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Best Gaming Tech Companies in New York City, United States

The 54 best Gaming Tech companies in New York City, United States in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Fab.

54companies tracked
$549.3Mdisclosed funding
1unicorns
29have raised

Ranked: Best Gaming Tech companies in New York City

#CompanyDisclosed fundingLast roundEmployeesFounderTech stackWeb popularityPatents & IP focusRecent signals
1Fab 🦄
Digital marketplace for content creators to discover, share, buy, and sell digital assets
$336M155 mo ago35—SentryReactReact Router+9Top 50k11 patents
Hybrid-contact SiC power MOSFETs for high‑efficiency power switching
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2Spatial
Developer of a platform for creating and sharing virtual experiences
55AI top 15%Moat top 28%Funding top 34%Tech top 37%
All 12 signals ▾
AItop 15%
Moattop 28%
Fundingtop 34%
Techtop 37%
Talenttop 38%
Customerstop 40%
Producttop 46%
Patentstop 47%
Growthtop 50%
Innovationbottom 46%
Globalbottom 42%
Marketbottom 35%
AI: Holds AI/ML patents (G06N-family CPC)
Moat: Editorial + unicorn rating 8/10 · IP moat: 21 patents
rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 55/100
$67M55 mo ago10Jinha Lee
Co-Founder & President
SentryNode.jsRadix UI+17Top 500k21 patents
Smart building infrastructure management with spatial audio and AR computing solutions
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3IGA Worldwide
In-game advertising solutions provider
$51M193 mo ago83—————
4Allstar Gaming
Online platform for creating and sharing gaming clips
$19M37 mo ago42Gavin Silver
Co-Founder
CannyTypeScriptGraphQL+24Top 500k——
5Aqua
Provider of web3 gaming marketplace for players
$10M45 mo ago12—————
6TreSensa
Playable advertisements provider for marketing of games and brands
$9M135 mo ago27———7 patents
Multi-provider service orchestration and mobile UI animation generation platform
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7Crispy Gamer
Your trusted guide to online casinos, reviews, bonuses, and more
$8M212 mo ago20Andre Srinivasan
ex-CTO & Co-Founder
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8Hathora
Provider of cloud-based gaming platform for game developers
$8M39 mo ago10Harsh Pandey
Founder & CTO
InstatusNode.jsReact+26Top 10M——
9ParamLabs
Developer of blockchain games
$7M25 mo ago—Anthony Anderson
Co-Founder & CEO
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10LiquidSky
Cloud-gaming service
$5M116 mo ago35—Webflow EcommerceWebflowcore-js+9Top 50M——
11ABYA
Cloud gaming platform to stream and play video games
$5M57 mo ago19Franco Miceli
Co-Founder / CEO
October CMSPHPLaravel+16Top 100k——
12Happy Cloud
Cloud gaming technology platform
$4M138 mo ago12Jacob Guedalia
Co-founder
——19 patents
Cloud-based software delivery, interactive data streaming, and dataset write management solutions.
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13Anima
Developer of AI-driven virtual pets and a game creation platform
$4M43 mo ago8—————
14Playbyte
Developer of gaming engines
$3M74 mo ago2Kyle Russell
Founder & CEO
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15PreShow
Provider of online gaming monetization platform
$3M62 mo ago6Stacy Spikes
Founder & CEO
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16Overplay
Developer of games and provide gaming services
$3M38 mo ago15—Node.jsAmazon ALBReact+10Top 10M2 patents
Optimizing placement of interactive video overlays on broadcast content
1 launch
17Rune
Developer of a platform for voice chat and multiplayer games
$2M81 mo ago2—VimeoVarnishGitHub Pages+13Top 10M33 patents
Patents concentrated in health & consumer products
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18Lootcakes
Earn rewards playing free-to-play games, redeemable for gift cards
$2M61 mo ago11Matt Littin
Co-Founder & CEO
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19Brag House
Platform providing online gaming tournaments and stat-based prediction for prizes
$2M43 mo ago19—WordPressMySQLPHP+30Top 50M——
20Arcane
AI-powered platform for creating and playing games
$500K25 mo ago—Rohan Mehta
Co-Founder
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21TwoChop
Game development platform
$450K181 mo ago—Mo Lam
Founder & CEO
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22Gizer
Blockchain-based gaming network
$307K105 mo ago12Gabriel Steinberg
Co-Founder
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23StatsHelix
Gaming analytics solutions provider
$120K72 mo ago—Dana Kawar
Co-Founder & CEO
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24EuMotus
Provider of device for capturing movement based data from patients
$120K102 mo ago4Boris D
Co-Founder
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25Think Gaming
Provides usage, LTV and monetization data of mobile game apps
$120K143 mo ago1Tim Ogilvie
Founder & CEO
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26SquadOV
Game clip recording and sharing software provider
$100K60 mo ago2Derek Chin
ex-Co-Founder
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Top 12 Gaming Tech companies in New York City

