MY.GAMES Venture Capital (MGVC) is the investment division of MY.GAMES. We provide support to the development of promising gaming projects and companies. MGVC is a team of leading professionals with many years of experience working in the video game industry. We know what exactly developers need to follow their ideas through and develop their games.

My.Games Venture Capital

GEM Capital is a prominent gaming-focused investor headquartered in Cyprus. This international investment company established in 2017 operates in private equity and venture capital markets. With a recent raise of $50 million from European limited partners for investments in 2024 and 2025, GEM Capital has solidified its position as a key player in the industry. Known for its active role in gaming investments globally, GEM Capital is the largest such investor in Cyprus and has been recognized by InvestGame and Drake Star for its extensive contributions to the sector. Additionally, GEM Capital's nomination for Investor of the Year at the MENA Games Industry Awards 2024 underscores its influential presence and commitment to fostering innovation in gaming markets. Utilizing extensive networks in Europe, Israel and the US, GEM Capital manages to find and support the most promising projects in its targeted industries. Today there are more than 25 projects with origins in Europe, the US and Israel in GEM Capital’s portfolio. GEM Capital highly values companies and startups with international ambitions and scalable business models. GEM Capital's significant influence on the Cypriot gaming sector is evident, with 7 of the 16 leading companies featured in Gold Magazine, Cyprus' top media outlet, being part of its investment portfolio. Based on rating of Mobidictum, 7 out of 10 top games startups emerging from Cyprus are portfolio companies of GEM Capital. GEM Capital was named Best Investor of 2021 by App2top (the leading business media in Eastern Europe). Based on rating of Inc., 3 out of 7 most promising gametech companies from Eastern Europe are portfolio companies of GEM Capital. GEM Capital's offices are located in Paphos (Cyprus) and Dubai (UAE).

GEM Capital

TGF is an early-stage VC fund founded by video games industry veterans.  We invest in future leaders: game developers, gaming technologies, and services.  We share best practices and offer our experience and personal touch.

The Games Fund

Ludus finds, invests in, and nurtures the best-in-class gaming startups. We aim to pioneer the venture studio model in Turkey by providing in-house expertise, strategic guidance, and funding for entrepreneurs and start-ups.

Ludus

Hypemasters

Hypemasters is a mobile games studio. Hypemasters create genre-defining games that players all over the world will enjoy for years.

Mobile game developer Hypemasters was founded in 2019 by Boris Kalmykov (former Meta and Unity Technologies employee), inspired by developers such as Riot Games, Supercell, and Small Giant Games. Its debut game, which is currently in open beta, is expected to launch in Summer 2022.

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Hypemasters raises $3.25M to make World War Armies mobile RTS game

Mobile game developer Hypemasters was founded in 2019 by Boris Kalmykov (former Meta and Unity Technologies employee), inspired by developers such as Riot Games, Supercell, and Small Giant Games. Its debut game, which is currently in open beta, is expected to launch in Summer 2022.Hypemasters raised USD 3.25 million in a funding round co-led by GEM Capital (USD 2 million) and The Games Fund (USD 1 million) in June 2022. The fresh funds were used to grow its team of 34, launch its debut game World War Armies, a real-time strategy (RTS) game, and launch additional titles.

Stakester is a platform for gamers to compete against one another for cash prizes. The platform was launched in May 2020 and is currently available in 38 US states, the UK, and Singapore. As of November 2020, the platform has more than 15,000 users. Stakester has also established partnerships with ESL (Electronic Sports League) and GameByte (competitive gaming community).Stakester’s management includes Gary J. Foreman (co-founder of Rockstar Games) and Alan Patmore (former EVP and GM at Humble Bundle, GM of Mafia Wars and CityVille at Zynga), who joined as a strategic advisor and board member in June 2020.In November 2020, the company raised USD 2.7 million in seed funding led by RTP Global with participation from angel investors Jens Lapinski (CEO of Angel Invest and former MD of Techstars) and Chris Adelsbach (founding partner at Outrun Ventures and venture partner at Techstars). The funds will be used to grow its community by increasing the value of prizes on the platform. In addition, the company plans to expand its platform to Australia and Germany in the near future.

Stakester

Peru-based ESGPlay operates an esports platform that creates competitive esports tournaments.

ESGPlay

eMasters is a Brazilian esports platform that facilitates the creation of esports competitions with cash prizes. The platform supports games including League of Legends, Dota 2, and FIFA 19.

eMasters

Gaming Frog is a console based online esports tournament platform. The platform offers single player and multiplayer competitive matchups for cash prizes in FIFA.The platform officially launched in August 2019 and since has seen over 1,500 matches being played on the platform.Since launch, the platform claims to have attracted 3,500 users. The company has raised USD 150,000 from friends and family and is in the process of raising a USD 400,000 seed round. The company outlined plans to launch on Android, expand its development team, integrate artificial intelligence (AI), introduce a membership model and bring in NBA and Madden games into the platform.

Gaming Frog

NAG Studios is a Swedish startup focused on creating esports games and platforms. It was founded by esports and gaming industry veterans Peter Stahl (former head of development at Resolution Games, a game studio focused on augmented and virtual reality) and Johan Skott (former esports product owner at Tobii Tech, a unit of technology company Tobii AB). NAG’s vision entails building an esports game and platform which will incorporate the community (i.e., professional players, streamers, broadcasters, and viewers) from the beginning of the development process.The company raised USD 1 million in an extended pre-seed funding round led by London Venture Partners in October 2020. The company aims to use the funds to build its development team.

NAG Studios

Companies facilitating communication among esports players or between players and esports communities during gameplay.

Companies operating esports arenas and providing technical expertise for hosting and broadcasting competitive leagues and tournaments. 

Companies facilitating competitive online and in-person esports tournaments.

Companies producing and broadcasting esports related content.

Companies recruiting players to form professional teams and rosters for esports tournaments and leagues.

Companies developing esports related titles.

Commonly used in the tournament platforms segment to match players of equal skill

Hypemasters

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