LVP's new $80 million will focus on game investments.

London Venture Partners raises $80 million game industry seed fund

London Venture Partners (LVP) has raised an $80 million seed fund to invest in a new generation of game industry startups.

The seed fund is the third investment fund for LVP, which has had a stellar record of investing in high-profile game companies like Supercell, the Helsinki-based maker of Clash Royale and Clash of Clans; Unity Technologies, maker of the Unity game engine; and NaturalMotion, which was acquired by Zynga for $527 million. LVP’s portfolio of companies have been valued above $18 billion.

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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.