UMX in Saudi Arabia has raised $4.5M from Jetapult.
UMX in Saudi Arabia has raised $4.5M from Jetapult.
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Accel-backed Jetapult invests $4.5M in Saudi Arabian game studio UMX

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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UMX, a game studio based in Saudi Arabia, has raised $4.5 million from Jetapult, an investment company backed by Accel Partners.

Jetapult, an India-based global strategic investment company in the gaming landscape, said the investment was an all-cash transaction.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.