Gaming startups in Berlin

Mundi Vondi, Oddur Snær Magnússon & Ívar Emilsson"

** Founded 2015 by three Icelanders, Klang builds large-scale simulation games, most notably SEED, a persistent MMO society simulator. Raised a $41M Series C in 2022 (co-led by Animoca Brands and Kingsway Ca...

Daniel Stammler, Janosch Sadowski, Tim Reiter, Oliver Löffler & Sebastian Karasek"

** Founded 2016 (originally Fluffy Fairy Games), Kolibri makes idle mobile games; its flagship Idle Miner Tycoon surpassed 100M+ downloads. Ubisoft acquired a 75% majority stake in February 2020 at a ~€160M ...

Jens Begemann, Patrick Paulisch & Philipp Moeser"

** Founded 2009 (name = "World of Gaming"), Wooga began with Facebook social games before pivoting to mobile in 2011. Its narrative-driven hidden-object hit June's Journey (2017) became a top-grossing title ...

Timo Ullmann, Uwe Beneke, Roman Golka, Philipp Schellbach & Mathias Wiese"

** Founded 1999 by five friends from East Berlin, Yager is one of Germany's largest independent game developers (~130 staff). Best known for Spec Ops: The Line (2012) and its own PvPvE extraction shooter The...

Mundi Vondi, Oddur Snær Magnússon & Ívar Emilsson" - **venue:** Berlin - **la:** 52.52 - **ln:** 13.405 - **desc:** Founded 2015 by three Icelanders, Klang builds large-scale simulation games, most notably SEED, a persistent MMO society simulator. Raised a $41M Series C in 2022 (co-led by Animoca Brands and Kingsway Capital), taking total funding to roughly $80M across Series A–C (Northzone, Makers Fund, Novator, Supercell). - **link:** https://www.klang-games.com - **vertical:** ["Gaming"] - **stage:** Series C ### G4 — Kolibri Games — Daniel Stammler, Janosch Sadowski, Tim Reiter, Oliver Löffler & Sebastian Karasek -

Founded 2015 by three Icelanders, Klang builds large-scale simulation games, most notably SEED, a persistent MMO society simulator. Raised a $41M Series C in 2022 (co-led by Animoca Brands and Kingsway Capit...

Daniel Stammler, Janosch Sadowski, Tim Reiter, Oliver Löffler & Sebastian Karasek" - **venue:** Berlin - **la:** 52.52 - **ln:** 13.405 - **desc:** Founded 2016 (originally Fluffy Fairy Games), Kolibri makes idle mobile games; its flagship Idle Miner Tycoon surpassed 100M+ downloads. Ubisoft acquired a 75% majority stake in February 2020 at a ~€160M valuation, with an option to move to 100%. Was cited by the FT as Europe's fastest-growing game studio. - **link:** https://www.kolibrigames.com - **vertical:** ["Gaming"] - **stage:** Acquired (Ubisoft, 2020) --- ## Proptech ### P1 — McMakler — Felix Jahn, Hanno Heintzenberg & Lukas Pieczonka -

Founded 2016 (originally Fluffy Fairy Games), Kolibri makes idle mobile games; its flagship Idle Miner Tycoon surpassed 100M+ downloads. Ubisoft acquired a 75% majority stake in February 2020 at a ~€160M val...

Jens Begemann, Patrick Paulisch & Philipp Moeser" - **venue:** Stralauer Allee 16, Friedrichshain - **la:** 52.5026 - **ln:** 13.4547 - **desc:** Founded 2009 (name = "World of Gaming"), Wooga began with Facebook social games before pivoting to mobile in 2011. Its narrative-driven hidden-object hit June's Journey (2017) became a top-grossing title aimed at casual gamers. Acquired by Israel's Playtika for over $200M in December 2018; still operates as a Berlin studio of ~300 people. - **link:** https://www.wooga.com - **vertical:** ["Gaming"] - **stage:** Acquired (Playtika, 2018) ### G2 — Yager Development — Timo Ullmann & co-founders -

Founded 2009 (name = "World of Gaming"), Wooga began with Facebook social games before pivoting to mobile in 2011. Its narrative-driven hidden-object hit June's Journey (2017) became a top-grossing title aim...

Timo Ullmann, Uwe Beneke, Roman Golka, Philipp Schellbach & Mathias Wiese" - **venue:** Kreuzberg - **la:** 52.4998 - **ln:** 13.4033 - **desc:** Founded 1999 by five friends from East Berlin, Yager is one of Germany's largest independent game developers (~130 staff). Best known for Spec Ops: The Line (2012) and its own PvPvE extraction shooter The Cycle: Frontier (Early Access 2019; full release 2022). Remains independently held in Berlin-Kreuzberg. - **link:** https://yager.de - **vertical:** ["Gaming"] - **stage:** Independent / self-funded ### G3 — Klang Games — Mundi Vondi, Oddur Snær Magnússon & Ívar Emilsson -

Founded 1999 by five friends from East Berlin, Yager is one of Germany's largest independent game developers (~130 staff). Best known for Spec Ops: The Line (2012) and its own PvPvE extraction shooter The Cy...