#1
Seed · New York City, New York · founded 2021
$7Mraised
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Developer of blockchain games. It is a computer game development studio specializing in multiplayer games. The company has launched kiraverse, a massively-multiplayer online game where players can battle and earn with others. They have partnered with animoca brands to advance the web3 ecosystem development.

Funding rounds
  • May 2024ICO$25K
  • Mar 2024Seed$7M
Founders & team
Anthony AndersonCo-Founder & CEO
Investors
Animoca Brands, Delphi Ventures, Cypher Capital, Faculty Capital
#2
Series A · New York City, New York · founded 2019 · 42 employees
$19Mraised
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Online platform for creating and sharing gaming clips. The platform allows users to capture clips from games like CS-GO, Fortnite, League of Legends, Rainbow 6, and Valorant. Users can like posts and follow various creators on the platform.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 1k LinkedIn followers
Activity: 1 partnerships (incl. HLTV.org) announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Jun 2023Series A$14.7M
  • May 2021Seed$3.9M
  • Dec 2019Seed$425K
Founders & team
Gavin SilverCo-FounderNick CuomoCo-Founder & CEO
Investors
Studio VC, J-Ventures, Emerging Ventures, HBS Alumni Angels of Greater New York, Miami Angels, Sand Hill Angels
Tech stack
Amazon CloudfrontAmazon SesAmazon Web ServicesAtlassian StatuspageBabelBootstrap
#3
Series B · New York City, New York · founded 2016 · 10 employees
$66.8Mraised
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Developer of a platform for creating and sharing virtual experiences. The platform enables users to design interactive virtual worlds with customisable templates and tools. It supports the integration of 2D, 3D, and video content, facilitating the creation of immersive environments. The platform is accessible across web, virtual reality, augmented reality, and mobile devices.

Fliar Intelligence Index™ 55how this company ranks against its industry peers
AI
top 15%
Moat
top 28%
Funding
top 34%
Tech
top 37%
Talent
top 38%
Customers
top 40%
AI: Holds AI/ML patents (G06N-family CPC)
Moat: Editorial + unicorn rating 8/10 · IP moat: 21 patents · Soonicorn
Funding: Raised $66.8M across 5 rounds · 5 rounds over 8 yrs (0.6/yr) · Last round Series B (Dec 2021)
Audience (LinkedIn): 35k LinkedIn followers — 49.2% of this cohort's audience
Funding rounds
  • Dec 2021Series B$25M
  • Jan 2020Series A$14M
  • Sep 2019Series A—
  • Jun 2019Series A$19.3M
Founders & team
Jinha LeeCo-Founder & PresidentAnand AgarawalaCo-Founder & CEO
Investors
Good Capital, Kakao Ventures, Inovia Capital, Samsung NEXT, White Star Capital, Expa
Tech stack
CloudflareGoogle AnalyticsGoogle Font ApiGoogle WorkspaceHstsMailchimp
#4
Deadpooled · New York City, New York · founded 2023
$500Kraised
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AI-powered platform for creating and playing games. The company offers Summon Worlds, allows users to create and customize own game characters with backstories, images, and stats. It also offer a platform that uses AI to design websites, business cards, and resumes.

