Unit 2 Games secures $5m investment from Makers Fund
Summary
"We knew we would need further investment by the end of 2019 so we first started looking in mid-2018, identifying preferred partners and attending a number of events throughout the year," CEO and founder Richard Smithies tells GamesIndustry.biz. "We had a strong vision for Crayta from the very beginning so continued to put a lot of time and effort into building our deck alongside the product itself, and had honed our pitch and demos during the year, too. " Makers Fund was one of the companies Unit 2 Games had previously highlighted as a potential good fit, so when the investor signed up for last years GamesIndustry.biz Investment Summit, the UK studio was determined to start the discussions. " Unit 2 Games has grown its team to roughly 40 people, and were even among the winners of this years GamesIndustry.biz Best Places To Work Awards UK. The $5 million will help the studio continue to build the Crayta platform ahead of its 2020 launch, as well as "establish a strong support community" for future creators and players.