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After the gold rush, FunPlus is starting a $50M game investment fund

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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The mobile gaming startup gold rush has ended, and many investors have moved on to virtual reality, augmented reality, and esports deals. But don’t tell FunPlus that. The Chinese mobile game company is starting a $50 million fund to invest in game startups.

The primary focus is mobile, but the fund will invest money across different platforms. The first investment that FunPlus has made is in Sirvo Studios, a startup run by Asher Vollmer, the creator of the hit indie games Threes and Puzzlejuice. Vollmer announced on Monday that Sirvo is working on a game called Guildings, pictured below. The mobile fantasy adventure game has a scheduled debut in 2017.

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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.