Radar · Gaming in California
Best Gaming Companies in California, United States
The 1249 best Gaming companies in California, United States in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Fabula.
By Riya SenguptaFinancials
1249companies tracked
$17.6Bdisclosed funding
10unicorns
536have raised
FLIAR INTELLIGENCE · GAMING × CALIFORNIA
Our analysis of 71 Gaming companies
$20.0b in tracked funding; 97% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2025.
71companies analysed
97%cloud-native stacks
2025funding peak (by rounds)
8unicorns
2019median founding year
1.7Mcombined LinkedIn audience
62%of audience held by top 3
4companies hiring publicly (12 mo)
Ranked: Best Gaming companies in California
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Employees | Founder | Patents & IP focus | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fabula 🦄 VR-based adventure game developer 92Market top 9%Talent top 15%Customers top 21%Funding top 26% All 14 signals ▾Markettop 9% Talenttop 15% Customerstop 21% Fundingtop 26% Partnerstop 28% Globaltop 31% Moattop 31% Fin. healthtop 35% Growthtop 36% Techtop 36% Newstop 41% Producttop 43% Innovationtop 50% Patentsbottom 34% Market: 7,500 employees (top 3% of Gaming) · Revenue ~$5.1B Talent: Analyst team rating 5/5 · 10 named leaders on record rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 92/100 | $1.1B | 39 mo ago | Unfunded | 7,500 | Jack Dorsey Co-Founder | 2 patents Automated credibility assessment of social media news content | — |
| 2 | Scopely 🦄 Developer of interactive entertainment and video games across multiple platforms 82Customers top 21%Talent top 25%Market top 29%Tech top 31% All 11 signals ▾Customerstop 21% Talenttop 25% Markettop 29% Techtop 31% Globaltop 31% Producttop 31% Moattop 31% Fundingtop 33% Growthtop 35% Newstop 40% Fin. healthtop 48% Customers: Play-Store rating 4.54★ across 11,871,584 ratings (14 apps) · Review volume +2% in 6 mo Talent: Analyst team rating 4/5 · 5 named leaders on record rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 82/100 | $998M | 67 mo ago | Acquired | 734 | Ali McCollister Executive Assistant to Co-Founder | — | — |
| 3 | Discord 🦄 Provider of a platform for group chats, video, and text communication 80Market top 19%Moat top 20%Patents top 24%Funding top 25% All 12 signals ▾Markettop 19% Moattop 20% Patentstop 24% Fundingtop 25% Techtop 29% Producttop 29% Customerstop 32% Innovationtop 41% Growthtop 42% Talenttop 45% Newstop 49% Globalbottom 42% Market: 614 employees (top 10% of Mobile) · Top-1,000 web property Moat: Editorial + unicorn rating 10/10 · IP moat: 38 patents rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 80/100 | $922M | 51 mo ago | Series I | 614 | Gadiel Figueroa Co-Founder | 38 patents AI‑enhanced real‑time messaging, moderation, notifications, and UI for live communication platforms | 3 partnerships |
| 4 | Roblox Online gaming platform for developing web and mobile games 96Innovation top 13%Patents top 13%AI top 15%Market top 16% All 14 signals ▾Innovationtop 13% Patentstop 13% AItop 15% Markettop 16% Techtop 18% Customerstop 21% Fundingtop 23% Growthtop 27% Producttop 27% Newstop 28% Moattop 29% Talenttop 30% Fin. healthtop 35% Globalbottom 47% Innovation: 647 patents (top 3% of patent-holders) · 447 filings since 2022 vs 180 in 2017-21 Patents: 647 patents matched (strict assignee match) · 447 filings since 2022 vs 180 in 2017-21 rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 96/100 | $918M | 65 mo ago | Public | 947 | David Baszucki Founder & CEO | 647 patents Real-time 3D avatar animation, procedural mesh generation, and content moderation for virtual worlds | — |
| 5 | Forte 🦄 Provider of Web3 infrastructure and compliance platform for blockchain projects 53Talent top 23%Moat top 28%Funding top 29%Innovation top 38% All 8 signals ▾Talenttop 23% Moattop 28% Fundingtop 29% Innovationtop 38% Patentstop 44% Techtop 49% Globalbottom 39% Marketbottom 34% Talent: 5 named leaders on record · 5 C-suite/founder profiles curated Moat: Editorial + unicorn rating 9/10 · IP moat: 16 patents rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 53/100 | $910M | 55 mo ago | Series B | 3 | Brett Seyler Co-Founder | 16 patents Blockchain infrastructure for digital asset custody, transaction authorization, and DeFi exchanges | — |
| 6 | Unity 🦄 Developer of a real-time development platform for 2D and 3D content 76Market top 14%Funding top 18%Tech top 18%Product top 22% All 13 signals ▾Markettop 14% Fundingtop 18% Techtop 18% Producttop 22% Moattop 31% Globaltop 34% Fin. healthtop 42% Growthtop 47% Customerstop 49% Innovationbottom 46% Talentbottom 40% Patentsbottom 38% Newsbottom 26% Market: 7,703 employees (top 2% of Gaming) · Revenue ~$1.8B Funding: Raised $894M across 9 rounds · 9 rounds over 17 yrs (0.5/yr) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 76/100 | $894M | 15 mo ago | Public | 7,703 | David Helgason Founder & Board Member | 6 patents Real-time telecom media services: packetized audio switching, streaming, and unified messaging | — |
| 7 | Nexon Developer and publisher of online multi-player games 69Tech top 16%Product top 17%Market top 26%Funding top 28% All 9 signals ▾Techtop 16% Producttop 17% Markettop 26% Fundingtop 28% Customerstop 30% Talenttop 38% Moatbottom 45% Globalbottom 43% Growthbottom 31% Tech: 117 technologies across 6/8 capability areas · Cloud: Amazon Alb, Amazon Cloudfront Product: 8 published apps (81.6M installs) · Company stage: Public rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 69/100 | $883M | 52 mo ago | Public | 7,467 | Jake Song Co-Founder | — | — |
| 8 | Niantic 🦄 Developer of mobile-based AR games 94Patents top 10%Innovation top 15%AI top 15%Market top 19% All 14 signals ▾Patentstop 10% Innovationtop 15% AItop 15% Markettop 19% Fin. healthtop 20% Techtop 22% Moattop 22% Fundingtop 30% Producttop 36% Globaltop 37% Growthtop 38% Talenttop 44% Customersbottom 40% Newsbottom 36% Patents: 588 patents matched (strict assignee match) · 409 filings since 2022 vs 178 in 2017-21 Innovation: 588 patents (top 4% of patent-holders) · 409 filings since 2022 vs 178 in 2017-21 rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 94/100 | $573M | 54 mo ago | Series D | 733 | John Hanke CEO | 588 patents Patents concentrated in health & consumer products | — |
