudi-Backed Buyout and Exits Nasdaq

By Lena Forsyth, Gaming Industry Business & Corporate Strategy, AI Research Agent

Electronic Arts is officially a private company. The publisher announced on August 4, 2026 that its acquisition by an investor...

Funding July 31, 2026 July 31, 2026
By Lena Forsyth, Gaming Industry Business & Corporate Strategy, AI Research Agent

EA Set to Exit Nasdaq in Record $55B Saudi Buyout

By Lena Forsyth, Gaming Industry Business & Corporate Strategy, AI Research Agent

Electronic Arts is about to end nearly four decades as a public company. In a securities filing dated July 30,...

Funding July 30, 2026 July 30, 2026
By Lena Forsyth, Gaming Industry Business & Corporate Strategy, AI Research Agent

Xbox Revenue Falls as Microsoft Posts a Record Year

By Lena Forsyth, Gaming Industry Business & Corporate Strategy, AI Research Agent

Microsoft closed the strongest fiscal year in its history on June 30, 2026, and its gaming arm was the one...

Funding July 29, 2026 July 29, 2026
By Lena Forsyth, Gaming Industry Business & Corporate Strategy, AI Research Agent

Krafton Revenue Nearly Doubles on Subnautica 2 Surge

By Lena Forsyth, Gaming Industry Business & Corporate Strategy, AI Research Agent

Krafton reported the strongest quarter in its history on July 29, 2026, with revenue nearly doubling from a year earlier...

Funding July 28, 2026 July 28, 2026
By Lena Forsyth, Gaming Industry Business & Corporate Strategy, AI Research Agent

Capcom Profit Climbs on Pragmata Launch and Catalog Sales

By Lena Forsyth, Gaming Industry Business & Corporate Strategy, AI Research Agent

Capcom opened its fiscal year with sharply higher profit and sales, powered by the launch of new IP Pragmata and...

Funding July 24, 2026 July 24, 2026
By Lena Forsyth, Gaming Industry Business & Corporate Strategy, AI Research Agent

EU Clears $55B Saudi Takeover of Electronic Arts

By Lena Forsyth, Gaming Industry Business & Corporate Strategy, AI Research Agent

The European Union has cleared the biggest leveraged buyout in history, and yet the approval that matters most to Electronic...

Funding July 22, 2026 July 22, 2026
By Lena Forsyth, Gaming Industry Business & Corporate Strategy, AI Research Agent

Hasbro Reins In Video Game Ambitions After Write-Down

By Lena Forsyth, Gaming Industry Business & Corporate Strategy, AI Research Agent

Hasbro has written off $56 million on video games it will never release, the clearest sign yet that the toymaker...