Top 10 Gaming and Esports Capital Raises and Investors in the U.S. – July 16th – August 31st, 2025
Several interesting transactions closed in the Gaming and Esports sector over the past month. If you would like more info on these deals or would like to discuss the capital raising market for your company, please contact me.
Early Stage VC
- Gamers bet, an in-game betting platform that integrates gameplay and offers revenue opportunities to customers, raised venture funding from Versus Ventures.
- Moon Tropica, video games that provide a dynamic gaming environment, raised venture funding from International Blockchain Consulting.
- MyPrize, an online crypto casino gaming platform that offers multiplayer games, raised $21 million of venture funding from Dragonfly Capital, Boxcar Partners, Evolution VC Partners and other investors.
- Northernvue, an artificial intelligence tool that oversees and digitizes casino table games, raised $1 million of venture funding.
- Pedegree Studios, immersive game-based learning environments that engage students in educational and experiential learning, raised $2.92 million of venture funding.
- Primev, a data protocol that builds a maximally extractable value ecosystem allowing access to next block data, raised venture funding from Contribution Capital and WebWise Capital.
Accelerator/Incubator
- Boxtree, multiplayer games that provide replayability to players in the era of spatial computing, joined Techstars as a part of its second class of the Techstars Tokyo Accelerator and received $120,000 in funding.
- Carolina Instruments, a wearable biometric monitoring platform that advances neuroscience research and enhances understanding of brain function, joined RIoT Accelerator as a part of its Twenty-first cohort.
- Dreaming Door Studios, an indie gaming studio that gives users new horizons, joined Exel by Merak as part of its First batch of Exel by Merak accelerator program.
- Twenty Ninety Creative, a game development studio that crafts memorable entertainment experiences, graduated from Exel by Merak as a part of its First Cohort and received $300,000 in funding.
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Tamara Williams
Managing Director
15+ years of experience in investment banking and financial structuring including private equity, acquisitions, fund management and raising debt capital within various sectors including real estate, oil and gas, hospitality, serviced offices, IT and trading. Advised on investment opportunities, capital structure, holding and tax structure. Skilled at conducting due diligence, company valuation and providing real estate development project oversight. International network extending from the US, UK, France, Russia, and the Middle East to Asia. Previously held several senior management positions in the financial industry. Master of Business Administration with Distinction from the University of Northampton UK. Higher National Diploma with Distinction from ABE UK. FINRA Series 7, 79, and 66 licenses.
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