HTML5 gaming studio Big Viking raises $21.75 million in funding

Canada isn’t just the home of major blockbuster publishers and developers, it’s also home to some of the fastest-growing social-gaming studios.

As part of that trend, Toronto-based Big Viking Games reported today that it has attracted $21.75 in funding from Canadian financial institutions. The Royal Bank of Canada led the round with $18 million in financing alongside Export Development Canada and $3.75 million from BDC Capital’s Growth and Transition division. Big Viking plans to use that cash to expand its efforts building HTML5 games for the web that load instantaneously for players around the world.