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Best Gaming Companies in Vancouver, Canada

The 130 best Gaming companies in Vancouver, Canada in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Dapper Labs.

130companies tracked
$743.4Mdisclosed funding
1unicorns
26have raised
FLIAR INTELLIGENCE · GAMING × VANCOUVER

Our analysis of 180 Gaming companies

$26.0b in tracked funding; 90% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2024.

180companies analysed
90%cloud-native stacks
2024funding peak (by rounds)
14unicorns
2020median founding year
120kcombined LinkedIn audience
74%of audience held by top 3
6companies hiring publicly (12 mo)

Ranked: Best Gaming companies in Vancouver

#CompanyDisclosed fundingLast roundStageEmployeesFounderTech stackPatents & IP focusRecent signals
12TG
Developer of PC and console-based core games
UnfundedMuhammad Khan
Co-Founder
28Bit Goose Games
Developer of virtual-reality-based PC games
UnfundedKellan Higgins
Founder
3Abstract Software
Independent video game development studio
UnfundedHarrison Walters
CEO
WixSentryBootstrap+10
4Alpha
Esports provider offering ecommerce, mobile gaming solutions
UnfundedMatthew Schmidt
CEO
5AMPD Game Technologies
Developer of casual MMO games
Funding RaisedAnthony Brown
CEO
6Anomotion
Provides AI-powered natural motion technology to create virtual character
Deadpooled3Shailen Agrawal
Co-Founder & CEO
7b10b
Web game developer specializing in casual games
UnfundedCart FunctionalityDebianBootstrap+4
8BANDAI NAMCO Studios
Video game developer and publisher focusing on casual games
UnfundedDaisuke Uchiyama
CEO

Top 12 Gaming companies in Vancouver

#1
Seed · Vancouver, British Columbia · founded 2022
$595Kraised

Game development studio. It develops various categories of games. It develops games for PC and consoles.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 337 LinkedIn followers
Funding rounds
  • Jan 2025Seed$595K
Founders & team
Rachel StahlmanEVP - Art Director and Founder
Tech stack
WordpressMysqlPhpApache Http ServerBluehost
#2
Series D · Vancouver, British Columbia · founded 2018 · 549 employees
$665.6Mraised

Blockchain-based games developer for PC and console. It has built Cryptokitties, a blockchain-based game that allows users to collect and breed digital cats. It has also developed KittyVerse, which allows users to build and play third-party games.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 47k LinkedIn followers — 39.3% of this cohort's audience
Hiring: 3 hiring posts in 12 mo (public) · hiring: 3D Technical Artist & Interactive Web Developer, Producer
Activity: 1 partnerships (incl. Hyderall Anaheim) announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • May 2022Series D$5.1M
  • Nov 2021Series D$23M
  • Jul 2021Series D$250M
  • Mar 2021Series C$305M
Founders & team
Roham GharegozlouCo-Founder & CEO
Investors
Venrock, Google Ventures, Samsung NEXT, Animoca Brands, Digital Currency Group, SV Angel
Tech stack
ApolloApple Icloud MailChakra UiCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCore-Js
#3
Seed · Vancouver, British Columbia · founded 2022
$4.5Mraised

Web3 eSports platform revolutionizing the gaming landscape. The platform empowers the next generation of gamers and reshapes the gaming industry by providing a decentralized, entertaining, and healthy ecosystem to traditional gamers.

Funding rounds
  • Jun 2024ICO$1.9M
  • May 2024Seed$2.5M
  • Oct 2023Seed$2M
Founders & team
Brice BianFounder & CEO
Investors
Polygon Ventures, Fundamental Labs, Ledger Capital, Metalpha, KuCoin, HTX
#4
Series A · Vancouver, British Columbia · founded 2021 · 13 employees
$4Mraised

Provider of block chain gaming platform for developers. The company is building a community-driven ecosystem for playing, creating, and all things blockchain games in one unique gaming platform.

Funding rounds
  • Jan 2024ICO$400K
  • Mar 2022Series A$4M
Founders & team
KK ChenCo-FounderWinter LoCo-FounderMax LukCo-Founder
Investors
DAO Maker, Aria, Assembly Partners, CoinUnited.io, TK Ventures, LD Capital
#5
Seed · Vancouver, British Columbia · founded 2020 · 19 employees
$4.4Mraised

Provider of an online gaming community platform for women gamers. It is a gaming platform to connect, learn and play a variety of games on its platform, catering to both casual and competitive gamers.

Funding rounds
  • Aug 2023Seed$36.7K
  • Feb 2022Seed$4.4M
Founders & team
Stephanie PelozaHead Narrative DesignerJill KenneyChief Executive Officer
Investors
Blue Star Capital
Tech stack
Amazon Web ServicesCart FunctionalityCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCore-JsFacebook Pixel
#6
Public · Vancouver, British Columbia · founded 2019
$6.2Mraised

Provider of live production, broadcast, event management, and special effects. The company delivers scalable solutions for elevated experiences in the gaming sector. It offers technology and infrastructure to video game developers and publishers. The company also provides fan engagement services.

