Radar · Gaming Tech in California
Best Gaming Tech Companies in California, United States
The 344 best Gaming Tech companies in California, United States in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Discord.
By Riya SenguptaFinancials
344companies tracked
$4.9Bdisclosed funding
3unicorns
165have raised
Ranked: Best Gaming Tech companies in California
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Employees | Founder | Tech stack | Patents & IP focus | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 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 | 614 | Gadiel Figueroa Co-Founder | WebflowApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+21 | 38 patents AI‑enhanced real‑time messaging, moderation, notifications, and UI for live communication platforms | 3 partnerships |
| 2 | 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 | 3 | Brett Seyler Co-Founder | WordPressMySQLPHP+24 | 16 patents Blockchain infrastructure for digital asset custody, transaction authorization, and DeFi exchanges | — |
| 3 | 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 | 7,703 | David Helgason Founder & Board Member | Node.jsNextAuth.jsMUI+30 | 6 patents Real-time telecom media services: packetized audio switching, streaming, and unified messaging | — |
| 4 | RockYou Cross-platform video ad network for games 22Talent top 28%Funding top 33%Market bottom 44%Global bottom 39% All 6 signals ▾Talenttop 28% Fundingtop 33% Marketbottom 44% Globalbottom 39% Newsbottom 27% Growthbottom 10% Talent: Analyst team rating 4/5 Funding: Raised $165M across 11 rounds · 11 rounds over 20 yrs (0.6/yr) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 22/100 | $165M | 135 mo ago | 57 | — | — | — | — |
| 5 | Manticore Games Video game development company specializing in PC & console games | $164M | 62 mo ago | 105 | Frederic Descamps Co-Founder & CEO | ContentfulVideoJSreCAPTCHA+9 | 2 patents Automated material and texture configuration for 3D graphics rendering | — |
| 6 | Razer Manufacturer of gaming peripherals, laptops, software, and related accessories | $125M | 123 mo ago | 1,526 1,526 → 1,958 (+28%) | Min-Liang Tan Co-Founder & CEO | Cart FunctionalitySentryAlgolia+36 | — | 1 award |
| 7 | 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 | 27 | Kylan Gibbs Co-Founder & CEO | PrismicNode.jsRadix UI+29 | — | 1 partnership |
| 8 | Oculus Provider of VR-based head-mounted displays 78Growth top 25%Global top 25%Market top 26%Funding top 27% All 12 signals ▾Growthtop 25% Globaltop 25% Markettop 26% Fundingtop 27% Newstop 27% Patentstop 32% Moattop 35% Innovationtop 36% Producttop 44% Customerstop 49% Talentbottom 49% Techbottom 46% Global: Serving 60+ countries worldwide · Patents filed in 3 jurisdictions rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 78/100 | $91M | 46 mo ago | 10,000 | Michael Antonov Co-Founder | MUIReactEmotion+2 | 781 patents VR/AR headsets: optics, tracking, haptics, real‑time rendering, and immersive interaction | — |
| 9 | Swrve In-app marketing automation platform for mobile apps | $76M | 99 mo ago | 8 | Tornike Onashvili Co-Founder | SentryRubyHighcharts+19 | — | — |
| 10 | OnLive cloud-based gaming solution provider | $56M | 184 mo ago | 80 | Steve Perlman Founder & CEO | — | 353 patents Adaptive video compression and streaming technologies for online interactive gaming platforms. | — |
| 11 | Horizon Blockchain-enabled developing solutions for NFT-based games 67Moat top 21%Patents top 29%Innovation top 34%Funding top 35% All 7 signals ▾Moattop 21% Patentstop 29% Innovationtop 34% Fundingtop 35% Markettop 44% Talentbottom 45% Globalbottom 38% Moat: Editorial + unicorn rating 8/10 · IP moat: 44 patents Patents: 44 patents matched (strict assignee match) · Lead CPC: G01N1/405 (+2 more areas) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 67/100 | $53M | 44 mo ago | 137 | Michael Glukhovsky Founder | — | 44 patents Patents concentrated in computing, sensing & instrumentation | — |
| 12 | PlaySpan Payment solution provider for the game publishers and developers | $46M | 191 mo ago | 45 | — | — | 27 patents Optimizing in-app digital payments, storefronts, and transaction authentication for mobile monetization. | — |
