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Play Ventures
Venture capital · Singapore, Singapore · Asia Pacific
Play Ventures is an early-stage venture capital fund that invests in game studios, games-inspired consumer apps, and the B2B infrastructure and services behind them. It was founded in 2018 by former gaming entrepreneurs Henric Suuronen and Harri Manninen and provides portfolio support in recruitment, design, and fundraising.
Invests inGamingEnterprise Software
In its own wordsgamingconsumer appsb2b infrastructureaiadtechpayments
Your fit with Play Ventures
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Or find every investor that fitsPlay Ventures lists 80 checked portfolio companies on its own site and is named in 16 funding rounds, 3 of them as lead. Its most frequent entry is Seed, 60% of the companies with a known first round. Its largest themes are Gaming (38%), Enterprise Software (22%) and AI & Machine Learning (10%). It invests most often alongside Makers Fund, Animoca Brands and BITKRAFT Ventures.
Counts come from funding rounds that name Play Ventures, complete from mid-2025: earlier rounds appear only when they were reported later. Round amounts and full round histories are on Fundup AI.
Round figures show recent activity, not Play Ventures' whole history. Rounds on record name 15 companies; its own site lists 80. Funding rounds are complete from mid-2025, so counts and the yearly trend undercount a firm that invested before then. The portfolio, themes and places come from its own site and are not affected.
Entry stage
share of companies by the stage of its first roundShow as a table
| Value | |
|---|---|
| Pre-seed | 0% |
| Seed | 60% |
| Series A | 20% |
| Series B | 7% |
| Growth | 13% |
Activity by year
rounds it joined, last 10 yearsShow as a table
| Total | Rounds it led | |
|---|---|---|
| '17 | 0 | 0 |
| '18 | 0 | 0 |
| '19 | 0 | 0 |
| '20 | 2 | 0 |
| '21 | 0 | 0 |
| '22 | 1 | 0 |
| '23 | 0 | 0 |
| '24 | 0 | 0 |
| '25 | 4 | 1 |
| '26 | 9 | 2 |
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 93th | 80 companies |
| Recent activity | 94th | 9 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 76th | 60% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 84th | 14% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 71th | 38% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 99th | 16 countries |
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
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| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| Gaming | 38% | 1% |
| Enterprise Software | 22% | 8% |
| AI & Machine Learning | 10% | 18% |
| Fintech | 10% | 12% |
| Media & Entertainment | 9% | 4% |
| E-commerce & Marketplaces | 3% | 6% |
| Healthcare & Biotech | 2% | 15% |
| Legal & Compliance | 2% | 2% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| Makers Fund | 7 |
| Animoca Brands | 6 |
| BITKRAFT Ventures | 6 |
| Andreessen Horowitz | 3 |
| Atinum Investment | 3 |
| C² Ventures | 3 |
| DWeb3 Capital | 3 |
| Pantera Capital | 3 |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers7493%
- No longer answers00%
- Points to another company68%
- Parked or sold domain00%
A site that stops answering three checks in a row is counted as no longer answering; that is not proof of closure. A site that points to another company is often an acquisition.
Co-investor network
who it backs companies with, and who they back togetherCompare Play Ventures head to head
portfolio size, rounds, entry stages, themes and the companies both backThree or more firms at once: portfolio overlap.
Recent portfolio activity
when companies last raised with Play Ventures| Date | Company | Stage |
|---|---|---|
| 4 Nov 2026 | Series C+ | |
| 24 Aug 2026 | Seed | |
| 3 Jul 2026 | Seed | |
| 23 Apr 2026 | Series A | |
| 15 Apr 2026 | Seed Led | |
| 25 Mar 2026 | Seed Led | |
| 25 Mar 2026 | Seed | |
| 5 Mar 2026 | Seed |
Round details for Play Ventures
Amounts, full round histories and every co-investor in Play Ventures' rounds are on Fundup AI. VCinfo covers investors and their portfolios.
Portfolio
80 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The company provides a free multiplayer math game for kids to practice math lessons, offering features such as live class challenges and individual practice, aligned with curriculum standards for grades K to 8. | EducationGaming | Portfolio page | ||
| Ahead is a company that offers an app providing emotional intelligence and personalized coaching to help users manage their emotions. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Alinea Invest offers automated investing services, including portfolios and investment advice | Fintech | Portfolio page | ||
GamingEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | |||
| Ancient8 is a gaming-focused Ethereum Layer 2, built to redefine the Web3 gaming experience. | GamingFintech | Portfolio page | ||
| Appcharge provides payment solutions for mobile games | FintechGaming | Aug 2025Series B | Page + round | |
Gaming | Portfolio page | |||
| Arya provides a platform for couples to reconnect and enhance their intimacy | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Azra Games creates role-playing games, including a flagship title that is a dark and gritty interpretation of classic Sword & Sorcery. | Gaming | May 2022Seed | Page + round | |
| The company operates a mobile app that rewards users with cash for playing games, completing surveys, scanning receipts, and watching ads. | Enterprise SoftwareE-commerce & Marketplaces | Portfolio page | ||
| The company is a research lab building the foundational workflows for how interactive content gets made, operated, and monetised. | Enterprise SoftwareAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| The company crafts intuitive games and is currently working on a game called Kitchen Masters | Gaming | Portfolio page | ||
| BlackPool scouts for early stage investments within the gaming ecosystem and matches promising gaming projects to participants in its community. | FintechGaming | Portfolio page | ||
| Burnt provides source verification infrastructure for various attributes such as income, employment, and credit | FintechCybersecurity | Portfolio page | ||
| Champion Games creates virtual sports worlds and innovative games for fans worldwide | Enterprise SoftwareGaming | Portfolio page | ||
| Mar 2026Seed | Page + round | |||
| The company develops puzzle games. | Gaming | Portfolio page | ||
| Cypher Games creates mobile games, including Match Squad and Royal Smash. | Enterprise SoftwareGaming | Portfolio page | ||
| Cypher Games creates mobile games, including Match Squad and Royal Smash. | Enterprise SoftwareGaming | Oct 2025Series A | Funding round | |
| The company builds games | Enterprise Software | Portfolio page |
About this data
site last read 5 Nov 2026- Site
- play.vc
- Last read
- 5 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 5 Nov 2026
- Rounds since
- 23 Apr 2020
- Companies checked
- 80
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