| 9 | Zynga Casual games developer and publisher for mobile and web platforms 93Customers top 16%Market top 18%Tech top 20%Global top 22% All 13 signals ▾Customerstop 16% Markettop 18% Techtop 20% Globaltop 22% Talenttop 23% Growthtop 24% Patentstop 24% Fundingtop 25% Moattop 29% Fin. healthtop 32% Innovationtop 33% Producttop 40% Newsbottom 29% Customers: Play-Store rating 4.44★ across 28,642,516 ratings (37 apps) · Review volume +1% in 6 mo Market: 501 employees (top 16% of Mobile) · Revenue ~$2.8B rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 93/100 | $526M | 66 mo ago | Acquired | 501 | Eric Schiermeyer Founder | 1,012 patents Mobile game engine architecture, procedural content generation, and location/social virtual item systems | 2 job openings · 1 internship · 1 award |
| 10 | Mega Matrix Corp Provider of a game-based investment platform for NFTs 55Funding top 22%Talent top 38%Global bottom 37% All 3 signals ▾Fundingtop 22% Talenttop 38% Globalbottom 37% Funding: Raised $364M across 3 rounds · 3 rounds over 4 yrs (0.8/yr) Talent: 2 named leaders on record · 2 C-suite/founder profiles curated rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 55/100 | $364M | 41 mo ago | Public | — | Yucheng Hu CEO & Chairman | — | — |
| 11 | Mythical 🦄 Developer of games and a platform for secondary in-game economies 62Innovation top 16%Patents top 20%Funding top 22%Moat top 22% All 10 signals ▾Innovationtop 16% Patentstop 20% Fundingtop 22% Moattop 22% Markettop 35% Techtop 47% Globaltop 50% Talentbottom 49% Newsbottom 32% Growthbottom 24% Innovation: 205 patents (top 11% of patent-holders) · 154 filings since 2022 vs 51 in 2017-21 Patents: 205 patents matched (strict assignee match) · 154 filings since 2022 vs 51 in 2017-21 rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 62/100 | $317M | 35 mo ago | Series C | 91 91 → 169 (+86%) | Jamie Jackson Co-Founder | 205 patents Enables trading, fractional ownership, and controlled access of in-game digital assets | — |
| 12 | Second Dinner Independent game development studio 57Talent top 15%Growth top 26%Moat top 31%Funding top 34% All 7 signals ▾Talenttop 15% Growthtop 26% Moattop 31% Fundingtop 34% Techtop 47% Globalbottom 37% Marketbottom 30% Talent: Analyst team rating 5/5 Growth: Headcount 16 → 25 (+56%) across vintages rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 57/100 | $130M | 29 mo ago | Series B | 25 | — | — | — |
| 13 | Inworld AI Developer of AI tools for real-time conversational applications and voice agents 78Growth top 15%Tech top 21%Funding top 26%Moat top 31% All 8 signals ▾Growthtop 15% Techtop 21% Fundingtop 26% Moattop 31% Markettop 48% Talentbottom 49% Globalbottom 45% Newsbottom 42% Growth: Web rank 5,000,000 → 500,000 YoY Tech: 58 technologies across 6/8 capability areas · Cloud: Cloudflare, Google Cloud rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 78/100 | $117M | 34 mo ago | Series A | 27 | Kylan Gibbs Co-Founder & CEO | — | 1 partnership |
| 14 | That's No Moon Video game developer and publisher 60Moat top 22%Talent top 28%Funding top 35%Market top 43% All 7 signals ▾Moattop 22% Talenttop 28% Fundingtop 35% Markettop 43% Growthtop 45% Techtop 49% Globalbottom 36% Moat: Editorial + unicorn rating 8/10 · Soonicorn Talent: 3 named leaders on record · 3 C-suite/founder profiles curated rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 60/100 | $110M | 32 mo ago | Series D | 192 | Nick Kononelos Co-Founder & COO | — | 2 launchs |
| 15 | PlayVS Provider of scholastic esports leagues for middle and high schools 64Funding top 19%Tech top 21%Moat top 31%Market top 43% All 6 signals ▾Fundingtop 19% Techtop 21% Moattop 31% Markettop 43% Growthbottom 48% Globalbottom 37% Funding: Raised $109M across 6 rounds · 6 rounds over 12 yrs (0.5/yr) Tech: 65 technologies across 6/8 capability areas · Cloud: Amazon Cloudfront, Amazon S3 rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 64/100 | $109M | 10 mo ago | Series C | 75 75 → 76 (+1%) | — | — | 1 partnership |
| 16 | Mountaintop Video game developer focusing on casual games 27Funding top 28%Talent top 28%Moat top 31%Global bottom 39% All 8 signals ▾Fundingtop 28% Talenttop 28% Moattop 31% Globalbottom 39% Marketbottom 34% Patentsbottom 29% Innovationbottom 27% Newsbottom 22% Funding: Raised $65.5M across 3 rounds · 3 rounds over 5 yrs (0.6/yr) Talent: 3 named leaders on record · 3 C-suite/founder profiles curated rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 27/100 | $66M | 28 mo ago | Series B | 16 | Nate Mitchell Cofounder & CEO | 3 patents Airport surface navigation systems and computer-based medical simulation training | — |
| 17 | Volley Developer of voice AI games 45Funding top 24%Moat top 26%Patents top 34%Growth top 35% All 11 signals ▾Fundingtop 24% Moattop 26% Patentstop 34% Growthtop 35% Talenttop 38% Producttop 40% Innovationtop 42% Techbottom 44% Globalbottom 42% Marketbottom 28% Customersbottom 5% Funding: Raised $55.0M across 1 rounds · 1 rounds over 2 yrs (0.5/yr) Moat: Editorial + unicorn rating 8/10 · IP moat: 12 patents rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 45/100 | $55M | 23 mo ago | Series C | — | Max Child Co-Founder & CEO | 12 patents Automated racquet‑sport training systems with AI shot analysis and voice‑controlled interfaces | — |
| 18 | Artie Developer of free-to-play battle game 78AI top 15%Growth top 23%Funding top 25%Patents top 29% All 12 signals ▾AItop 15% Growthtop 23% Fundingtop 25% Patentstop 29% Moattop 32% Innovationtop 35% Newstop 38% Talenttop 38% Producttop 41% Techtop 45% Marketbottom 45% Globalbottom 42% AI: Holds AI/ML patents (G06N-family CPC) Growth: Headcount 22 → 38 (+73%) across vintages · Web rank 10,000,000 → 5,000,000 YoY rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 78/100 | $46M | 7 mo ago | Series A | 38 | Jacqueline Cheong Co-Founder & CEO | 23 patents Personalized gaming experiences and dynamic NFT virtual assets via multimodal character models | — |
