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Playstudios

10150 Covington Cross Drive, Las Vegas, NV, 89144, United States

Overview

PLAYSTUDIOS is the developer and operator of award-winning free-to-play casual games for mobile and social platforms. The company’s collection of original and published titles is powered by its groundbreaking playAWARDS loyalty marketing platform, which enables players to earn real-world rewards from a portfolio of global entertainment, retail, technology, travel, leisure, and gaming brands across 17 countries and four continents. Founded by a team of veteran gaming, hospitality, and technology entrepreneurs, they bring together beautifully designed mobile gaming content with an innovative loyalty platform in order to provide its players with an unequaled entertainment experience and its partners with actionable business insights.

Total investments
1
Lead investments
0
Investments · 12mo
0
Active investors
8

Sector focus

  • Apps
  • Casual Games
  • Loyalty Programs
  • Mobile Apps
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Investment portfolio

  • Forte

    Participated · Series B · Nov 2021

    Forte offers an end-to-end platform that lets game publishers integrate blockchain features such as embeddable token wallets, NFT minting/sales, payment rails, and tools for managing digital and virtual assets. The platform emphasizes built-in compliance and security for regulated activity, including money transmittal, anti‑money laundering, tax compliance, and IP protection. Forte highlights customizability and interoperability across multiple blockchains, with pathways to Layer‑1 and Layer‑2 networks and cross‑chain portability. The company is currently invite-only and in private testing, working with 40+ game developer partners and reaching 15M+ players across partner games. Forte positions itself to help publishers transition from initial NFT introduction to long-term in-game economies and player-to-player marketplaces. The team includes industry veterans from Unity, Riot, EA, Sony, Rockstar and others, and the company says its mission is to prepare developers of all sizes for blockchain gaming. Forte offers an end-to-end blockchain economic platform that lets game developers create fungible tokens and non-fungible tokens (NFTs) and build scalable token-based game economies. The company is currently invite-only and in private testing and works with 25+ game developer partners. Its platform has enabled 5M+ NFTs minted and reaches 8M+ players across partner games. Forte is engaged with industry veterans and developer projects from creators such as Will Wright and Jeff Tunnell, and previously announced partners include Hi-Rez Studios, Penrose, nWay, and others. The company plans to use new funding to accelerate development of its platform and expand access to developers, players, and fans. The team includes longtime industry members from Unity, ngmoco, Riot Games, Electronic Arts, Sony, and Rockstar Games.

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