| 13 | Gaikai Cloud gaming technology provider | $45M | 179 mo ago | 108 | — | — | 10 patents Cloud gaming streaming platform enabling dual-mode execution and optimized video delivery | — |
| 14 | Ludeo Provider of playable social media platform for gamers | $42M | 47 mo ago | — | Asaf Gazit Co-Founder & CEO | — | 3 patents User-generated, replayable game content and mode control systems for interactive gaming platforms | 1 launch |
| 15 | Raptr Provider of wallpapers, backgrounds, pictures, and image editing tools | $41M | 134 mo ago | 48 | — | — | — | — |
| 16 | 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 | 27 27 → 57 (+111%) | Chris Cobb Founder / Pres / CTO | ContentfulNode.jsRadix UI+16 | 5 patents Motorized, space‑saving foldable bed frames for compact furniture solutions | — |
| 17 | Emergent Game Technologies Game development tool provider | $37M | 198 mo ago | 78 | Jeff Lander Co-Founder | — | — | — |
| 18 | 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 | — | Saurav Agarwal CEO | — | 17 patents Compact folding chair designs with integrated foam padding, specialized hinges, and anchoring systems | — |
| 19 | 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 | — | Pany Haritatos Co-Founder & CEO | Cart FunctionalitySquarespace CommerceSquarespace+9 | — | 3 launchs |
| 20 | Stardust Provider of a developer platform for blockchain gaming | $35M | 44 mo ago | 40 | Canaan Linder Founder & CEO | — | — | — |
| 21 | 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 | 101 101 → 86 (-15%) | John Miller Co-Founder | Wix eCommerceWixSentry+18 | 16 patents Cloud gaming platform enabling synchronized, prioritized multi-user streaming and view generation | 1 launch · 1 partnership |
| 22 | 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 | 52 | Dennis Fong Co-Founder & CEO | WordPressApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+34 | 10 patents Patents concentrated in health & consumer products | 1 expansion |
| 23 | 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 | — | Amir Ghazvinian Co-Founder | Tailwind CSSReact RouterReact+5 | — | — |
| 24 | Fan AI AI based platform offering sponsorship marketing solutions | $17M | 55 mo ago | 11 | Victor Genin Co-Founder & CTO | Cart FunctionalitySquarespace CommerceSquarespace+13 | 173 patents IL-2 based immunotherapy biologics and AI-driven intraoperative organ navigation systems | — |
| 25 | FreshCut Provider of a game clip sharing tool | $15M | 49 mo ago | 47 | James Kuk Co-Founder & CEO | — | — | — |
| 26 | DreamCraft Game development engine provider | $15M | 55 mo ago | 19 | — | Node.jsReactGatsby+6 | — | — |
| 27 | Versus Systems Platform offering reward based advertising solution 16Funding top 38%Talent top 41%Tech top 43%Global bottom 37% All 8 signals ▾Fundingtop 38% Talenttop 41% Techtop 43% Globalbottom 37% Marketbottom 30% Newsbottom 24% Growthbottom 22% Fin. healthbottom 22% Funding: Raised $14.5M across 6 rounds · 6 rounds over 12 yrs (0.5/yr) Talent: Analyst team rating 4/5 · 1 named leader on record rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 16/100 | $15M | 30 mo ago | 39 | Matthew Pierce Founder & CEO | Cart FunctionalitySquarespace CommerceSquarespace+21 | — | — |
| 28 | rct AI Developer of AI-enabled gaming engines | $14M | 51 mo ago | 60 | Yan Zhang Co-Founder & CTO | — | — | — |
| 29 | LIV Provider of tools to record and live stream mixed reality content | $13M | 50 mo ago | 69 | Felicia Terwilliger Co-Founder | Webflow EcommerceWebflowYouTube+13 | — | — |
| 30 | Stacked Chain of limited service restaurant | $13M | 45 mo ago | 10 | — | TurbopackSentryNode.js+25 | 4 patents Collapsible stirring mechanisms integrated into container lids for food/beverage packaging | — |
| 31 | 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 | 7 | Ali Sadeghian Co-Founder & CTO | Node.jsReactNext.js App Router+11 | — | — |
| 32 | Teleporter Developer of virtual reality experiences focused on gaming and social interaction | $12M | 36 mo ago | 8 | — | — | — | — |
| 33 | 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 | 6 | Dylan Robbins Founder & CEO | BootstrapGSAPAmazon Web Services+21 | — | 1 launch · 1 partnership |