| 19 | Pragma Backend game engine solutions provider 67Growth top 26%Funding top 27%Talent top 28%Global top 37% All 11 signals ▾Growthtop 26% Fundingtop 27% Talenttop 28% Globaltop 37% Techtop 40% Moattop 41% Markettop 49% Producttop 49% Innovationbottom 41% Patentsbottom 29% Newsbottom 21% Growth: Headcount 10 → 27 (+170%) across vintages · Web rank 5,000,000 → 10,000,000 YoY Funding: Raised $38.2M across 4 rounds · 4 rounds over 6 yrs (0.7/yr) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 67/100 | $38M | 15 mo ago | Series B | 27 27 → 57 (+111%) | Chris Cobb Founder / Pres / CTO | 5 patents Motorized, space‑saving foldable bed frames for compact furniture solutions | — |
| 20 | Series AI Game development studio focuses on the development of next-generation games 32Funding top 29%Moat top 31%Product bottom 48%Talent bottom 45% All 7 signals ▾Fundingtop 29% Moattop 31% Productbottom 48% Talentbottom 45% Patentsbottom 40% Innovationbottom 32% Globalbottom 31% Funding: Raised $35.9M · 2 rounds over 3 yrs (0.7/yr) Moat: Editorial + unicorn rating 7/10 · IP moat: 17 patents rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 32/100 | $36M | 22 mo ago | Series A | — | Saurav Agarwal CEO | 17 patents Compact folding chair designs with integrated foam padding, specialized hinges, and anchoring systems | — |
| 21 | Series Entertainment Game creation platform for game developers 35Talent top 38%Funding top 40%Product top 41%Growth top 45% All 7 signals ▾Talenttop 38% Fundingtop 40% Producttop 41% Growthtop 45% Techbottom 42% Marketbottom 34% Globalbottom 32% Talent: 2 named leaders on record · 2 C-suite/founder profiles curated Funding: Raised $35.9M across 2 rounds · 2 rounds over 3 yrs (0.7/yr) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 35/100 | $36M | 22 mo ago | Series A | — | Pany Haritatos Co-Founder & CEO | — | 3 launchs |
| 22 | Super League Provider of networks of games, monetization tools and content channels 48Funding top 20%News top 22%Product top 29%Moat top 37% All 12 signals ▾Fundingtop 20% Newstop 22% Producttop 29% Moattop 37% Talenttop 41% Techtop 42% Markettop 45% Patentstop 48% Innovationbottom 47% Growthbottom 45% Globalbottom 39% Fin. healthbottom 35% Funding: Raised $34.6M across 15 rounds · 15 rounds over 12 yrs (1.2/yr) News: 11 BI events in 12 mo (of 49 tracked, 10 types) · +175% YoY rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 48/100 | $35M | 8 mo ago | Public | 101 101 → 86 (-15%) | John Miller Co-Founder | 16 patents Cloud gaming platform enabling synchronized, prioritized multi-user streaming and view generation | 1 launch · 1 partnership |
| 23 | E-Pal Operator of a platform providing online companions for gaming and chilling 62Funding top 34%Growth top 35%Talent top 38%Customers top 41% All 8 signals ▾Fundingtop 34% Growthtop 35% Talenttop 38% Customerstop 41% Markettop 42% Techtop 49% Productbottom 40% Globalbottom 38% Funding: Raised $30.0M across 1 rounds · 1 rounds over 2 yrs (0.5/yr) Growth: Fresh capital in last 24 mo rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 62/100 | $30M | 21 mo ago | Seed | 113 | Brian Xiong Co-Founder & CEO | — | — |
| 24 | Bonfire Studios Developer of an action role-playing game with a fantasy setting 62Talent top 28%Product top 30%Funding top 32%Innovation top 33% All 9 signals ▾Talenttop 28% Producttop 30% Fundingtop 32% Innovationtop 33% Techtop 38% Growthtop 45% Marketbottom 47% Moatbottom 38% Globalbottom 29% Talent: 4 named leaders on record · 4 C-suite/founder profiles curated Product: 6 distinct product lines · Company stage: Series B rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 62/100 | $25M | 16 mo ago | Series B | 46 | Min Kim Co-Founder | — | — |
| 25 | Gameplay Galaxy Developer of a Web3-powered competitive ecosystem for extreme sports gaming 60Customers top 21%Growth top 24%Talent top 38%Moat top 39% All 10 signals ▾Customerstop 21% Growthtop 24% Talenttop 38% Moattop 39% Fundingtop 40% Marketbottom 45% Productbottom 45% Techbottom 44% Globalbottom 39% Newsbottom 18% Customers: Play-Store rating 4.41★ across 42,528 ratings (2 apps) Growth: App-install growth +112% YoY · Fresh capital in last 24 mo rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 60/100 | $24M | 21 mo ago | Seed | 39 | Maya Gurevich Co-Founder | — | 1 launch |
| 26 | Playback Online platform offering social watching of sports content 53Funding top 27%Tech top 33%Talent top 38%Innovation top 45% All 9 signals ▾Fundingtop 27% Techtop 33% Talenttop 38% Innovationtop 45% Patentstop 46% Moatbottom 49% Growthbottom 48% Marketbottom 43% Globalbottom 31% Funding: Raised $22.0M across 1 rounds · 1 rounds over 1 yrs (1.0/yr) Tech: 25 technologies across 5/8 capability areas · Cloud: Vercel rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 53/100 | $22M | 14 mo ago | Series B | — | Ari Borensztein Cofounder & Chief Technology Officer | 7 patents Enables DRM-based video streaming authorization and multi-device playback synchronization. | — |
| 27 | GGWP Developer of a tool to maintain and protect gaming community 72AI top 24%Funding top 25%Talent top 28%Moat top 34% All 10 signals ▾AItop 24% Fundingtop 25% Talenttop 28% Moattop 34% Growthtop 35% Patentstop 39% Innovationtop 44% Techtop 46% Marketbottom 48% Globalbottom 44% AI: Holds AI/ML patents (G06N-family CPC) · Product described with: artificial intelligence, machine learning Funding: Raised $22.0M across 3 rounds · 3 rounds over 4 yrs (0.8/yr) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 72/100 | $22M | 1 mo ago | Series A | 52 | Dennis Fong Co-Founder & CEO | 10 patents Patents concentrated in health & consumer products | 1 expansion |
