Business of games: studios that raised funds in Sept, investment round-up.

Investment round-up, with a list of studios that got funded in the Aug 4th /Sept 1st week:

1. Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) has entered a deal to purchase audio technology company Audeze
2. NPCx raises $3M for better game character mocap

Sept 2nd and 3rd week:

1. Series AI raises $7.9m for AI games engine
2. Rascal Games raises $4.2m for multiplayer adventure game
3. Mythic Protocol raises $6.5M toward blockchain, collaboration and cross-platform ambitions
4. Zynga, FunPlus, and NetEase veterans receive $8M investment for NFT dinosaur game
5. Playtika set to acquire Innplay Labs for up to $300 million
6. Chaos announced its acquisition of AXYZ design
7. Animoca Brands raises $20 million towards a new metaverse project, Mocaverse
8. Nazara to raise Rs 410 crore ($49M) from SBI MF, plans to expand into blockchain
9. GamePhilos raises $8M for mobile strategy game Age of Dino.
10. Atari acquires AtariAge, a news site
11. Soedesco acquires Kyodai
12. Sumo Group acquires UK developer Midoki to boost live service skills
13. Humble Games aims for studio acquisitions and in-house development
14. Beat the Bomb raises $15 million in Series B funding

Sept 3rd and Sept 4th week:

1. Arm set to go public with $52.3bn valuation
2. Wicked Saints Studios raised $3.5 million
3. Proof of Play, founded by Epic Games, Zynga, EA, Activision, and Google veterans, raises $33 million to develop fully onchain games for autonomous worlds.
4. Spectarium secures €5 million seed round to develop first RPG title
5. Playtika to acquire Innplay Labs
6. Former Pixar Animator Colin Brady Launches Bunny-based IP Via AMGI Studios
7. Eloelo raises $22M in funding to expand entertainment app
8. Xsolla announces acquisition of multiplayer platform AcceleratXR
9. Omada secures $7.5 million in seed funding for sports prediction game
10. Supercell acquires majority stake in Australian developer Ultimate Studio
11. Zakazane, new studio by CD Projekt and 11 bit studios veterans, raises $1 million to make “triple i” games

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