| 34 | 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 | 30 | Alex Tarrand Co-Founder | — | — | — |
| 35 | 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 | 4 | Emily Wang Co-Founder | ShopifyStoryblokSentry+23 | — | 5 launchs · 1 award |
| 36 | Gameflip Online marketplace for games and accessories | $10M | 41 mo ago | 33 | JT Nguyen CEO | VideoJSBootstrapNginx+20 | — | — |
| 37 | Argus Labs Developer of a blockchain-based platform for building massively multiplayer online games | $10M | 42 mo ago | 13 | Scott Sunarto Founder & CEO | SanityTurbopackApple iCloud Mail+21 | 3 patents Electromagnetic subsurface imaging for geophysical and underground structure detection. | — |
| 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 | 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 | — | Nicolas Muntwyler Co-Founder | TurbopackEmotionSentry+14 | — | — |
| 40 | 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 | 16 | Casey Grooms Co-Founder | — | — | — |
| 41 | Ego Online video streaming platform offering user-generated content | $8M | 25 mo ago | 4 | — | — | — | — |
| 42 | GameDriver Video game testing and automation solution provider | $7M | 27 mo ago | 6 | Shane Evans Founder & CEO | BootstrapYouTubeMicrosoft ASP.NET+19 | 6 patents Automated video-game testing via physical input emulation and test framework integration | — |
| 43 | VRgineers High-end virtual reality headset aimed at enterprises | $6M | 31 mo ago | 35 | Marek Polcak Co-Founder | WordPressMySQLPHP+14 | 12 patents Patents concentrated in computing, sensing & instrumentation | — |
| 44 | Scenario Developer of a platform for generating and editing visual content | $6M | 40 mo ago | 25 | Herve Nivon Co-Founder & CTO | TurbopackEmotionSentry+23 | — | — |
| 45 | 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 | — | Sashank Vandrangi Co-Founder | Framer SitesApple iCloud MailReact+9 | — | — |
| 46 | Jabali Developer of an AI game maker platform without coding required | $5M | 27 mo ago | — | Vatsal Bhardwaj Co-Founder & CEO | TurbopackEmotionSentry+21 | — | — |
| 47 | Blockus Developer of blockchain games | $4M | 27 mo ago | 3 | Jess Zhang Co-Founder & CEO | — | — | — |
| 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 | 14 | John Uke Co-Founder & CEO | WordPressBetterDocsMySQL+26 | — | — |
| 49 | Shaga Distributed cloud gaming network for streaming of games | $800K | 24 mo ago | — | Daeshawn Ballard Co-Founder & COO | WebflowGSAPSwiper+13 | 2 patents Secure hardware-wallet game controllers and multi-player control bifurcation systems | — |
| 50 | 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 | — | Elvin Fu Founder | Radix UITailwind CSSshadcn/ui+9 | — | — |
Top 12 Gaming Tech 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
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
#6
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
#7
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
#8
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
#9
Seed · Mountain View, California · founded 2025$5.4Mraised▾
Seed · Mountain View, California · founded 2025
Provider of an AI-native publishing platform to automate monetization and scale operations for mobile games and consumer apps. It provides a suite of APIs and AI Agents to empower gaming and consumer app developers. The platform aims to simplify live operations and underwriting for its users.
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 29how this company ranks against its industry peers
Talent
top 38%AI
top 45%Funding
top 48%Global
bottom 48%Tech
bottom 41%Product
bottom 40%Talent: 2 named leaders on record · 2 C-suite/founder profiles curated
AI: Product described with: ai-native
Funding: Raised $5.4M across 1 rounds · 1 rounds over 1 yrs (1.0/yr) · Last round Seed (Aug 2025)
Audience (LinkedIn): 9k LinkedIn followers
Funding rounds
- Aug 2025Seed$5.4M
Founders & team
Investors
BITKRAFT Ventures, South Park Commons, MIXI, DeVC
Tech stack
Apple Icloud MailFramer SitesGoogle AnalyticsGoogle Font ApiGoogle Tag ManagerHsts
#10
Series A · San Francisco, California · founded 2023$35.9Mraised▾
Series A · San Francisco, California · founded 2023
Game creation platform for game developers. It implements AI for game development.