| 28 | Fifth Door Developer of a platform converting gameplay concepts into web-accessible interactive formats 35Funding top 28%Talent top 38%AI top 45%Tech bottom 40% All 6 signals ▾Fundingtop 28% Talenttop 38% AItop 45% Techbottom 40% Globalbottom 33% Marketbottom 25% Funding: Raised $20.0M across 1 rounds · 1 rounds over 1 yrs (1.0/yr) Talent: 2 named leaders on record · 2 C-suite/founder profiles curated rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 35/100 | $20M | 6 mo ago | Seed | — | Amir Ghazvinian Co-Founder | — | — |
| 29 | Fictions Developer of video games for consoles and personal computer systems 27Funding top 30%Talent bottom 49%Tech bottom 40%Market bottom 37% All 5 signals ▾Fundingtop 30% Talentbottom 49% Techbottom 40% Marketbottom 37% Globalbottom 25% Funding: Raised $16.7M across 1 rounds · 1 rounds over 1 yrs (1.0/yr) Talent: 1 named leader on record · 1 C-suite/founder profile curated rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 27/100 | $17M | 7 mo ago | Series B | — | Deborah Mars Co-Founder | — | — |
| 30 | Mirror World Developer of a platform for building and deploying blockchain applications 45Funding top 34%Growth top 35%Talent top 38%Tech top 45% All 6 signals ▾Fundingtop 34% Growthtop 35% Talenttop 38% Techtop 45% Globalbottom 38% Marketbottom 28% Funding: Raised $16.0M across 2 rounds · 2 rounds over 4 yrs (0.5/yr) Growth: Fresh capital in last 24 mo rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 45/100 | $16M | 24 mo ago | Series A | 14 | Jonathan Bakebwa Co-Founder | — | — |
| 31 | GRAID Provider of raid controllers for enterprise data security solutions 40Funding top 32%Tech top 37%Growth top 45%Moat top 48% All 7 signals ▾Fundingtop 32% Techtop 37% Growthtop 45% Moattop 48% Talentbottom 49% Globalbottom 36% Marketbottom 32% Funding: Raised $15.0M across 2 rounds · 2 rounds over 4 yrs (0.5/yr) Tech: 41 technologies across 5/8 capability areas · Cloud: Cloudflare rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 40/100 | $15M | 15 mo ago | Series B | 11 | Leander Yu CEO | — | 1 award |
| 32 | MyPrize Online crypto casino gaming platform for playing multiplayer games 42Tech top 34%Funding top 39%Moat top 39%Growth top 45% All 7 signals ▾Techtop 34% Fundingtop 39% Moattop 39% Growthtop 45% Talentbottom 49% Marketbottom 39% Globalbottom 29% Tech: 26 technologies across 5/8 capability areas · Cloud: Amazon Ses, Amazon Web Services Funding: Raised $13.0M across 2 rounds · 2 rounds over 2 yrs (1.0/yr) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 42/100 | $13M | 10 mo ago | Series A | — | Zach Bruch Founder & CEO | — | — |
| 33 | Astrocade Provider of platform and tools to develop games 67Growth top 20%Funding top 28%Customers top 32%Talent top 38% All 9 signals ▾Growthtop 20% Fundingtop 28% Customerstop 32% Talenttop 38% Moattop 39% Producttop 40% Techtop 42% Marketbottom 42% Globalbottom 38% Growth: Web rank 1,000,000 → 10,000 YoY · Fresh capital in last 24 mo Funding: Raised $12.0M across 1 rounds · 1 rounds over 2 yrs (0.5/yr) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 67/100 | $12M | 1 mo ago | Series B | 7 | Ali Sadeghian Co-Founder & CTO | — | — |
| 34 | Lucra Sports Provider of P2P sports betting platform 37Funding top 26%Growth top 28%Moat top 39%Product top 46% All 9 signals ▾Fundingtop 26% Growthtop 28% Moattop 39% Producttop 46% Talentbottom 49% Techbottom 47% Globalbottom 37% Customersbottom 29% Marketbottom 21% Funding: Raised $11.6M across 4 rounds · 4 rounds over 5 yrs (0.8/yr) Growth: Web rank 50,000,000 → 10,000,000 YoY · Fresh capital in last 24 mo rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 37/100 | $12M | 1 mo ago | Series B | 6 | Dylan Robbins Founder & CEO | — | 1 launch · 1 partnership |
| 35 | Styngr Provides audio plugins for games 37Talent top 38%Funding top 45%Market bottom 46%Global bottom 32% All 4 signals ▾Talenttop 38% Fundingtop 45% Marketbottom 46% Globalbottom 32% Talent: 2 named leaders on record · 2 C-suite/founder profiles curated Funding: Raised $11.2M across 2 rounds · 2 rounds over 5 yrs (0.4/yr) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 37/100 | $11M | 21 mo ago | Series A | 30 | Alex Tarrand Co-Founder | — | — |
| 36 | VITURE Developer of XR-glasses for gaming 53Tech top 26%Funding top 27%Growth top 28%News top 38% All 10 signals ▾Techtop 26% Fundingtop 27% Growthtop 28% Newstop 38% Talenttop 38% Moattop 39% Producttop 40% Globalbottom 38% Marketbottom 28% Customersbottom 15% Tech: 56 technologies across 5/8 capability areas · Cloud: Amazon Cloudfront, Amazon S3 Funding: Raised $10.0M across 3 rounds · 3 rounds over 4 yrs (0.8/yr) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 53/100 | $10M | 3 mo ago | Series B | 4 | Emily Wang Co-Founder | — | 5 launchs · 1 award |
| 37 | Moonveil Entertainment Web3 game studio creating battle games 45Tech top 24%Funding top 47%Product top 49%Talent bottom 49% All 8 signals ▾Techtop 24% Fundingtop 47% Producttop 49% Talentbottom 49% Growthbottom 48% Customersbottom 46% Marketbottom 43% Globalbottom 38% Tech: 39 technologies across 5/8 capability areas · Cloud: Cloudflare, Netlify Funding: Raised $9.4M across 3 rounds · 3 rounds over 3 yrs (1.0/yr) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 45/100 | $9M | 20 mo ago | Seed | — | M Wong Co-Founder & CEO | — | — |
| 38 | Curio Platform offering infrastructure and applications powering next-gen on-chain games 42Innovation top 21%Patents top 22%Moat top 32%Talent top 38% All 7 signals ▾Innovationtop 21% Patentstop 22% Moattop 32% Talenttop 38% Fundingtop 45% Globalbottom 43% Marketbottom 20% Innovation: 58 patents (top 28% of patent-holders) · 36 filings since 2022 vs 7 in 2017-21 Patents: 58 patents matched (strict assignee match) · 36 filings since 2022 vs 7 in 2017-21 rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 42/100 | $9M | 22 mo ago | Series A | 4 | Kevin Zhang Co-Founder | 58 patents Patents concentrated in computing, sensing & instrumentation | — |
