Griffin Gaming Partners raises $235 million to invest in games

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
November 9, 2020
Updated June 18, 2025
6 min

Venture capital fund Griffin Gaming Partners has raised $235 million to invest in game companies and related technologies around the world.

The video game industry is now expected to grow to $174.9 billion this year, according to market researcher Newzoo, which previously forecast 2020 would hit $160 billion. Due to the pandemic, the number of gamers has increased significantly, led by the U.S. with a 46% increase. Newzoo estimates that gaming will grow 248% in the next 10 years.

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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.