Funding rounds
  • 2024Seed$500K
Founders & team
Rohan MehtaCo-FounderLucas SwitzerCo-Founder
Investors
Y Combinator, Eight Capital Management
#5
Fab 🦄
Acquired · New York City, New York · founded 2010 · 35 employees
$335.7Mraised
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Digital marketplace for content creators to discover, share, buy, and sell digital assets. It is unifying unreal engine marketplace and offer digital assets from studios, brands and millions of independent digital artists who will benefit from an industry. It is an open marketplace, offering content for a broad set of content creation tools, game engines, open worlds, and metaverse platforms.

Funding rounds
  • Aug 2013Series D$5M
  • Jul 2013Series D$10M
  • Jun 2013Series D$150M
  • Nov 2012Series C$15M
Investors
VTB Capital Investment Management, Phenomen Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz, Menlo Ventures, First Round Capital, Baroda Ventures
Tech stack
Amazon Web ServicesCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementHcaptchaHstsHttp/3
#6
Series A · New York City, New York · founded 2022 · 10 employees
$7.6Mraised
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Provider of cloud-based gaming platform for game developers. It offers a platform for developers to run applications with features like autoscaling, multi-region deployments, monitoring and analytics, and migration management to have a game prototyped and scaled.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 5k LinkedIn followers — 7.1% of this cohort's audience
Activity: 2 partnerships (incl. Coval) announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Mar 2023Series A$7.6M
Founders & team
Harsh PandeyFounder & CTOSiddharth DhulipallaCo-Founder & CEO
Investors
Upfront Ventures, Lunar Ventures, Founders Fund, Query Capital, Charge Ventures
#7
Series A · New York City, New York · founded 2018 · 12 employees
$10Mraised
▾

Provider of web3 gaming marketplace for players

Funding rounds
  • Sep 2022Series A$10M
Investors
Point72
#8
Seed · New York City, New York · founded 2002 · 15 employees
$2.8Mraised
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Developer of games and provide gaming services. The company helps creators to develop games related to racing a car or motorcycle, jumping from roof to roof, hurtling down a mountain on skis or mountain bikes, or piloting drones through an abandoned building. It allows users to build and share their own video games. Games on the internet include Thirty Stroke Rally, Ryan Lutz at Spirit RC Raceway, Prague Parkour POV, and Ski Slalom.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 2k LinkedIn followers — 3.2% of this cohort's audience
Activity: 2 product launches announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • May 2023Seed$1.8M
Investors
Village Global, Sound Media Ventures, Plus Eight Equity Partners, Gaingels, Red & Blue Ventures, Band of Angels
Tech stack
Amazon AlbAmazon Web ServicesFont AwesomeGoogle AnalyticsGoogle Font ApiGoogle Optimize
#9
Seed · New York City, New York · founded 2021 · 8 employees
$3.5Mraised
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Developer of AI-driven virtual pets and a game creation platform. The company focuses on creating interactive experiences using augmented reality, artificial intelligence, and blockchain technology. It builds virtual characters and worlds, with a focus on artificially intelligent pets. The company collaborates with artists on projects involving augmented reality sculptures and collectibles.

Funding rounds
  • Dec 2022Seed$3M
  • May 2021Seed$500K
Investors
Div, Flamingo, ventures.coinbase.com, Polygon Studios, HashKey, Not Boring Capital
#10
Deadpooled · New York City, New York · founded 2005 · 83 employees
$51.4Mraised
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IGA Worldwide is an in-game advertising solution provider. The company offers "Radial Network" which platform that enables game developers/publishers to place static and dynamic ads in their games from various brands. Its solutions enable advertisers to target consumers playing games across various gaming platforms and genres.