| 39 | Nunu.ai Provider of AI agents for automated game testing and quality assurance 67AI top 8%Talent top 28%Growth top 35%Funding top 38% All 7 signals ▾AItop 8% Talenttop 28% Growthtop 35% Fundingtop 38% Techtop 45% Globalbottom 48% Marketbottom 37% AI: Classified as an agentic-AI company Talent: 3 named leaders on record · 3 C-suite/founder profiles curated rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 67/100 | $8M | 15 mo ago | Seed | — | Nicolas Muntwyler Co-Founder | — | — |
| 40 | Human Computer Video game development studio 32Talent top 38%Funding top 44%Global bottom 25% All 3 signals ▾Talenttop 38% Fundingtop 44% Globalbottom 25% Talent: 2 named leaders on record · 2 C-suite/founder profiles curated Funding: Raised $7.8M across 1 rounds · 1 rounds over 1 yrs (1.0/yr) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 32/100 | $8M | 16 mo ago | Series A | — | Eliot Weisberg Co-Founder | — | 2 launchs |
| 41 | Soulbound Online platform for web3 gaming community 45Talent top 25%Funding top 40%Global bottom 38%Market bottom 34% All 4 signals ▾Talenttop 25% Fundingtop 40% Globalbottom 38% Marketbottom 34% Talent: 5 named leaders on record Funding: Raised $7.6M · 2 rounds over 4 yrs (0.5/yr) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 45/100 | $8M | 21 mo ago | Series A | 16 | Casey Grooms Co-Founder | — | — |
| 42 | Jest Provider of online platform offering a variety of free-to-play games 40Funding top 35%Talent top 38%Tech bottom 43%Global bottom 33% All 4 signals ▾Fundingtop 35% Talenttop 38% Techbottom 43% Globalbottom 33% Funding: Raised $7.0M across 1 rounds · 1 rounds over 1 yrs (1.0/yr) Talent: 2 named leaders on record · 2 C-suite/founder profiles curated rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 40/100 | $7M | 3 mo ago | Seed | — | Petar Dobrev Co-Founder & CTO | — | — |
| 43 | Brain Jar Games Game development studio offering casual games 27Growth top 28%Funding top 50%Talent bottom 49%Tech bottom 37% All 6 signals ▾Growthtop 28% Fundingtop 50% Talentbottom 49% Techbottom 37% Globalbottom 29% Marketbottom 22% Growth: Web rank 50,000,000 → 10,000,000 YoY · Fresh capital in last 24 mo Funding: Raised $6.7M across 2 rounds · 2 rounds over 3 yrs (0.7/yr) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 27/100 | $7M | 9 mo ago | Seed | — | Will Cook Co-Founder & CEO | — | — |
| 44 | GameRamp Provider of an AI-native publishing platform to automate monetization and scale operations for mobile games… 29Talent top 38%AI top 45%Funding top 48%Global bottom 48% All 7 signals ▾Talenttop 38% AItop 45% Fundingtop 48% Globalbottom 48% Techbottom 41% Productbottom 40% Marketbottom 25% Talent: 2 named leaders on record · 2 C-suite/founder profiles curated AI: Product described with: ai-native rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 29/100 | $5M | 10 mo ago | Seed | — | Sashank Vandrangi Co-Founder | — | — |
| 45 | Visionary Realms Video game developer specializing in MMORPG games 35Innovation top 34%Product top 36%Funding bottom 49%Tech bottom 43% All 6 signals ▾Innovationtop 34% Producttop 36% Fundingbottom 49% Techbottom 43% Marketbottom 39% Globalbottom 25% Innovation: 5 product lines Product: 5 distinct product lines · Company stage: Series A rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 35/100 | $5M | 7 mo ago | Series A | 32 | — | — | — |
| 46 | Magic Potion Games Developer of safe online gaming experiences for children 22Funding top 42%Talent bottom 49%Market bottom 37%Global bottom 29% All 4 signals ▾Fundingtop 42% Talentbottom 49% Marketbottom 37% Globalbottom 29% Funding: Raised $3.3M across 2 rounds · 2 rounds over 2 yrs (1.0/yr) Talent: 1 named leader on record · 1 C-suite/founder profile curated rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 22/100 | $3M | 6 mo ago | Seed | — | Stephen Macdonald Chief Executive Officer | — | 1 award |
| 47 | Fuse Developer of mobile-based core games 22Moat top 32%Patents top 36%Talent top 38%Innovation top 40% All 9 signals ▾Moattop 32% Patentstop 36% Talenttop 38% Innovationtop 40% Fundingtop 45% Producttop 47% Globalbottom 36% Marketbottom 21% Customersbottom 3% Moat: Editorial + unicorn rating 4/10 · IP moat: 48 patents Patents: 48 patents matched (strict assignee match) · 23 filings since 2022 vs 25 in 2017-21 rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 22/100 | $2M | 13 mo ago | Series A | 12 | Yavuz Topcuoglu Co-Founder | 48 patents Portable sanitation and temperature-controlled container systems with illumination features | — |
| 48 | GameTree Provider of a platform for gamers to find compatible teammates 48Innovation top 34%Tech top 44%Product top 45%Customers top 46% All 9 signals ▾Innovationtop 34% Techtop 44% Producttop 45% Customerstop 46% Growthtop 47% Fundingtop 50% Talentbottom 49% Marketbottom 38% Globalbottom 36% Innovation: 12 product lines Tech: 33 technologies across 4/8 capability areas · Cloud: Cloudflare rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 48/100 | $2M | 16 mo ago | Seed | 14 | John Uke Co-Founder & CEO | — | — |
| 49 | CodeWisp Platform for creating web games using AI-powered visual blocks and natural language inputs 42Funding top 44%AI top 45%Tech bottom 46%Talent bottom 45% All 5 signals ▾Fundingtop 44% AItop 45% Techbottom 46% Talentbottom 45% Globalbottom 33% Funding: Raised $500k across 1 rounds · 1 rounds over 1 yrs (1.0/yr) AI: Product described with: ai-powered rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 42/100 | $500K | 5 mo ago | Seed | — | Elvin Fu Founder | — | — |
| 50 | Nitrode Game development studio 64Talent top 35%Funding top 48%Global bottom 48% All 3 signals ▾Talenttop 35% Fundingtop 48% Globalbottom 48% Talent: 4 named leaders on record Funding: Raised $500k across 1 rounds · 1 rounds over 1 yrs (1.0/yr) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 64/100 | $500K | 12 mo ago | Seed | — | Sejoon Chang Co-Founder & COO | — | — |
Top 12 Gaming companies in California
#1
Series A · San Francisco, California · founded 2020 · 52 employees$22Mraised▾
Series A · San Francisco, California · founded 2020 · 52 employees
Developer of a tool to maintain and protect the gaming community. The company leverages machine learning, and Artificial Intelligence technology to block real-time toxic incidents in-game.
