Best Gaming Companies in Las Vegas, United States
The 52 best Gaming companies in Las Vegas, United States in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Skillz.
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.
Ranked: Best Gaming companies in Las Vegas
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Founder | Founded | Tech stack | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Skillz Operator of a platform for competitive mobile games and tournaments | $54M | 70 mo ago | Public | Andrew Paradise Co-Founder & CEO | 2012 | WordPressApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+24 | 1 job opening |
| 2 | Rogue Esports player organization | $12M | 90 mo ago | Acquired | John Parsonage CCO & Co-Founder at Rogue. CCO & Co-Founder at Octopus Global. CEO at Felt | 2016 | — | — |
| 3 | Jet Set Games Premium domain name for sale, ideal for gaming or tech ventures | $8M | 200 mo ago | Deadpooled | Brett Sperry Co-Founder | 2008 | — | — |
| 4 | WHITE SANDS NFT-based trading platform for strategy games | $8M | 51 mo ago | Series A | Brandon Brown Co-Founder | 2022 | — | — |
| 5 | PlayVIG Provider of automated game clip sharing tool | $2M | 146 mo ago | Seed | Megan Versaci Founder | 2014 | — | — |
| 6 | Game+ App-based gaming platform offering real money rewards | $2M | 52 mo ago | Deadpooled | Adam Frank Co-Founder & CEO | 2020 | — | — |
| 7 | MEGAFANS Esports and fantasy games developer | $1M | 56 mo ago | Seed | Jeffrey Donnelley Founder & CEO | 2016 | — | — |
| 8 | Utopos Games AI-based video game development studio | $1M | 81 mo ago | Seed | Jani Penttinen Founder & CEO | 2019 | — | — |
| 9 | Kizzang Sweepstakes Web game development company | $770K | 153 mo ago | Deadpooled | — | 2013 | — | — |
| 10 | Poker Games Interactive Game development and licensing services. | $110K | 118 mo ago | Seed | David Haag Founder/CEO/CTO | 2016 | — | — |
Top 12 Gaming companies in Las Vegas
#1
Public · Las Vegas, Nevada · founded 2012 · 231 employees$54.3Mraised▾
Operator of a platform for competitive mobile games and tournaments. The platform enables game developers to monetize content through competition. It provides technology to host mobile gaming tournaments. The platform connects players and developers through competition.
- Sep 2020Post IPO$159M
- Nov 2019Series C—
- 2018Series C—
- Dec 2017Series C$25M
#2
Series A · Las Vegas, Nevada · founded 2022 · 2 employees$8Mraised▾
NFT-based trading platform for strategy games. It enables users to buy and sell sand islands. It is luxurious master-planned development connected to hundreds of unique digital experiences. It makes it your own with custom furniture, art, vehicles, pets and more.
- Apr 2022Series A$8M
#3
Deadpooled · Las Vegas, Nevada · founded 2020 · 12 employees$2Mraised▾
App-based gaming platform offering real money rewards. The platform offers challenges for various games like FIFA 21, Halo Infinite, Call of Duty, Mario Kart, and more. Users can challenge their friends or participate in community challenges. The application is available for Android and iOS users.
- Mar 2022Seed$2M
#4
Seed · Las Vegas, Nevada · founded 2016$1Mraised▾
Esports and fantasy games developer. The company is an esports and fantasy game developer include Candy Boo Mania, Hexa Block Challenge, Jet Jack, and more. The applications are available on Android and iOS platforms. It monetizes through in-app purchases and ads.
- Nov 2021Seed$500K
- Feb 2020Seed$500K
- Feb 2020Conventional Debt$500K
#5
Acquired · Las Vegas, Nevada · founded 2016 · 4 employees$12.5Mraised▾
Rogue is an esports player organization. The organization has teams for various games like League of Legends, Ultraliga, Rocket League, and more. The partners of the company include Kia, Rekt Global, Hyper X, and more. The company also has a fan community named Rogue Nation
- Jan 2019Series A$10.8M
- May 2017Seed$1.7M
#6
Seed · Las Vegas, Nevada · founded 2019 · 2 employees$1Mraised▾
Utopos Games is an AI-based video game development studio. The company specializes in developing core games. Some of the games developed by the company include "The Good Place" & "The Place of Utopia", etc. These games are available on PC, Console & Mobile platform.
- Oct 2019Seed$1M
#7
Deadpooled · Las Vegas, Nevada · founded 2008$8.2Mraised▾
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- Oct 2009Series A$8.2M
#8
Seed · Las Vegas, Nevada · founded 2014$2Mraised▾
Provider of automated game clip sharing tool. It offers a tool for gamers to automatically capture game highlights, create clips and share clips of their game experiences.
- May 2014Seed$2M
#9
Deadpooled · Las Vegas, Nevada · founded 2013 · 51 employees$770Kraised▾
Kizzang is a web game development company. It focuses on developing online casino games where people can win real cash prizes. The games can be played in the company's portal itself. The portals have slot tournaments, scratch card games, and sports contests. Players need not pay to play any game.
- Oct 2013Seed$770K
#10
Seed · Las Vegas, Nevada · founded 2016$110Kraised▾
Poker Games Interactive is a casino game development company that develops and liceses out its games to casino's and online gambling portals. The studio also develops custom games for Casino's.
- Sep 2016Seed$110K
#11
Acqui-Hired · Las Vegas, Nevada · founded 2014$20Kraised▾
Leet is an eSports platform where gamers can compete against each other for money using bitcoins. Supports Counter-Strike and League of Legends on PCs. Users have to deposit bitcoins before entering a tournament. Tournament results and settlements are automated.
- Oct 2015Seed$20K
#12
Seed · Las Vegas, Nevada · founded 2018 · 8 employees—raised▾
eSports organization
- Jan 2021Seed—
Funding & investor landscape
Notable founders
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
How research on Gaming Technology is moving in the United States
A read on the academic research around Gaming Technology — which themes are gaining ground, the institutions and researchers driving them, and how the tone is shifting. Based on 670 United States-affiliated papers.
- Carnegie Mellon University23
- Nvidia20
- University of Utah16
- University of California, Davis16
- Cornell University15
- Image-based modeling and rendering7→15
- Alternate frame rendering2→10
- Gaussian4→9
- Augmented reality2→7
- 3D rendering9→13
- Context (archaeology)3→4
- Rendering (computer graphics)25
- Computer graphics (images)19
- Game engine10
- Real-time rendering9
- Human–computer interaction8
Where gaming tech is researched across United States
Location clusters by institution affiliation — each city's volume, stance tone, and a quick read on its hot topic, what's advancing, the opening opportunity, and the main concern.
Who's filing gaming tech patents in the United States
United States gaming tech patent filing is accelerating — 406 filings from 157 assignees (2016–2025), led by Sony Interactive Entertainment, SONY Interactive Entertainment A, Microsoft; annual filings 10→50.
- Sony Interactive Entertainment98
- SONY Interactive Entertainment A50
- Microsoft41
- Google36
- Intel35
- Tencent America21
- Nvidia18
- Electronic ARTS14
Common questions
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