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 35how this company ranks against its industry peers
Talent
top 38%Funding
top 40%Product
top 41%Growth
top 45%Tech
bottom 42%Market
bottom 34%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) · Last round Series A (Aug 2024)
Product: 6 published apps (15.6k installs) · Company stage: Series A
Audience (LinkedIn): 10k LinkedIn followers
Activity (LinkedIn): 3 product launches announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
- Aug 2024Series A$28M
- May 2023Seed$7.9M
Founders & team
Investors
Andreessen Horowitz, BITKRAFT Ventures, F4 Fund, Netflix, Dell Technologies Capital
Tech stack
CloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementGoogle WorkspaceGsapHttp/3Mysql
#11
Series A · San Francisco, California · founded 2017$35.9Mraised▾
Series A · San Francisco, California · founded 2017
Game development studio focuses on the development of next-generation games
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 32how this company ranks against its industry peers
Funding
top 29%Moat
top 31%Product
bottom 48%Talent
bottom 45%Patents
bottom 40%Innovation
bottom 32%Funding: Raised $35.9M · 2 rounds over 3 yrs (0.7/yr) · Last round round (Aug 2024)
Moat: Editorial + unicorn rating 7/10 · IP moat: 17 patents
Product: 1 published app (29.2k installs) · Company stage: Series A
Founders & team
Investors
a16z, BITKRAFT Ventures, F4 Fund, Siqi Chen Access Fund
#12
Seed · San Francisco, California · founded 2022$8Mraised▾
Seed · San Francisco, California · founded 2022
Provider of AI agents for automated game testing and quality assurance. The agents execute test cases like a human, identifying bugs through rendered frames and keyboard/mouse inputs. The system supports PC and mobile games, with plans for console expansion. It offers integration via SDK or black-box testing, adapting to game changes without intervention. The platform provides infrastructure for performance and scalability, including multiplayer simulation. It uses security practices and is working towards SOC 2 compliance.
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 67how this company ranks against its industry peers
AI
top 8%Talent
top 28%Growth
top 35%Funding
top 38%Tech
top 45%Global
bottom 48%AI: Classified as an agentic-AI company
Talent: 3 named leaders on record · 3 C-suite/founder profiles curated
Growth: Fresh capital in last 24 mo
Funding rounds
- Mar 2025Seed$6M
- Aug 2024Seed$2M
Founders & team
Investors
Andreessen Horowitz, Boost VC, Y Combinator, TIRTA, Factorial Funds, Earthling VC
Tech stack
CloudflareEmotionGoogle AnalyticsGoogle WorkspaceHstsMui
Funding & investor landscape
$4.9Btotal disclosed funding
152companies funded
310disclosed rounds
3rounds last 90 days
Most active investors
SV Angel7 rounds
Intel Capital6 rounds
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
John Miller
Co-Founder · Super League
Emily Wang
Co-Founder · VITURE
David Jiang
Founder & CEO · VITURE
Amir Ghazvinian
Co-Founder · Fifth Door
Daniel Kan
Co-Founder & CEO · Fifth Door
Chris Cobb
Founder / Pres / CTO · Pragma
Prism market signals · United States · country-scoped Prism corpus, 432,885 docs
Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage
Share of Gaming Tech coverage by sub-theme.
Regulatory-risk over time rising
Funding & growth over time
funding rising · growth flat
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, vision, 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, driving Breakthroughs segment from 42% to 61%.
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
Advancements field-share collapsed from 47% to 27% despite Game engine holding 11 papers.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
- Rendering (computer graphics)19
- Game engine11
- Computer graphics (images)7
- Human–computer interaction6
- Parallel rendering5
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 methods-led
Game design and Human–computer interaction concerns are intensifying — each reaching 3 papers as Concerns share ticks up to 6%.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
- Game design3
- Human–computer interaction3
- Game engine3
- Video game design1
- Level design1
Landmark Using Alice 2.0 to Design Games for People with Stroke · 2 cites
Common questions
How many Gaming Tech companies are there in California, United States?
Radar tracks 344 indexable Gaming Tech companies headquartered in California, United States that meet our profile-completeness bar.
What is the total funding raised by Gaming Tech companies in California, United States?
The Gaming Tech companies in California, United States on this list have raised a combined $4.9B in disclosed equity funding across 152 funded companies.
Which is the highest-funded Gaming Tech company in California, United States?
Discord is the highest-funded Gaming Tech company in California, United States, with $922.3M in disclosed equity funding.
How many Gaming Tech companies in California, United States are funded?
152 of the 344 Gaming Tech companies in California, United States on this list have disclosed at least one equity funding round.
How many Gaming Tech unicorns are there in California, United States?
3 Gaming Tech companies in California, United States on this list are valued at $1B or more.
Who are the top investors in California, United States Gaming Tech companies?
The most active investors in California, United States Gaming Tech companies on this list include Y Combinator, BITKRAFT Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz, MK Venture Capital, SV Angel.
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