Funding rounds
  • Jan 2023Post IPO$852.2K
  • Dec 2020Post IPO$3.6M
  • Aug 2020Seed$1.7M
Founders & team
Konrad WasielaFounder & CEO
Investors
Kepler Acquisition Group
#7
Public · Vancouver, British Columbia · founded 2015 · 16 employees
$2.5Mraised

Cloud computation solutions for various industries. It has developed software for animation and visual effects, esports and gaming, and enterprise. Products offered by the company include AMPD Metal which is a bare metal server. AMPD STorage which is a storage solution.

Funding rounds
  • Jan 2023Post IPO$1.4M
  • Feb 2022Post IPO$557.1K
  • Mar 2021Post IPO$525K
Founders & team
Anthony BrownCEO & Director
Investors
ThreeD Capital
#8
Acquired · Vancouver, British Columbia · founded 2015 · 48 employees
$7.2Mraised

Provider of a software company that provides a physics-based simulation platform for creating realistic and engaging virtual characters, focusing on character creation and animation for the film and video game industries.

Funding rounds
  • Oct 2021Series A$3M
  • May 2020Seed$7M
  • Aug 2018Conventional Debt$2M
  • Feb 2016Seed$51K
Founders & team
Jernej BarbicFounderJames JacobsFounder
Investors
Grishin Robotics, Millennium Technology Value Partners, Toyota Ventures, Timia Capital, Ideias Glaciares
Tech stack
WebflowOnetrustJqueryGoogle Tag ManagerGoogle Hosted LibrariesGoogle Font Api
#9
Series A · Vancouver, British Columbia · founded 2017
$27Mraised

ERC-721 token-based gaming platform. Allows users to collect and breed various unique digital cats. Each cat is an ERC-721 token which is different from a regular ERC-20 token in the sense that no two ERC-721 tokens are the same, and hence not exchangeable.

Funding rounds
  • Nov 2018Series A$15M
  • Mar 2018Series A$12M
Founders & team
Mack FlavelleCo-FounderRoham GharegozlouCEO
Investors
Andreessen Horowitz, Union Square Ventures, Green Bay Ventures, Venrock, Google Ventures, Samsung NEXT
Tech stack
Amazon Web ServicesBabelCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCore-JsExpress
#10
Public · Vancouver, British Columbia · founded 2006 · 9 employees
$4.1Mraised

Offers a platform providing live predictions on gambling and sports betting activities. The company offers a platform for users to engage, connect and ger predictions on various gambling and sports gaming activities.

Funding rounds
  • Apr 2021Post IPO$4.1M
  • Aug 2019Post IPO$308K
  • Feb 2018Post IPO$3.1M
  • Mar 2016Post IPO$163.5K
Investors
deqode
#11
Series A · Vancouver, British Columbia · founded 2012 · 36 employees
$6.1Mraised

Battlefy operates eSports management platform that enables the organizers to create and manage tournaments. The platform enables college clubs, eSports organizations and brands supporting gamers in creating signup forms, seeding teams, drawing brackets, designing sponsorship pages, and managing live stream content. Players can also compete and win cash prizes in tournaments hosted on the platform.

Funding rounds
  • Nov 2020Series A$4.6M
  • Jan 2014Seed$1.3M
  • Aug 2012Seed$150K
Investors
GrowLab, BDC, Deep Fork Capital, Social Starts, WME, Launch Academy
Tech stack
Amazon CloudfrontAmazon S3Amazon SesAmazon Web ServicesAngularjsAuth0
#12
Series A · Vancouver, British Columbia · founded 2014 · 38 employees
$5Mraised

This Game Studio is a Canada based Mobile games developer with a focus on games that are based on licensed entertainment brands and IP. As of December 2015 they are working on their first game and have not yet released details about the game. The founding team is composed of veterans of Exploding Barrel Games and its parent company, Kabam.

Funding rounds
  • Apr 2015Series A$5M
Founders & team
Heather Lyell PriceCEO
Investors
NC
Tech stack
ReactGatsbyApache Http ServerJquery MigrateJqueryGoogle Hosted Libraries

Funding & investor landscape

$743.4Mtotal disclosed funding
20companies funded
46disclosed rounds
0rounds last 90 days
Most active investors
Hex Capital3 rounds
Andreessen Horowitz2 rounds
Animoca Brands2 rounds
Assembly Partners2 rounds
Aurelia Ventures2 rounds
Blue Star Capital2 rounds
CoinFund2 rounds
Compound2 rounds
Digital Currency Group2 rounds
Discovery Parks2 rounds