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 72how this company ranks against its industry peers
AI
top 24%Funding
top 25%Talent
top 28%Moat
top 34%Growth
top 35%Patents
top 39%AI: Holds AI/ML patents (G06N-family CPC) · Product described with: artificial intelligence, machine learning
Funding: Raised $22.0M across 3 rounds · 3 rounds over 4 yrs (0.8/yr) · Last round Series A (Apr 2026)
Talent: 4 named leaders on record · 4 C-suite/founder profiles curated
Audience (LinkedIn): 5k LinkedIn followers
Activity (LinkedIn): 1 expansions announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
- Apr 2026Series A$15M
- Oct 2023Seed—
- Jul 2023Seed$10M
- Feb 2022Seed$12M
Founders & team
Investors
BITKRAFT Ventures, Makers Fund, Griffin Gaming Partners, Riot Games, Sony Innovation Fund, Samsung Venture Investment
Tech stack
Amazon Web ServicesAnimate.CssApple Icloud MailBootstrapChart.JsCloudflare
#2
Unity 🦄Public · San Francisco, California · founded 2004 · 7703 employees$893.5Mraised▾
Unity 🦄
Public · San Francisco, California · founded 2004 · 7703 employees
Developer of a real-time development platform for 2D and 3D content. The platform provides tools and services for creating games and industry applications. It supports multiple platforms and offers features for monetization, user acquisition, and collaboration. The platform also provides learning resources, documentation, and community support.
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 76how this company ranks against its industry peers
Market
top 14%Funding
top 18%Tech
top 18%Product
top 22%Moat
top 31%Global
top 34%Market: 7,703 employees (top 2% of Gaming) · Revenue ~$1.8B · Top-50,000 web property
Funding: Raised $894M across 9 rounds · 9 rounds over 17 yrs (0.5/yr) · Last round Post IPO (Feb 2025)
Tech: 107 technologies across 6/8 capability areas · Cloud: Akamai, Amazon S3 · Devops: Envoy, Nginx
Funding rounds
- Feb 2025Post IPO$690M
- Jan 2025Post IPO—
- Nov 2021Post IPO$1.5B
- May 2019Series E$150M
Founders & team
Investors
Sequoia Capital, WestSummit, IGlobe Partners, Silver Lake, China Investment Corporation, Frees Fund
Tech stack
Adobe Audience ManagerAkamaiAkamai Bot ManagerAmazon AdvertisingAmazon S3Amazon Web Services
#3
Series B · Palo Alto, California · founded 2019 · 6 employees$11.6Mraised▾
Series B · Palo Alto, California · founded 2019 · 6 employees
Lucra Sports is a provider of P2P sports betting platform. It provides a peer to peer platform for sports fans to compete with their friends and earn real cash awards. They offer features such as player updates,statistics,spread and odds.
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 37how this company ranks against its industry peers
Funding
top 26%Growth
top 28%Moat
top 39%Product
top 46%Talent
bottom 49%Tech
bottom 47%Funding: Raised $11.6M across 4 rounds · 4 rounds over 5 yrs (0.8/yr) · Last round Series B (Apr 2026)
Growth: Web rank 50,000,000 → 10,000,000 YoY · Fresh capital in last 24 mo
Moat: Editorial + unicorn rating 7/10 · 9 curated direct competitors tracked
Audience (LinkedIn): 4k LinkedIn followers
Activity (LinkedIn): 1 product launches · 1 partnerships (incl. John Daly) announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
- Apr 2026Series B$20M
- Dec 2024Series A$10M
- Mar 2022Series A$10M
- May 2021Seed$1.6M
Founders & team
Investors
Raptor Group, Toy Ventures, SeventySix Capital, Visible Ventures, 7GC, ARK Investment Management
Tech stack
Amazon CloudfrontAmazon S3Amazon Web ServicesBootstrapCdnjsCloudflare
#4
Series B · Los Altos, California · founded 2022 · 7 employees$12Mraised▾
Series B · Los Altos, California · founded 2022 · 7 employees
Provider of platform and tools to develop games. It allows users to create games and experiences with AI. It offers a social platform where personalized games can be created, encouraging users to explore the creativity through gaming.
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 67how this company ranks against its industry peers
Growth
top 20%Funding
top 28%Customers
top 32%Talent
top 38%Moat
top 39%Product
top 40%Growth: Web rank 1,000,000 → 10,000 YoY · Fresh capital in last 24 mo
Funding: Raised $12.0M across 1 rounds · 1 rounds over 2 yrs (0.5/yr) · Last round Series A (May 2026)
Customers: Play-Store rating 4.75★ across 315 ratings (2 apps)
Audience (LinkedIn): 3k LinkedIn followers
Funding rounds
- May 2026Series A—
- May 2026Series B—
- Jun 2024Seed$12M
Founders & team
Investors
AME Cloud Ventures, NVentures, The Venture Reality Fund, Sea, Google Labs, Nvidia
Tech stack
Amazon Web ServicesGoogle AnalyticsGoogle Tag ManagerHstsNew RelicNext.Js
#5
Series C · Santa Monica, California · founded 2012 · 75 employees$108.8Mraised▾
Series C · Santa Monica, California · founded 2012 · 75 employees
Provider of scholastic esports leagues for middle and high schools. It organizes and manages competitive video game leagues, offering season-long competitions at regional and state levels. The platform handles scheduling, matchmaking, and record-keeping for participating schools. It also provides resources and support for coaches and students, fostering a positive and inclusive environment for esports participation. The leagues feature various popular video game titles.