Funding rounds
  • Jun 2010Series B$4.4M
  • Jan 2008Series B$5M
  • Jul 2007Series B$25M
  • Jul 2006Series A$17M
Investors
Kreos Capital, T.Capital, DN Capital, Easton Capital Investment Group, Morgenthaler, Intel Capital
#11
Public · New York City, New York · founded 2020 · 19 employees
$1.7Mraised
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Platform providing online gaming tournaments and stat-based prediction for prizes. The platform allows users to engage in friendly banter and competition. Users earn in-app currency through platform engagement. This currency can be used for stat-based predictions to climb leaderboards. Users can redeem tokens earned for virtual and physical prizes.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 1k LinkedIn followers
Funding rounds
  • Dec 2022Conventional Debt$1.7M
Investors
Food & Fun Ventures
Tech stack
Acquia Cloud PlatformAcquia Cloud Site FactoryAdobe AnalyticsAdobe Experience Platform Identity ServiceAdobe Experience Platform LaunchAmazon Web Services
#12
Series A · New York City, New York · founded 2015 · 19 employees
$5.2Mraised
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Cloud gaming platform to stream and play video games. It offers a wide range of popular games and provides a seamless gaming experience across different devices. It is also associated with ABCya, an educational gaming platform for kids that offers a variety of learning games for different grade levels.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 2k LinkedIn followers — 2.8% of this cohort's audience
Funding rounds
  • Oct 2021Series A$1.7M
  • Apr 2021Conventional Debt—
  • Apr 2021Series A$2.7M
  • Nov 2019Seed$750K
Founders & team
Franco MiceliCo-Founder / CEONicolas JodalCo-FounderWaldemar FernandezCo-Founder
Tech stack
Amazon Web ServicesBootstrapCdnjsCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCore-Js

Funding & investor landscape

$549.3Mtotal disclosed funding
26companies funded
55disclosed rounds
0rounds last 90 days
Most active investors
Y Combinator3 rounds
E14 Fund2 rounds
Eldridge Industries2 rounds
Gaingels2 rounds
ITOCHU2 rounds
Samsung NEXT2 rounds
26 Venture1 rounds
A-Grade Investments1 rounds
AET Fund1 rounds
Alphabet Angels1 rounds

Notable founders

Anthony Anderson
Co-Founder & CEO · ParamLabs
Gavin Silver
Co-Founder · Allstar Gaming
Nick Cuomo
Co-Founder & CEO · Allstar Gaming
Jinha Lee
Co-Founder & President · Spatial
Anand Agarawala
Co-Founder & CEO · Spatial
Rohan Mehta
Co-Founder · Arcane
Lucas Switzer
Co-Founder · Arcane
Harsh Pandey
Founder & CTO · Hathora
Siddharth Dhulipalla
Co-Founder & CEO · Hathora
Franco Miceli
Co-Founder / CEO · ABYA
Nicolas Jodal
Co-Founder · ABYA
Stacy Spikes
Founder & CEO · PreShow
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 SIGNALS · United States

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.

