Top 20 Gaming Startup Investors in Cyprus in May 2025
A list of 20 angel investors and VC (Venture Capital) funds that invest in Gaming startups based in Cyprus. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Gaming companies from Cyprus. We update this investor list every month.Top 20 Gaming Startup Investors in Cyprus in May 2025
Investor | Gaming Cyprus investments |
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GEM Capital | 11 |
The Games Fund | 8 |
Flashpoint | 5 |
RTP Global | 5 |
Vladimir Nikolsky | 2 |
The Carlyle Group | 2 |
My.Games Venture Capital | 2 |
VK (ex. Mail.Ru Group) | 1 |
Flint Capital | 1 |
Velo Partners | 1 |
Play Ventures | 1 |
Almaz Capital | 1 |
Anton Sinelnikov | 1 |
Krafton | 1 |
Yellow Rocks! | 1 |
Davidovs Venture Collective | 1 |
Raga Partners | 1 |
DLA Piper | 1 |
Embria | 1 |
Heracles Capital | 1 |
GEM Capital is an international investment company that operates in private equity and venture capital markets. Leading venture capital investor in the games industry
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- Gaming, Video Games, PC Games
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Cyprus, United States, Israel
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- AppMagic — Mobile market intelligence tool
- OpenStreet — Invest in SpaceX and OpenAI with just $100. We purchase shares in premier private companies like SpaceX and OpenAI, then divide them into fractional pieces, making these investments accessible to everyone.
- Eschatology Entertainment — Game developers on a quest to create a new generation of immersive hardcore shooters set in a unique apocalyptic world.
TGF is an early-stage VC fund founded by video games industry veterans.
We invest in future leaders: game developers, gaming technologies, and services.
We share best practices and offer our experience and personal touch.
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Investment focus
- Gaming, Video Games, Online Games
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Cyprus, United States, Poland
Portfolio highlights
- Playgama — Playgama is a fast-growing distributor of HTML5 games, connecting developers to an audience of 220 million monthly active players. We simplify game distribution and monetization, allowing developers to focus on creating exceptional games while we handle the rest. With open-source SDK, games distributed thought Playgama can reach players acrossleading high-traffic platforms, ensuring global exposure—from Europe to Asia and USA.
- Drama Studios — Studios DRAMA has created UNRECORD which is a single-player FPS that tells the story of a tactical police officer from the perspective of his body camera.
- Dark Passenger — Dark Passenger is a firm that develops video games. The team consists of both new blood specialists and seasoned gamedev professionals. The objective is to develop incredibly thrilling online experiences that emphasize both collaboration and competition and are captivated by human connections, alliances, fearless conflicts, and surprising turns ofevents.
Venture capital serves as funding for emerging, inventive enterprises poised for rapid expansion.
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- Software, SaaS, Machine Learning
- Series A, Seed, Funding Round
- United States, Israel, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- iDWELL — iDWELL (www.idwell.com) is a revolutionary CRM cloud software and tenant app, especially designed for the next generation of real estate management. It enables the automation of routine processes, and bundles as well as optimizes all communication between the stakeholders of a property, including service providers, asset managers, landlords,tenants and property managers. Currently, more than 750,000 apartment units are managed with the assistance of iDWELL.The iDWELL ticketing system and the connected tenant app automates routine maintenance tasks with regards to handling and reporting damages. This allows iDWELL customers to focus on more important and revenue-generating tasks. The iDWELL marketplace provides further opportunities to service tenants and landlords while generating revenue.
- Crowded — Banking for Greek Life that allows you to seamlessly pay dues, P2P transfers, deposits, and make payments with your virtual debit card. Tailored tools for events, ticketing, chat organizational management and more.
- INXY Payments — EU-licensed crypto platform enabling businesses to securely and legally accept, send, and exchange cryptocurrencies.Accept Crypto using Customizable Payment Gateway API:- Easily receive payments in multiple cryptocurrencies; - Auto-convert crypto to Euro or stablecoins; - Automated Bank settlement with full reporting; - Reach Millions of CryptoUsers for Increased Sales.Automate Crypto Payouts to Affiliates, Publishers, Suppliers & Employees:- Automate thousands of payments using file or API; - Automatically convert your assets to crypto for Mass Payouts; Tailored reports to suit accounting needs.Exchange crypto or fiat at low fees:- Direct transactions, avoiding large public exchange platforms; - Manual and automated exchange; - Easy & fee-free withdrawals to any supported E-wallets or affordable transfers to bank account.Stay Compliant & Informed:- Real-time transactions monitoring (KYT) for safe dealings; - Comprehensive Transaction History & Detailed Reports; - Ensure EU Compliance with Our VASP crypto license; - Audit-Ready for Smooth Accounting. Tailored reports to suit accounting needs.INXY Payments: Simplifying crypto adoption for businesses. Save money, unlock crypto's potential, and seamlessly bridge Web2 to the future. Join us in making cryptocurrency as easy as fiat.
