Q1's significant decline in reported M&A value is due to a high proportion of M&A transactions that did not disclose values (44 out of 55 deals or 80%), which is 13% higher than the historical quarterly average of 67% (5/6)
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Q1 2025 M&As totaled $3.3B across 55 transactions (-34% in value and +53% in volume compared to Q4’s $5.1BM across 36 transactions) achieving the highest quarterly volume since Q4 2022 of 63 transactions (4/6)
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Q1's achievement can be attributed to Infinite Reality’s $3.0B mid/late-staged investment from Sterling Select (67% of the quarter’s value) (3/6
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Q1 2025 investments totaled $4.4B across 190 investments (+370% in value and -8% in volume compared to Q4’s $945.9M across 207 investments) achieving a 4.7x in value growth QoQ and the highest value since Q2 2022 of $6.1B (2/6)
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#DDMDataPoints: Value of Video Game Investments and M&As Q1 2025
$7.8B over 245 Investments and M&As
#VideoGaming #VideoGames #Games #Gaming #IndieDevs #IndieGames #BlockchainGames #AIGames #Blockchain #Web3 #AI #ArtificialIntelligence
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Of the $9.9B across 812 M&A deals in 2024, game developers accounted for $6.4B across 91 transactions (representing 65% of the total value and 53% of the deal volume), marginally below the historical M&A volume percentage of 55% (4/5)
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Of the $7.7B invested across 812 deals in 2024, game developers accounted for $4.4B across 580 investments (representing 57% of the total value and 71% of the volume) (2/5)
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#DDMDataPoints: Value of Game Developer Investments and M&As 2024
$10.8B across 671 investments and M&As
#Gaming #VideoGaming #GameDevelopment #GameDeveloper #GameDev #Games #GameDevelopers
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Since 2019, game developer investments by volume percentage have increased year-over-year from 49% to a record 71%, which marked the highest ever recorded across 17+ years of data (3/5)
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Games Investment Reports - Digital Development Management
Get the Q4 report on video game investments and M&As here 👉 www.ddmagency.com/games-invest...
25.03.2025 19:26
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Glad to see @xsolla.bsky.social cite the volume of video game investments from @digdevmgmt.bsky.social Games Investment Review! Though the data is attributed to Statista, they're a data aggregator that uses our reports (1/2)
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Download our free Q4 2024 Games Investment Executive Summary or purchase the standalone single report with quarterly transaction tables and data for $399 here 👉https://www.ddmagency.com/games-investment-reports/
18.03.2025 22:06
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2024 investments totaled $7.7B across 812 investments (+68% in value and +18% in volume over 2023’s $4.6B over 691 investments); although investment values are -81% from 2021’s $41.4B, volume is bouncing back towards 2022’s record highs of 1001 investments (2/4)
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#DDMDataPoints Value of Video Game Investments 2024: $7.7B across 812 investments (1/3)
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As always, since announcements do not typically list the contribution breakdown by firm, we do not include a breakdown of how much is invested by each firm. Some transactions may be repeated if multiple firms invested in the same round for the company (2/3)
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#DDMDataPoints Top 5 Active Investors in #VideoGames Q4 2024 (1/3)
1️⃣ #AndreessenHorowitz / #a16z
2️⃣ #AnimocaBrands
3️⃣ #BITKRAFTVentures
4️⃣ @playbigtime.bsky.social
5️⃣ #PlayVentures
#videogaming #games #blockchain #crypto #web3 #indiegame #gamedev #mobilegames #gaming #consolegames #pcgames #UCGgames
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Games Investment Reports - Digital Development Management
If you would like to get your hands on the Free DDM Games Investment Review Q4 2024 Report, click here👉 ddm.agency/LGIR424.
27.02.2025 17:11
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#DDMPressPoints: 2024 Achieved $17.5B Across 985 Investments and M&As!
#videogames #videogaming #gaming #games #blockchaingames #web3games #AIgames #ArtificialIntelligence #Blockchain #Web3 #Crypto #PCgames #mobilegames #eSports
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Games Investment Reports
If you would like to download our Q4 2024 Games Investment Review Executive Summary, click here 👉 www.ddmagency.com/games-invest...
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Many thanks to @forbes.com, @gamesbeat.bsky.social (@venturebeat.com), and #DEADLINE for the feature regarding our latest Q4 2024 Games Investment Review Report! We at @digdevmgmt.bsky.social pride ourselves on being the best source for all #games investments, M&As, and IPO data!
24.02.2025 19:01
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2024 fund announcements totaled $58.9B in new capital raised across 132 funds (+25% in value and +7% in volume compared to 2023's $47.2B across 123 funds); Q4 2024’s new fund announcements totaled $9.8B across 36 funds (-21% in value and +33% in volume compared to Q3 2024’s $12.4B across 27 funds)
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Highest M&A segment by value was led by Tech/Other (60%), followed by Mobile (40%), eSports (<1%), and Console/PC (<1%); highest M&A segment by volume was led by Tech/other (29%) followed by Console/PC (28%), Mobile (20%) and eSports (20%)
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Highest segment by value led by Mobile (43%), followed by Console/PC (26%), MCG* (14%), Tech/Other (10%), AR/VR (3%), eSports (3%), and Browser (2%); highest segment by volume led by Console/PC (29%), followed by Mobile (28%), Tech/Other (22%), MCG* (8%), AR/VR (5%), eSports (5%), and Browser (2%)
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Q4 2024 M&As totaled $5.0B across 35 transactions (+566% in value and -30% in volume compared to Q3’s $751.1M across 50 transactions), surpassing the combined total M&A value of $4.8B from Q1-Q3
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Q4 2024 investments totaled $906.2M across 201 investments (-35% in value and +4% in volume compared to Q3’s $1.4B and 193 investments); early-stage investments represented the majority (66% by value), while volume remained strong as Q4 was +7% above the 2-year quarterly average of 187 investments
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