• Klang Games

  Participated · Series C · Jul 2022

  Klang Games is a game studio focused on exploring the future of humanity through various media, anchored by SEED, a large-scale virtual world experienced via AI-driven virtual humans called Seedlings. SEED is set in the world of Avesta and offers a player-driven economy, self-governance, customizable Seedlings, and community-oriented gameplay that relies on player caretaking. The title is currently in pre-alpha and emphasizes creating an online space where people can connect, work together, and build strong communities. With the new funding, the company plans to accelerate SEED’s development, further develop its scalable back-end and technical infrastructure, and double headcount from about 70 to 150 within 12 months while creating a collaborative workplace in central Berlin. Klang Games completed a $41M Series C that brings its total funding to nearly $80M. Founded in 2013 and led by CEO Mundi Vondi, the company also added Isabelle Henriques as Co-CEO and COO in February 2022. Klang Games is an independent, Berlin-based game development studio led by CEO Mundi Vondi. The studio launched its first project, ReRunners: Race for the World, for iOS and Android devices in July 2015. It is now developing Seed, a simulation MMO that utilizes SpatialOS technology to enable small teams to build massive simulations. Klang Games raised $8.95m in funding in the reported round. The company has raised $13.95m to date and will use the new funds to support development of Seed. Klang Games is a Berlin-based independent game studio founded in 2013 by Ívar Emilsson and Oddur Magnússon, together with artist Mundi Vondi. The studio is developing its first title, ReRunners, a mobile and tablet online asynchronous multiplayer with an open world and fast-paced racing gameplay. ReRunners is in beta and slated to launch in New Zealand, Australia, and the Philippines in the coming weeks, with a global launch planned for October. Klang emphasizes maintaining independent roots and creative control, focusing on accessible, social gameplay that builds player communities. The founders collectively bring about 15 years’ experience developing online-multiplayer games from work at CCP Games (EVE Online, Dust 514). London Venture Partners will provide financial support and publishing expertise as part of the partnership.

• KLANG

  Participated · Series B · Aug 2019

  Klang is developing Seed, a large-scale, persistent MMO space colony life-simulator in which players manage multiple characters and collaboratively rebuild society in a continuous virtual world. Seed runs on Improbable’s SpatialOS to enable a much larger, richer persistent world than single servers or engines allow. The studio positions Seed as an attempt to redefine the MMO landscape with single-shard, continuous simulation gameplay. Klang has said the new funding will allow it to deliver Seed without compromising its vision. The company has raised $37.42 million to date and most recently secured a $22.33 million seed round to advance development. Klang is based in Berlin and employs 44 people. Klang is a Berlin-based game studio developing Seed, a massive multiplayer online persistent simulation built atop Improbable’s SpatialOS virtual world builder. Seed tasks players with colonizing an alien planet, managing multiple characters in real time and interacting with other human-controlled characters; the engine keeps characters active after players log off. The title is in pre-alpha, with no release date announced and no confirmed pricing model—Klang is considering options such as pricing tied to the costs of simulating entities. The studio was founded in 2013 and relocated from Reykjavík to Berlin. Klang’s founders tout decades of MMO experience, including work on EVE Online and Dust 514. The company intends to use new funding to expand its development team and continue production on Seed. Klang is developing Seed, a persistent, massively multiplayer online world that emphasizes player-driven politics and ecosystems alongside AI-driven systems. Seed uses Improbable’s SpatialOS to enable large-scale simulations and supports gameplay that affects the planet’s economy and ecology. Harvard law professor Lawrence Lessig is designing the game’s political framework to let players experiment with governance forms ranging from minimal government to monarchy and various democracies. The studio plans to open an external playable version of Seed in early 2018 and is building tools to let communities persist and evolve even when players are offline. Klang will use the funding it raised to grow the studio and complete development of the first internal release of Seed. The company was founded in 2013 in Reykjavík, moved to Berlin, and its founders include former CCP Games developers; in 2016 it launched the mobile game ReRunners.

No current team members are available.