August 13, 2021
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For the week of August 13, 2021 the combined investments and acquisitions reached $457.5 million.
Total investments reached $119.2 million, while all acquisitions for the week were at $338.3 million.
- Gaming investments and M&A reached $413.3 million
- Metaverse investments and M&A reached $20 million
- Augmented Reality investments and M&A reached $19 million
- Virtual Reality investments and M&A reached $5.2 million
M2 INVESTMENT INDEX: AUGUST 13, 2021
| DATE | TYPE | COMPANY | INVESTORS - ACQUIRERS | AMOUNT (M) | ROUND | TOTAL RAISE | CATEGORY | FOCUS | CITY | COUNTRY |
| 8/9/21 | Acquisition | Dotemu | Focus Home Interactive | - | - | Games | Developer | Paris | France | |
| 8/9/21 | Acquisition | Softgames (web browser business) | Azerion | - | - | - | Games | Mobile | Berlin | Germany |
| 8/10/21 | Acquisition | To The Sky | Thunderful Group | $5.0 | - | - | Games | Development | Gothenburg | Sweden |
| 8/10/21 | Acquisition | Tussilago | Thunderful Group | - | - | - | Film | Production | Gothenburg | Sweden |
| 8/10/21 | Investment | Thirdverse | JAFCO, Presence Capital, Sisu Ventures, Incubate Fund, Animoca Brands | $20.0 | Series A & B | $28.5 | Games | VR | Tokyo | Japan |
| 8/10/21 | Acquisition | Scaniverse | Niantic | - | - | - | Games | AR | 3D Tools | |
| 8/10/21 | Investment | TetaVi | Insight Partners, OurCrowd, Nimble Ventures, others | $20.0 | Series A | $24.0 | Metaverse | 3D | Tel Aviv | Israel |
| 8/10/21 | Acquisition | Parsec | Unity | $320.0 | - | - | Games | Remote desktop for creators | New York City | USA |
| 8/11/21 | Investment | ByondXR | Firstime, OurCrowd, Peter Chu founder of HTC | $7.0 | Series A | $12.0 | AR | Retail | Tel Aviv | Israel |
| 8/11/21 | Acquisition | Skyesports | JetSynthesys | - | - | - | Games | Esports | Chennai | India |
| 8/11/21 | Investment | Flam | Silicon Valley Quad, Inventus Capital Partners SV, 9Unicorns, Kwaish Ventures | $3.5 | Seed | - | AR | Social | Bengaluru | India |
| 8/11/21 | Investment | AviaGames | ACME Captial, Washington Harbour Partners, Powerhouse Capital, Makers Fund, Galaxy Interactive | $40.0 | Series B | $48.0 | Games | Mobile | Mountain View | USA |
| 8/11/21 | Acquisition | Bash Video | Roblox | - | - | - | Games | Video Platform | San Francisco | USA |
| 8/12/21 | Acquisition | Ruby Games | Rovio | $10.0 | - | - | Games | Bornova | Turkey | |
| 8/12/21 | Investment | Youreka Labs | Grotech Ventures, Boulder Ventures, Salesforce Ventures | $8.5 | Series A | - | AR | Training | Baltimore | USA |
| 8/12/21 | Acquisition | AMC | Keywords | $3.3 | - | - | Games | Art Studio | Bucharest | Romania |
| 8/12/21 | Investment | StatusPRO | KB Partners, TitletownTech, Greycroft, Verizon Ventures, Haslam Sports Group, 49ers Enterprises, SC Holdings | $5.2 | Seed | - | VR | Sports | Miami | USA |
| 8/13/21 | Investment | Starform | Bitkraft Ventures, Dune Ventures, Global Founders Capital, VGames | $5.0 | Series A | $6.3 | Games | Mobile | Seattle | USA |
| 8/13/21 | Investment | The Kings of Games | Transcend Fund | - | - | - | Games | Mobile | Ljubljana | Slovania |
| 8/13/21 | Investment | Mighty Jaxx | Tencent, Korea Investment Partners, KB Investment | $10.0 | Series A | $14.8 | Games | Collectibles | Singapore | Singapore |
| TOTAL | $457.5 |
