Hiber founders Michael Yngfors and
Hiber founders Michael Yngfors and Mattias Johansson.
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Hiber raises $800,000 for user-generated browser game platform

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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Swedish startup Hiber said it has raised $800,000 in a round of funding for its browser-based game platform that enables players to build and share their own games. The company’s goal is to expand game creation and help games reach wider audiences.

The funding came from Stockholm-based Luminar Ventures and others. The Gothenburg, Sweden-based company has a beta version of its browser-based game and entertainment creation platform online at Hiber World.

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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.