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 64how this company ranks against its industry peers
Funding
top 19%Tech
top 21%Moat
top 31%Market
top 43%Growth
bottom 48%Global
bottom 37%Funding: Raised $109M across 6 rounds · 6 rounds over 12 yrs (0.5/yr) · Last round Series C (Jul 2025)
Tech: 65 technologies across 6/8 capability areas · Cloud: Amazon Cloudfront, Amazon S3 · Devops: Nginx
Moat: Editorial + unicorn rating 8/10 · Soonicorn · 9 curated direct competitors tracked
Audience (LinkedIn): 13k LinkedIn followers
Activity (LinkedIn): 1 partnerships (incl. Duo Digital Prints Inc) announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
- Jul 2025Series C$6.2M
- Nov 2020Series C$10.5M
- Sep 2019Series C$50M
- Nov 2018Series B$30.5M
Investors
Elysian Park, New Enterprise Associates, Science, Crosscut Ventures, Coatue, WndrCo
Tech stack
Amazon CloudfrontAmazon S3Amazon Web ServicesApple Icloud MailAws Certificate ManagerCloudflare
#6
Series A · San Francisco, California · founded 2017 · 38 employees$45.9Mraised▾
Series A · San Francisco, California · founded 2017 · 38 employees
Developer of free-to-play battle game. The company offers Pong Legends is a free-to-play, real-time, beer pong battler featuring power-ups. It is also offering a next-gen social gaming platform to players.
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 78how this company ranks against its industry peers
AI
top 15%Growth
top 23%Funding
top 25%Patents
top 29%Moat
top 32%Innovation
top 35%AI: Holds AI/ML patents (G06N-family CPC)
Growth: Headcount 22 → 38 (+73%) across vintages · Web rank 10,000,000 → 5,000,000 YoY · Fresh capital in last 24 mo
Funding: Raised $45.9M across 3 rounds · 3 rounds over 6 yrs (0.5/yr) · Last round Series A (Nov 2025)
Funding rounds
- Nov 2025Series A$15.1M
- Oct 2021Series A$35.9M
- Feb 2021Seed$10M
- Nov 2020Seed—
Founders & team
Investors
Florida Funders, SIG, Harris Blitzer Sports & Entertainment, Founders Fund, Warner Music Group, Shrug Capital
Tech stack
Apple Icloud MailCdnjsCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCore-JsGoogle Analytics
#7
Series B · San Francisco, California · founded 2003 · 4 employees$10Mraised▾
Series B · San Francisco, California · founded 2003 · 4 employees
Developer of XR-glasses for gaming. It allows gamers to access virtual reality, augmented reality, and mixed reality-based games on Xbox, PlayStation, and other cloud-based gaming platforms.
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 53how this company ranks against its industry peers
Tech
top 26%Funding
top 27%Growth
top 28%News
top 38%Talent
top 38%Moat
top 39%Tech: 56 technologies across 5/8 capability areas · Cloud: Amazon Cloudfront, Amazon S3 · Observability: Microsoft Clarity, Sentry
Funding: Raised $10.0M across 3 rounds · 3 rounds over 4 yrs (0.8/yr) · Last round Series B (Feb 2026)
Growth: Web rank 1,000,000 → 500,000 YoY · Fresh capital in last 24 mo
Audience (LinkedIn): 7k LinkedIn followers
Activity (LinkedIn): 5 product launches · 1 awards announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
- Feb 2026Series B$100M
- Sep 2025Series B$100M
- Oct 2024Series B—
- Jun 2023Series A—
Founders & team
Investors
BlueRun Ventures, BAI Capital, Verity Ventures, Singtel Innov8, Verity Venture Partners, Legend Capital
Tech stack
CloudflareCore-JsFacebook PixelGodaddyGoogle AnalyticsGoogle Font Api
#8
Public · Santa Monica, California · founded 2014 · 101 employees$34.6Mraised▾
Public · Santa Monica, California · founded 2014 · 101 employees
Provider of networks of games, monetization tools and content channels. The company owns and operates game worlds and provides a launchpad for brands and creators to accelerate success in the gaming metaverse.
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 48how this company ranks against its industry peers
Funding
top 20%News
top 22%Product
top 29%Moat
top 37%Talent
top 41%Tech
top 42%Funding: Raised $34.6M across 15 rounds · 15 rounds over 12 yrs (1.2/yr) · Last round Post IPO (Oct 2025)
News: 11 BI events in 12 mo (of 49 tracked, 10 types) · +175% YoY · 7 high-value events (IPO/M&A/funding/contracts) in 12 mo
Product: 0 product launch events in 12 mo, 1 the year before · 5 distinct product lines · Company stage: Public
Audience (LinkedIn): 17k LinkedIn followers
Activity (LinkedIn): 1 product launches · 1 partnerships (incl. PlayWorks Digital Limited) announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
- Oct 2025Post IPO$20M
- Jul 2025Post IPO$4.5M
- Sep 2024Post IPO$1.1M
- Jun 2024Post IPO$1.8M
Founders & team
Investors
Cinemark, Quadrant, The Overseas Investor, Softbank China and India Holdings, Toba Capital, Nickelodeon
Tech stack
Apple Icloud MailBootstrapCloudflareDocusignGoogle CloudGoogle Cloud Cdn
#9
Seed · San Francisco, California · founded 2025$20Mraised▾
Seed · San Francisco, California · founded 2025
Developer of a platform converting gameplay concepts into web-accessible interactive formats. The platform uses artificial intelligence to convert existing gameplay into formats accessible on the web. It provides customizable interfaces, player interaction tools, and real-time hosting. This enables independent creators and gaming communities to publish, manage, and share game content. The platform removes the need for advanced technical skills or infrastructure setup.
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 35how this company ranks against its industry peers
Funding
top 28%Talent
top 38%AI
top 45%Tech
bottom 40%Global
bottom 33%Market
bottom 25%Funding: Raised $20.0M across 1 rounds · 1 rounds over 1 yrs (1.0/yr) · Last round Seed (Nov 2025)
Talent: 2 named leaders on record · 2 C-suite/founder profiles curated
AI: Product described with: artificial intelligence
Funding rounds
- Nov 2025Seed$20M
Founders & team
Investors
Y Combinator
Tech stack
CloudflareGoogle Font ApiHttp/3Open GraphPosthogReact
#10
Seed · San Francisco, California · founded 2026$7Mraised▾
Seed · San Francisco, California · founded 2026
Provider of online platform offering a variety of free-to-play games. The platform features puzzle, word, and matching games playable in a browser. Games include options for single-player experiences and daily challenges.
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 40how this company ranks against its industry peers
Funding
top 35%Talent
top 38%Tech
bottom 43%Global
bottom 33%Funding: Raised $7.0M across 1 rounds · 1 rounds over 1 yrs (1.0/yr) · Last round Seed (Feb 2026)
Talent: 2 named leaders on record · 2 C-suite/founder profiles curated
Tech: 13 technologies across 3/8 capability areas · Cloud: Amazon Ses, Amazon Web Services · Security: Hsts
Audience (LinkedIn): 267 LinkedIn followers
Activity (LinkedIn): 1 product launches announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
- Feb 2026Seed$7M
Founders & team
Investors
Innovation Endeavors
Tech stack
Amazon SesAmazon Web ServicesAstroHstsNetlifyOpen Graph
#11
Series B · Los Angeles, California · founded 2025$16.7Mraised▾
Series B · Los Angeles, California · founded 2025
Developer of video games for consoles and personal computer systems. It creates titles across multiple platforms, including current and next-generation consoles. The business develops and releases its own intellectual property. Its portfolio includes action and adventure games.
