Cloudcade raises $1.55M for mid-core mobile game studio with a global focus

Cloudcade has raised $1.55 million in a first round of funding for its mobile gaming studio focused on mid-core games, or titles for hardcore fans who don’t have a lot of time to play.

The company is a good example of how international the game business has become. Cofounder and chief executive Di Huang is based in San Francisco, while most of the team and chief technology officer Mathieu Rouleau are based in Saint-Lambert, Canada, near Montreal. And the venture backer is IDG Capital Partners, which is based in Beijing.

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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.