Notable founders

Rachel Stahlman
EVP - Art Director and Founder · Noctua Interactive
Roham Gharegozlou
Co-Founder & CEO · Dapper Labs
Brice Bian
Founder & CEO · NexGami
KK Chen
Co-Founder · Web3Games
Winter Lo
Co-Founder · Web3Games
Stephanie Peloza
Head Narrative Designer · Paidia Gaming
Jill Kenney
Chief Executive Officer · Paidia Gaming
Konrad Wasiela
Founder & CEO · ESE
Anthony Brown
CEO & Director · AMPD Technologies
Jernej Barbic
Founder · Ziva Dynamics
James Jacobs
Founder · Ziva Dynamics
Mack Flavelle
Co-Founder · CryptoKitties
Prism market signals · Canada · country-scoped Prism corpus, 8,226,745 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 SIGNALS · Canada

How research on Gaming Technology is moving in Canada

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 92 Canada-affiliated papers.

research sentiment over time
201020242025
enthusiastic · positive · guarded tone
Tone is overwhelmingly optimistic and intensifying — the enthusiastic (strongly-positive) share moved 45% → 58% across 2010–2025.
top research entities
  • University of Toronto9
  • University of Waterloo9
  • Carleton University8
  • McGill University6
  • Advanced Micro Devices6
leading researchers
Liqiang Zhang · Christian Jacob · Victor Peres · Esteban Clua · Thiago Porcino · Anselmo Montenegro · Gabriel C. Ullmann · Xavier Puig
Breakthroughs48 · 52%
▲ 18%→69% share
▲3.8× share momentum3 median citations44% since 2021mostly methods-led
Virtual reality research is surging — Canadian gaming papers tripled from 2 to 6, driving breakthroughs field-share from 18% to 69%.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Rendering (computer graphics)9→13
  • Computer vision1→5
  • Real-time rendering3→7
  • Virtual reality2→6
  • Computer graphics (images)7→8
Landmark Learning to Predict 3D Objects with an Interpolation-based Differentiable Renderer · 99 cites
Advancements32 · 35%
▼ 55%→12% share
▼0.2× share momentum3 median citations19% since 2021mostly methods-led
Advancements field-share collapsed 55%→12% despite rendering leading with 17 papers, signaling maturation of core computer graphics work.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Rendering (computer graphics)17
  • Computer graphics (images)13
  • Real-time rendering11
  • Game engine8
  • Human–computer interaction7
Landmark VirtualHome: Simulating Household Activities Via Programs · 337 cites
Concerns5 · 5%
▲ 9%→15% share
▲1.7× share momentum0 median citations80% since 2021mostly position pieces
Concern-flagged rendering research is intensifying — image-based modeling and real-time rendering newly appearing as field-share rises 9%→15%.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Rendering (computer graphics)3
  • Image-based modeling and rendering2
  • Real-time rendering2
  • Architecture2
  • Game engine2
RESEARCH HOTSPOTS · Canada

Where gaming tech is researched across Canada

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.

Ottawa/Kingston13 · +0.52
Hot · Virtual realityAdvancing · Game engineOpportunity · Real-time rendering
Toronto11 · +0.82
Hot · Computer visionAdvancing · Rendering (computer graphics)Opportunity · Global illumination
Edmonton/Calgary11 · +0.87
Hot · Game engineAdvancing · Visualization
Montreal9 · +0.73
Hot · Rendering (computer graphics)Advancing · Human–computer interaction
Waterloo/Hamilton9 · +0.61
Hot · Real-time renderingAdvancing · Computer graphics (images)
Vancouver7 · +0.73
Hot · Computer graphics (images)Advancing · Real-time rendering
PATENT SIGNAL · Canada

Who's filing gaming tech patents in Canada

Canada gaming tech patent filing is accelerating — 19 filings from 8 assignees (2016–2025), led by ATI Technologies ULC, Kinematicsoup TECH, Advanced Micro Devices; annual filings 1→6.

19 filings8 assigneespeak 6/yr2016–2025
filing momentum (YoY 2016–2025)
top patent filers
  • ATI Technologies ULC10
  • Kinematicsoup TECH5
  • Advanced Micro Devices4
  • YU CHUN HUNG2
  • LI LI1
  • YU Chunhung1
  • PANG SHUO1
  • ZHOU Jiehan1

Common questions

How many Gaming companies are there in Vancouver, Canada?
Radar tracks 130 indexable Gaming companies headquartered in Vancouver, Canada that meet our profile-completeness bar.
What is the total funding raised by Gaming companies in Vancouver, Canada?
The Gaming companies in Vancouver, Canada on this list have raised a combined $743.4M in disclosed equity funding across 20 funded companies.
Which is the highest-funded Gaming company in Vancouver, Canada?
Dapper Labs is the highest-funded Gaming company in Vancouver, Canada, with $665.6M in disclosed equity funding.
How many Gaming companies in Vancouver, Canada are funded?
20 of the 130 Gaming companies in Vancouver, Canada on this list have disclosed at least one equity funding round.
How many Gaming unicorns are there in Vancouver, Canada?
1 Gaming company in Vancouver, Canada on this list is valued at $1B or more.
Who are the top investors in Vancouver, Canada Gaming companies?
The most active investors in Vancouver, Canada Gaming companies on this list include Hex Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, Animoca Brands, Assembly Partners, Aurelia Ventures.
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