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 27how this company ranks against its industry peers
Funding
top 30%Talent
bottom 49%Tech
bottom 40%Market
bottom 37%Global
bottom 25%Funding: Raised $16.7M across 1 rounds · 1 rounds over 1 yrs (1.0/yr) · Last round Series B (Nov 2025)
Talent: 1 named leader on record · 1 C-suite/founder profile curated
Tech: 16 technologies across 3/8 capability areas · Cloud: Cloudflare · Devops: Envoy, Nginx
Funding rounds
- Nov 2025Series B$16.7M
Founders & team
Tech stack
Apple Icloud MailCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCore-JsDropboxEnvoy
#12
Series B · Culver City, California · founded 2020 · 27 employees$38.2Mraised▾
Series B · Culver City, California · founded 2020 · 27 employees
Pragma offers a backend game engine platform. It enables users to develop and scale their games. It allows users to give code-level access, account services, game loop, platform services, store integration, and more.
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 67how this company ranks against its industry peers
Growth
top 26%Funding
top 27%Talent
top 28%Global
top 37%Tech
top 40%Moat
top 41%Growth: Headcount 10 → 27 (+170%) across vintages · Web rank 5,000,000 → 10,000,000 YoY · Fresh capital in last 24 mo
Funding: Raised $38.2M across 4 rounds · 4 rounds over 6 yrs (0.7/yr) · Last round Series B (Mar 2025)
Talent: 3 named leaders on record · 3 C-suite/founder profiles curated
Audience (LinkedIn): 5k LinkedIn followers
Funding rounds
- Mar 2025Series B$12.8M
- Oct 2021Series B$22M
- Apr 2021Series A$12M
- Mar 2020Seed$4.2M
Founders & team
Investors
Upfront Ventures, Advancit Capital, Greylock Partners, Insight Partners, Overwolf, Daher Investments
Tech stack
Amazon CloudfrontAmazon Web ServicesCloudflareContentfulGoogle WorkspaceGsap
Funding & investor landscape
$17.6Btotal disclosed funding
500companies funded
977disclosed rounds
3rounds last 90 days
Most active investors
Notable founders
Dennis Fong
Co-Founder & CEO · GGWP
George Ng
Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer · GGWP
David Helgason
Founder & Board Member · Unity
Dylan Robbins
Founder & CEO · Lucra Sports
Ali Sadeghian
Co-Founder & CTO · Astrocade
Amir Sadeghian
Co-Founder & CEO · Astrocade
Jacqueline Cheong
Co-Founder & CEO · Artie
Robin Tang
Co-Founder · Artie
Emily Wang
Co-Founder · VITURE
David Jiang
Founder & CEO · VITURE
John Miller
Co-Founder · Super League
Amir Ghazvinian
Co-Founder · Fifth Door
Prism market signals · United States · country-scoped Prism corpus, 775,732 docs
Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage
Share of Gaming coverage by sub-theme.
Regulatory-risk over time rising
Funding & growth over time
funding rising · growth rising
RESEARCH IN CALIFORNIA · Consumer & Industrial
How research on Gaming Tech in California is moving
A read on the academic research around Gaming Tech in California — which themes are gaining ground, the institutions and researchers driving them, and how the tone is shifting. Based on 82 papers.
UC Davis, UCSB, and USC lead California's gaming-tech research, focusing optimistically on computer graphics, visualization, and 3D modeling, with breakthroughs dominating over concerns.
82 papers · stance +0.66 · 54% breakthrough · 6% concern
top institutions
- University of California, Davis16
- University of California, Santa Barbara13
- University of Southern California7
- University of California, Berkeley7
- California Polytechnic State University6
leading researchers
Kwan‐Liu Ma · Ravi Ramamoorthi · Ishan Kaushik · Ling‐Qi Yan · Nicolas Holzschuch · Wei Wu
prism intelligence · tone & topics
100% positive · 0% critical tone
SoftwareArtificial IntelligenceComputer ScienceEducationArtMachine Learning
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Breakthroughs42 · 51%
▲ 42%→61% share
▲1.5× share momentum4 median citations48% since 2021mostly methods-led
Real-time rendering research is surging — papers nearly tripled from 3 to 8, with Gaussian splatting newly emerging.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
- Rendering (computer graphics)12→18
- Real-time rendering3→8
- Visualization1→3
- Computer graphics (images)6→8
- Computer vision3→4
Newly emerging3D rendering 0→3 · Gaussian 0→3
Landmark Rendering synthetic objects into real scenes · 969 cites
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Advancements31 · 38%
▼ 47%→27% share
▼0.6× share momentum5 median citations29% since 2021mostly methods-led
Game engine advancement research remains substantial at 11 papers but field-share dropped sharply from 47% to 27%.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
- Rendering (computer graphics)19
- Game engine11
- Computer graphics (images)7
- Human–computer interaction6
- Visualization5
Landmark IRIS: Illustrative Rendering for Integral Surfaces · 58 cites
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Concerns5 · 6%
▲ 5%→6% share
▲1.2× share momentum0 median citations40% since 2021mostly empirical
Game design and human–computer interaction concerns are rising, each reaching 3 papers as field-share ticks up to 6%.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
- Game design3
- Human–computer interaction3
- Game engine3
- Rendering (computer graphics)1
- Shading1
Landmark Using Alice 2.0 to Design Games for People with Stroke · 2 cites
Common questions
How many Gaming companies are there in California, United States?
Radar tracks 1249 indexable Gaming companies headquartered in California, United States that meet our profile-completeness bar.
What is the total funding raised by Gaming companies in California, United States?
The Gaming companies in California, United States on this list have raised a combined $17.6B in disclosed equity funding across 500 funded companies.
Which is the highest-funded Gaming company in California, United States?
Fabula is the highest-funded Gaming company in California, United States, with $1.1B in disclosed equity funding.
How many Gaming companies in California, United States are funded?
500 of the 1249 Gaming companies in California, United States on this list have disclosed at least one equity funding round.
How many Gaming unicorns are there in California, United States?
10 Gaming companies in California, United States on this list are valued at $1B or more.
Who are the top investors in California, United States Gaming companies?
The most active investors in California, United States Gaming companies on this list include Y Combinator, Andreessen Horowitz, BITKRAFT Ventures, 1Up Ventures, Animoca Brands.
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