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Embrace raises $20M to help devs build better mobile games and apps

Embrace, which has a suite of tools to enable mobile developers to build better games and apps, has raised $20 million in funding.

Based in Culver City, California, the company was started by CEO Eric Futoran, who was previously one of the cofounders of Scopely, which Savvy Gaming Group bought for $4.9 billion this year.

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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.