Best Mobile Companies in Pennsylvania, United States
The 48 best Mobile companies in Pennsylvania, United States in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Schell Games.
Our analysis of 77 Mobile companies
$13.3b in tracked funding; 89% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2024.
Ranked: Best Mobile companies in Pennsylvania
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Founder | Founded | Tech stack | Patents & IP focus | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Schell Games Independent game development studio | $2M | 123 mo ago | Funding Raised | Jesse Schell Founder & CEO | 2002 | UbuntuVue.jsNginx+18 | — | 1 partnership |
| 2 | ImpactGames Game and application development studio | $250K | 221 mo ago | Seed | Eric Brown Co-Founder | 2006 | — | — | — |
| 3 | MegaBits Mobile game developer | $250K | 146 mo ago | Deadpooled | Patrick Perini CEO | 2012 | — | — | — |
| 4 | Shenandoah Studio Mobile game development studio | $150K | 153 mo ago | Acqui-Hired | Eric Lee Smith Founder & CEO | 2011 | — | — | — |
| 5 | tapCLIQ Provider of a platform for customer experience automation with front-office RPA | $100K | 162 mo ago | Seed | Chirantan Bhatt Founder & CEO | 2012 | — | — | — |
| 6 | HeadRight Games Casual Mobile and PC game developer | $25K | 169 mo ago | Deadpooled | Matt Rodgers ex- Founder | 2010 | — | — | — |
| 7 | GenevaMars Application development studio | $25K | 185 mo ago | Deadpooled | Charles Kim Founder & ex-CEO | 2011 | — | — | — |
| 8 | SparkCrowd Mobile Games developer | $20K | 181 mo ago | Deadpooled | — | 2010 | — | — | — |
Top 8 Mobile companies in Pennsylvania
#1
Funding Raised · Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania · founded 2002 · 127 employees$1.9Mraised▾
Schell Games is an independent game development studio based in the United States. The studio has developed multiple games for mobile, PC, online, console and VR devices. The company has developed "I expect you to die", which is a VR action video game. The game is available on the PlayStation Store, Oculus Store, and Steam. The game "I expect you to die" has been awarded as "Best Overall VR Experience", "Best Gameplay" and "Best Interaction Design" at the Proto Awards 2015.
- May 2016Grant (prize money)$1.7M
- Sep 2015Grant (prize money)$219.2K
#2
Seed · Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania · founded 2006 · 3 employees$250Kraised▾
Impact Games is an indie game and application development studio. The company focuses on the development of mid-core games for the mobile platform and is best known for the award-winning game platform "PeaceMaker" - an MMORPG game based on the Israel-Palestine conflict where the players assume the role of a leader (of either of the countries). The studio has also developed "Play the News" - an interactive news platform with game elements. The game "PeaceMaker" has won the "Best Transformation Game 2007" award by the association "Games for Change".
- Mar 2008Seed$100K
- Oct 2007Seed$150K
#3
Deadpooled · Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania · founded 2012$250Kraised▾
Founded in 2012, backed by accelerator AlphaLab, MegaBits is a massively multiplayer online (MMO) game for iOS and Android platforms based on physical location. Built on the likes of TV shows Pokemon and Digimon, allows users to catch, train, and battle monsters. Stopped operations in 2015.
- May 2014Seed$250K
- Oct 2013Seed—
#4
Acqui-Hired · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania · founded 2011$150Kraised▾
Mobile game development studio
#5
Seed · Malvern, Pennsylvania · founded 2012 · 4 employees$100Kraised▾
Provider of a platform for customer experience automation with front-office RPA. The platform offers tools to build, orchestrate, and automate front-office tasks. It provides capabilities for customer journey building, design creation, and micro-segment targeting. The platform also includes features for user intent capture, micro-moment engagement, and contextual user engagement.
- Feb 2013Seed$100K
#6
Deadpooled · Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania · founded 2010 · 2 employees$25Kraised▾
HeadRight games is an independent game developer based in Pittsburg, United States. Founed in 2011, the company develops casual games for mobile and PC. The company has developed games like "Balloon Popz" (dart game for iOS), "WordPops" (word game for iOS) and "Amusement World" (puzzle adventure for Windows/Mac). The company participated in the AlphaLab startup accelerator program in Spring 2012.
- 2012Seed—
- Seed$25K
#7
Deadpooled · Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania · founded 2011$25Kraised▾
Genevamars is an mobile application development studio based in Pennsylvania. The company focuses on the development of Kids educational games and applications and has a portfolio of 3 applications as of February, 2016. The company's applications include 'Zachy the Robot: Quest for the Museum Treasures' - a kids exploration game 'Zachy the Robot: The Leaning Tower of Robocity' - an educational interactive cartoon and 'Taking Pictures With Dinosaurs' - a photo app.
- Feb 2011Seed$25K
#8
Deadpooled · California, Pennsylvania · founded 2010$20Kraised▾
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