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10th December 2025

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10th December 2025

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13th February 2025

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3rd February 2025

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13th January 2025

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4th November 2024

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28th October 2024

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23rd October 2024

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13th August 2024

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15th July 2024

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19th February 2024

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30th January 2024

Loric Games raises $4M in funding, appoints Jeff Hickman as CPO
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20th October 2023

Noodle Cat Games raises $12M for action RPG title
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5th October 2023

MTG Acquires Snowprint Studios
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16th February 2023

Telltale raises $8m from Hiro Capital and Skybound
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12th February 2023

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5th September 2022

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15th August 2022

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28th June 2022

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23rd June 2022

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25th May 2022

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24th May 2022

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19th May 2022

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9th May 2022

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5th May 2022

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8th March 2022

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15th February 2022

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1st January 2022

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8th December 2021

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18th November 2021

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1st November 2021

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4th October 2021

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31st August 2021

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30th July 2021

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20th July 2021

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29th June 2021

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27th June 2021

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24th May 2021

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12th May 2021

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22nd March 2021

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26th February 2021

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23rd February 2021

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4th February 2021

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20th November 2020

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16th September 2020

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3rd August 2020

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3rd August 2020

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10th July 2020

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12th March 2020

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13th December 2019

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16th September 2025

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10th April 2025

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13th February 2025

Skybound Entertainment Expands Its Universe with Maple Media Acquisition
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3rd February 2025

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13th January 2025

Tech firms commit $14.3B to UK AI data center plan
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4th November 2024

Incredibuild acquires German startup Garden in $65M deal
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28th October 2024

Maintain Altitude secures £380K Pre-seed Investment led by Hiro Capital
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23rd October 2024

Sidero Labs Raises $4.0M in Funding
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13th August 2024

FRVR raises $12.7 million towards AI engine and games democratisation
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15th July 2024

Square Enix leads $3.1 million investment round in Soccerverse
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19th February 2024

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30th January 2024

Loric Games raises $4M in funding, appoints Jeff Hickman as CPO
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20th October 2023

Noodle Cat Games raises $12M for action RPG title
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5th October 2023

MTG Acquires Snowprint Studios
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16th February 2023

Telltale raises $8m from Hiro Capital and Skybound
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12th February 2023

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Hiro Capital and 1Up Ventures invest $3.4m in Atom Switch
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15th August 2022

Hiro Capital Blockchain Game Sector Investment Report H1 2022
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28th June 2022

Incredibuild powers up with $35M to boost its distributed, faster approach to games and software development
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23rd June 2022

Is that a ski coach in your boot, or are you just happy to see me?
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25th May 2022

Machinations.io Raises $3.3M in Series A Round Led By Hiro Capital
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24th May 2022

Paul Farley’s Firestoke raises $2.2 million
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19th May 2022

Skybound Entertainment secures fresh investment from Hiro Capital, Knollwood Advisory and more
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9th May 2022

Joe Yuan joins Hiro Capital as Investment Director
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5th May 2022

Team Liquid Parent Company Axiomatic Raises $35 Million Amid Esports Funding Wave
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8th March 2022

Sign up to our in person event - Dark Star IV @ GDC
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15th February 2022

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Hiro Capital Celebrates Award of Knighthood to Co-Founding Partner, Sir Ian Livingstone, in Recognition of His Service to Video Games
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8th December 2021

Frameplay raises $8 million for seamless, non-disruptive ads
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18th November 2021

DreamCraft to enhance game creation platform with $10M fundraise
Read More

1st November 2021

‘Tomb Raider’ at 25 – Ian Livingstone talks about the birth of Lara Croft
Read More

1st November 2021

Hiro Capital: Building Games Unicorns from Warhammer to the Metaverse
Read More

4th October 2021

Flavourworks pioneers a new kind of immersive touch mobile game
Read More

7th September 2021

Women’s health tech brand, Elvie, tops up Series C to $97M
Read More

31st August 2021

Introducing Dark Star III - Summer @ Slush
Read More

30th July 2021

Hiro GP Luke Alvarez on the Metaverse in the FT
Read More

20th July 2021

Hiro Capital Leads $10m Investment in Portal Knights Creators Keen Games Upcoming Multiplayer Sandbox RPG
Read More

29th June 2021

Hiro Capital Joins $9 Million in Seed Funding for India’s Loco Game Streaming Service
Read More

27th June 2021

Loco raises $9M for esports and game livestreaming in India
Read More

24th June 2021

LIV iOS Open Beta Offers Easy Oculus Quest Mixed Reality Capture
Read More

27th May 2021

Beyond FMV: the remarkable story of Erica
Read More

26th May 2021

‘FitXR’ Just Took VR Fitness To The Next Level
Read More

24th May 2021

Double Loop raises $8 million for its first game for unconsidered gamers
Read More

12th May 2021

New studio pulls together Halo, Tomb Raider veterans to make AAA original games
Read More

22nd March 2021

Calling All Game Studios: Hiro Capital Webinar - Sign Up Today!
Read More

26th February 2021

Hiro Capital leads $15 million investments in Snowprint, Double Loop, and Happy Volcano
Read More

23rd February 2021

Featured GP Q&A: Gaming for the win
Read More

4th February 2021

Hiro Capital’s Samuel Costello on emerging trends in the games industry during the pandemic that are likely to persist
Read More

26th November 2020

Zwift Raises Funding to Lead the Global Expansion of Zwift’s Innovative at-home Gamified Fitness Subscription Business
Read More

20th November 2020

Lightfox Games raises $3.3 million for ‘hypercore’ mobile games
Read More

5th November 2020

Move over, Fitbit – here comes the Nurvv Run
Read More

17th September 2020

Join Games industry investors Hiro Capital and their portfolio studios to learn about raising capital for growth
Read More

16th September 2020

Zwift, maker of a popular indoor training app, just landed a whopping $450 million in funding led by KKR
Read More

3rd August 2020

Hiro Capital to speak at Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki Digital 2020
Read More

3rd August 2020

Moss creator Polyarc raises $9 million to expand from VR to AR games
Read More

10th July 2020

VR Fitness Developer FitXR Secures $7.5 Million In Series A Venture Round Led by Hiro Capital
Read More

12th March 2020

Three tips from Ian Livingstone to make sure you're investor-ready
Read More

12th March 2020

Deep data running wearable NURVV closes $9M Series A led by Hiro Capital
Read More

13th December 2019

Edgegap closes $1 million seed funding round to build next generation gaming infrastructure
Read More

19th November 2019

LIV Secures $2.6m in Funding From Hiro Capital for its Revolutionary Mixed Reality Game Streaming Platform
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10th November 2019

Flavourworks secures £3m in funding from Hiro Capital and Sky Ventures for its revolutionary 'Touch Video' Game/Movie technology.
Read More

14th October 2019

Video-game veterans launch €100m start-up fund

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