research sentiment over time
200820172026
enthusiastic · positive · guarded tone
Tone is overwhelmingly optimistic and intensifying — the enthusiastic (strongly-positive) share moved 59% → 75% across 2008–2026.
top research entities
  • Carnegie Mellon University23
  • Nvidia20
  • University of Utah16
  • University of California, Davis16
  • Cornell University15
leading researchers
Rui Wang · Sven K. Esche · Constantin Chassapis · Ravi Ramamoorthi · Kwan‐Liu Ma · Yizhe Chang · Christoph W. Borst · Chris Wyman
▲ Breakthroughs347 · 52%
▲ 47%→64% share
▲1.4× share momentum3 median citations37% since 2021mostly methods-led
Alternate frame rendering research surged 5x (2→10 papers), signaling rapid US innovation in real-time rendering efficiency.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Image-based modeling and rendering7→15
  • Alternate frame rendering2→10
  • Gaussian4→9
  • Augmented reality2→7
  • 3D rendering9→13
Newly emergingDifferentiable function 0→9 · Artificial neural network 0→8
Landmark Rendering synthetic objects into real scenes · 969 cites
◆ Advancements211 · 31%
▼ 34%→27% share
▼0.8× share momentum3 median citations26% since 2021mostly methods-led
Context (archaeology) papers rose modestly (3→4), indicating slow but steady gaming-technology applications in cultural heritage.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Context (archaeology)3→4
Landmark IRIS: Illustrative Rendering for Integral Surfaces · 58 cites
▼ Concerns38 · 6%
▼ 6%→4% share
▼0.7× share momentum1 median citations21% since 2021mostly position pieces
Rendering and computer graphics concerns persist with 25 and 19 papers respectively, yet field-share is cooling (6%→4%).
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Rendering (computer graphics)25
  • Computer graphics (images)19
  • Game engine10
  • Real-time rendering9
  • Human–computer interaction8
Landmark Direct Volume Rendering: A 3D Plotting Technique for Scientific Data · 26 cites
RESEARCH HOTSPOTS · United States

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.

New York28 · +0.60
Hot · Rendering (computer graphics)Advancing · Game engineOpportunity · Differentiable function
Pittsburgh24 · +0.60
Hot · Alternate frame renderingAdvancing · VisualizationOpportunity · Frame rate
SF Bay Area22 · +0.79
Hot · Rendering (computer graphics)Advancing · Computer graphics (images)
Boston13 · +0.74
Hot · Image-based modeling and renderingAdvancing · Rendering (computer graphics)Opportunity · 3D rendering
Los Angeles10 · +0.63
Hot · Game engineAdvancing · Virtual reality
Seattle9 · +0.53
Hot · Game engineAdvancing · Computer graphics (images)Opportunity · Video game development
Chicago8 · +0.51
Hot · Rendering (computer graphics)Advancing · Real-time renderingOpportunity · Cluster analysis
Atlanta7 · +0.81
Hot · Computer graphics (images)Advancing · Rendering (computer graphics)Opportunity · Real-time rendering
San Diego6 · +0.70
Hot · Rendering (computer graphics)Advancing · 3D renderingOpportunity · Image-based modeling and rendering
PATENT SIGNAL · United States

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.

406 filings157 assigneespeak 71/yr2016–2025
filing momentum (YoY 2016–2025)
top patent filers
  • Sony Interactive Entertainment98
  • SONY Interactive Entertainment A50
  • Microsoft41
  • Google36
  • Intel35
  • Tencent America21
  • Nvidia18
  • Electronic ARTS14

Common questions

How many Gaming Tech companies are there in New York City, United States?
Radar tracks 54 indexable Gaming Tech companies headquartered in New York City, United States that meet our profile-completeness bar.
What is the total funding raised by Gaming Tech companies in New York City, United States?
The Gaming Tech companies in New York City, United States on this list have raised a combined $549.3M in disclosed equity funding across 26 funded companies.
Which is the highest-funded Gaming Tech company in New York City, United States?
Fab is the highest-funded Gaming Tech company in New York City, United States, with $335.7M in disclosed equity funding.
How many Gaming Tech companies in New York City, United States are funded?
26 of the 54 Gaming Tech companies in New York City, United States on this list have disclosed at least one equity funding round.
How many Gaming Tech unicorns are there in New York City, United States?
1 Gaming Tech company in New York City, United States on this list is valued at $1B or more.
Who are the top investors in New York City, United States Gaming Tech companies?
The most active investors in New York City, United States Gaming Tech companies on this list include Y Combinator, E14 Fund, Eldridge Industries, Gaingels, ITOCHU.
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