A global, early-stage venture capital firm, backing founders who use technology to reimagine how the world works like Datadog, DeliveryHero and Cred.
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Investment focus
- Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
- Series A, Seed, Series B
- United States, India, Germany
Portfolio highlights
- Warmly — Instant information & unique details about everyone you meet with. Build rapport directly in Zoom. Absolutely free.
- Recraft — The first generative AI design tool that lets users create and edit digital illustrations, vector art, icons, and 3D graphics in a uniform brand style.
- FirstClub — FirstClub's mission is to become a rapid commerce-first omnichannel retailer that uses offline experience stores to promote the quality of its items. FirstClub's goal is to create a platform that serves customers and offers brands a unique opportunity to connect with affluent homes.
Vladimir Nikolsky joined Mail.Ru Group as Vice President of Online Games business in 2009 and became Chief Operating Officer (Russia) in 2013. Previously he was CEO of online game holding Astrum Online Entertainment (from 2007 to 2009) which subsequently became a part of Mail.Ru Group, and co-founder and CEO of online game company IT Territory(from 2004 to 2007). Vladimir graduated from Ivanovo State Power Engineering University.
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- Top App Games — Top App Games specializes in mobile game creation and publishing, with a strong emphasis on strategic games.
The Carlyle Group is a private equity firm that caters to early and later-stage companies. The firm operates four fund families, focusing on leveraged buyouts, venture & growth capital, real estate, and leveraged finance investments.
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Investment focus
- Software, Health Care, Information Technology
- Private Equity, Funding Round, Series B
- United States, China, India
Portfolio highlights
- Sanoptis — Sanoptis is an innovative European ophthalmology services group, covering the full spectrum of diagnostic and surgical ophthalmic treatments. The group partners with leading ophthalmologists to deliver on the organic and inorganic growth opportunities within the market.
- Bianalisi — Bianalisi provides services that include toxicological examination of the hair, diagnostic imaging, specialised examinations, laboratory analysis, physiotherapy and rehabilitation, occupational medicine, and more. They offer diagnostic services.
- Suntera Global — We provide responsible company, trust and fund administration services to institutional and private clients across the globe. Our multi-jurisdictional offering also includes accounting, compliance, tax structuring, wealth and asset services across a wide range of sectors.
MGVC is a global gaming investor
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Investment focus
- Gaming, Video Games, PC Games
- Seed, Funding Round, Pre-Seed
- Cyprus, Belarus, Russian Federation
Portfolio highlights
- dc1AB — dc1AB they are making a game with multi- players.
- Bring It On — Bring It On Games is the ultimate online casino experience, offering a wide selection of real money games that you can play from the comfort of your home. Visit now!
- Bring It On — Bring It On is a mission to redefine the skill games category, merging strong technological infra.
Mail.ru Group was founded by Yuri Milner and is the largest Internet company in the Russian-speaking world. It is one of the largest Internet companies in Russia, and the world's seventh largest Internet business in terms of page views. Mail.ru Group operates two of the three largest Russian language social networking sites(Odnoklassniki.ru and Moi Mir@Mail.Ru), the two largest instant messaging networks in Russia (ICQ and Agent), Russia's leading email service, Russia's second largest Internet portal and Russia's largest online games company.Mail also holds strategic equity stakes of 32.49% in vKontakte, Russia's largest social networking site, and 25.09% in QIWI, formerly OE Investments, one of Russia's leading payment-processing companies. It also holds small minority stakes in Facebook, Zynga and Groupon.
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- Social Media, Mobile Apps, Education
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- Russian Federation, United States, Cyprus
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- Uchi.ru — Uchi.ru offers online courses for school students.
- O2O Holdings — Formed by a JV between Sberbank and Mail.ru Group, provides an O2O services platform focusing on key areas of food and transportation.
- AliExpress Russia — AliExpress Russia is a leading cross-border and domestic e-commerce platform in Russia.
Venture capital investments
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Investment focus
- Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
- Series A, Seed, Funding Round
- United States, Israel, United Kingdom
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- Mitiga — Mitiga proactively stores and enhances forensic data so our experts can start incident investigations fast to get you back to business as usual
- Vayu — Discover Vayu, the cutting-edge billing and revenue management platform designed to streamline operations and maximize efficiency for finance teams.
- Bluebricks — Bluebricks unlock Ops hurdles, gain instant visibility of your cloud, and decrease changes' blast radius.
