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Hottest 100 Private Game Companies Ranked by Momentum Index
Sector: Gaming  (100 companies ranked)
Released: June 30, 2011
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We are amazed at the sheer number of companies trying to entertain with games online, in our living room, and while we are mobile. In our database, we have almost 500 venture-backed companies in the space, broadly defined. Here, we have listed the top 100 we keep our eyes on with more and more popping up everyday. Over the next few years, we expect to see increased consolidation as Zynga goes public and companies like EA and Disney feel the pressure to compete with them for our eyeballs.
Highlights
Our Favorite: zynga
Coolest Start-up: KABAM
Most Likely to be Acquired: SPIL Games

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10 hot start-ups we like.

Momentum Index Top 20 List

Here are the hottest 20 gaming companies ranked by Momentum Index along with out take on each. The remaining 80 follow.

Rank Company Momentum Index Total Reported Fundraising Our Take
1 100.0 $519,000,000 OUR FAVORITE
With yet another hit on its hands, Zynga has convinced us that it knows how to acquire customers better than anyone else does. In a market where producing games is cheap and barriers to entry are low, customer acquisitions and LTV are the competitive advantages that matter. We wonder how many hits it will take before our friends in the traditional games business admit that maybe Zynga is here to stay.
2 95.0 Valve should release a strategy game called “How much money will it take for the founders to sell this business?”
3 88.9 $22,500,000 Who doesn’t love Plants Versus Zombies? Rumours are that EA is buying PopCap for $1B.
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Comments:
  • Mr.Boss

    No Way lol! thought treyarch and infinityward would be on here but i guess these are more like websites than actual game producers

    • http://twitter.com/benjamindblack benjamindblack

      Hey Mr. Boss.  Treyarch has an incomplete crunchbase and Infinityward has no crunchbase record, so they don’t get considered since they are our base datasource. 

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