Founded in 2011 by Evan Hoff, Velo Partners is a venture capital firm that invests and manages a portfolio spanning the global gaming and gambling industry. Velo typically invests in Series A or early growth stage rounds. Our ideal investment candidates demonstrate strong early transaction and a clear understanding of their unit economics and growth trajectory. We also work in association with a gaming accelerator called RNG FOUNDRY for earlier stage investment in iGaming content.
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Investment focus
- Gaming, Mobile, Sports
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- United States, United Kingdom, Israel
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- Playgama — Playgama is a fast-growing distributor of HTML5 games, connecting developers to an audience of 220 million monthly active players. We simplify game distribution and monetization, allowing developers to focus on creating exceptional games while we handle the rest. With open-source SDK, games distributed thought Playgama can reach players acrossleading high-traffic platforms, ensuring global exposure—from Europe to Asia and USA.
- Jarvi Games — Jarvi Games is a team of young and enthusiastic people who share the goal of making the best MMO action game on mobile devices. We aspire to build the best gaming experience in open world!
- Bettormetrics — Bettormetrics is a data analytics infrastructure for your sports trading operation.
Play Ventures is a venture funding that invests globally in games and game services startups.
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Investment focus
- Gaming, Video Games, Blockchain
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
- United States, Finland, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- FERASET — FERASET builds next-gen apps by combining deep AI expertise with cutting-edge technology.
- Alinea — Alinea offers a social investing platform for crypto, stocks and playlists. We offer fractional investing, $0 commission on investments, and a minimum as low as $1.
- PvX Partners — PvX Partners is a platform designed to help consumer apps scale. PvX Capital is our first line of services focused on cohort financing: fast, flexible capital without the risk and drawbacks of traditional equity or debt. PvX Capital enables you to scale marketing spends meaningfully without the worry of equity dilution or loan defaults. PvX is alsodeveloping an operating system for growth — a unified platform enabling incremental ROAS. A single integration that will grant you access to the industry’s most useful tools proven to help consumer businesses scale.
Almaz Capital is an international venture capital firm investing in early stage, capital efficient technology companies. A unique bridge fund headquartered in Silicon Valley, Almaz Capital connects Eastern European/former Soviet engineering and entrepreneurial talent to the U.S. market and helps build global businesses. The firm invests inhigh-growth sectors such as artificial intelligence and blockchain applications, data engineering, cybersecurity, industrial IoT, networking architecture and infrastructure. Its investors include Cisco, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), and International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group. Founded in 2008, Almaz Capital has invested in over 30 portfolio companies and has had nine exits to date.
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Investment focus
- Software, Mobile, Internet
- Series A, Seed, Funding Round
- United States, Russian Federation, Germany
Portfolio highlights
- Nomagic — Nomagic provides robotic systems to automate repetitive pick-and-place tasks in warehouses with efficiency, flexibility and reliability.
- Dubformer — All-in-one tool: Go global effortlessly with monetization-ready dubbing that sounds like real humans. Cost-effective AI localization.
- specter automation — Construction is the second least digitized sector in the world with 96% of all data being unused. Although detailed planning data is created upfront, a lack of suitable digital tools prevents its transfer to the construction site. SPECTER’s web-based construction management software uniquely incorporates the core components of constructionplanning, reducing the organizational burden on construction management and helping to meet project timelines and budgets.
Anton Sinelnikov is the Founder of Juicy Button Games.
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Investment focus
- Gaming
- Seed
- Cyprus
Portfolio highlights
- Juicy Button Games — Juicy Button Games is an independent game development studio.
Create the original. Connect the world.
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Investment focus
- Gaming, Video Games, Apps
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- India, South Korea, United States
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- Cashfree Payments — Built for your business payment needs - Collect payments, send payouts, manage international payments, launch your next neo banking product and do a lot more.
- Axion — AI driven Custom Libraries, DFM and BEYOND Contact us Our Products Three Design Optimization SW that share a common AI engine. Axion CellAI driven SW to automatically generate customized libraries. Axion DFMAI driven Design for Manufacturing SW that enables yield improvement measurable in silicon Axion XAI driven design optimization beyond chips View all products Why
- Ruckus Games — Ruckus Games is to create unparalleled player experiences through style interactivity and emergence.
Yellow Rocks! invests in fast-growing early-stage companies with a clear global expansion strategy. The fund is focused on companies that are leveraging disruptive technologies and that are ready to reach $1B.Yellow Rocks! is based in San Francisco & Lisbon and we consider ourselves geo-agnostic. We truly believe that brilliant founders canbe found anywhere irrespective of geographical location. That being said right now we are focused on startups from the US and Europe.Yellow Rocks! is formed by successful serial entrepreneurs and investors with a deep understanding of fundraising and company’s development. GPs have a 10+ years of track record in well known organizations (World Bank, IFC, Google, EPAM), universities (MIT, Harvard, Stanford) and startup ecosystems (Y Combinator, TheEngine, TechStars, MassChallenge, 500 startups). Our team is distributed around different countries including the USA, Portugal and Armenia.
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Investment focus
- Software, SaaS, Enterprise Software
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
- United States, Russian Federation, Cyprus
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- Global Work — We help freelancers find remote jobs and gigs faster with AI. Unlock the latest job search strategies with our AI-powered platform.
- Boost.Express — Start monetizing your data and audience with advertising in just one day.
- FuseBase (formerly Nimbus) — Single source of truth powered by AI aganets. Centralize all your information, streamline tasks with AI, and deliver a simple, exceptional user experience ever.
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Investment focus
- Artificial Intelligence, Software, Information Technology
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- United States, Canada, United Kingdom
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- Beagle — Beagle is an AI platform that specializes in innovation technology and cost reduction through AI-driven eDiscovery solutions.
- Essence App — Essence is a digital employee benefits platform that empowers women and people with cycles to thrive in the workplace by optimizing well-being and productivity by syncing activities according to the menstrual cycle. Essence is a tool that helps you turn your period into a superpower!
- Solve Intelligence — We use AI to help legal professionals write high-quality patents efficiently. We do this by providing an in-browser document editor.
Raga Partners is a venture capital firm.
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- Digital Media, Media and Entertainment, Online Games
- Seed, Series B, Series A
- United States, Cyprus, Germany
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- Sky Harbour — Aviation's Home Basing Solution - Lease your own private hangar with adjoining lounge or office on an exclusive, tenant-only campus
- Torch Dental — Torch Dental develops an all-in-one technology designed to meet dental practices' supply ordering and inventory management needs. Torch Dental simplifies and streamlines the ordering process, allowing dentists to focus on their patients.
- Made on Earth Games — Made on Earth Games is a mobile gamedevelopment company founded in 2021.Our objective is to combine high quality art, deep creative gameplay and modern technologies. We want to deliver an amazing game experience to mobile devices across the world.At Made on Earth Games all team members have a unique chance to contribute to the final productand the whole company.
DLA Piper is a global law firm with lawyers in 40+ countries, providing legal solutions to businesses worldwide. Helping clients succeed every day.
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Investment focus
- Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence, Software
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- United States, Cyprus
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- Tangibly — Tangibly is a platform for businesses to manage their intellectual property by securing their trade secrets in legally enforceable form.
- Wildfire Systems — We are the only white-label cashback and shopping rewards loyalty platform that helps companies monetize e-commerce everywhere.
- SingleFile Technologies — SingleFile Technologies automates secretary of state filings with our cloud based, filing platform using AI technology. From business formations to foreign qualifications, and many other filing documents, the SingleFile platform saves time, eliminates confusion, and reduces cost.
We found, fund and grow tech companies since 2007
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- Gaming, Mobile Apps, Online Games
- Seed
- Cyprus
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- Duunitori — Duunitori is a Finnish job board and recruiting media, that gathers all the jobs in one place and helps employers to clarify and communicate their employer brand. Duunitori manages hundreds of communities in social media and partner sites delivering useful career advice and thousands of jobs to the relevant audiences.Duunitori helps recruitersand hiring managers to reach the best candidates by utilizing its job advertising network and social media campaigns.Duunitori has become one of the largest recruitment media verticals in Finland during 2014-2015. Every month 2.5M job ads are being read on Duunitori.fi, which also holds a community of 250 000 followers in various social media channels.
- 10K Riders — 10k Riders is a mobile publishing company that offers IP ownership, profit-shares in their clients' favor, and non-exclusivity. 10K Riders is built around a “creative-yet-reliable” co-development approach, uniting different developers to pool resources and knowledge. The company is headquartered in Limassol, Limassol and was founded in August2021, and has worked on over 100 gaming projects with 78 studios online.
Heracles Capital is a venture capital investment firm.
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Investment focus
- Software, Media and Entertainment, Mobile
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- United States, Cyprus, Israel
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- Arya — Arya is building the Couples Wellness category, poised to become the next billion-dollar cornerstone in the global wellness market.Couples are falling into routine and many are experiencing increased loneliness. While billions are spent on fitness, mindfulness, and sleep, emotional and physical intimacy is often neglected. We invest in swipingfor the right partner and then trying to fix it (or spend a fortune divorcing them)... but not much in between.Arya's AI concierge makes it radically easy for couples to invest in their relationship and love life, both inside and outside the bedroom - a crucial ingredient to a successful relationship.
- ContextSDK — ContextSDK transforms your app using real-time user context to improve conversions. Enhance user satisfaction and raise app revenue by knowing your users' unique needs, no matter where they are.
- Punchup.live — Punchup is developing innovative tools to allow live entertainers to own and activate the relationship with their fans
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