| Date | Title | Description |
| 02.03.2026 | Jest: $7 Million Raised To Launch Messaging Games Marketplace And $1 Million-Per-Title Developer Fund | Jest, a messaging games marketplace platform, has emerged from stealth with $7 million in seed funding led by Innovation Endeavors. The company also introduced the Jest Games Fund, which offers up to $1 million per title to accelerate devel... |
| 27.02.2026 | Jest Raises $7M in Seed Funding | Jest, a San Francisco, CA-based builder of a marketplace for messaging games, raised $7m in seed funding.
The round was led by Innovation Endeavors.
The company intends to use the funds to scale the platform and onboard the first wave of st... |
| 12.11.2018 | Pocket Gems’ Wild Beyond bring core real-time strategy to mobile | Core games are faring better on mobile these days, and that’s the trend that Pocket Gems is seizing upon with the unveiling of Wild Beyond, a mobile game that blends real-time strategy and collectible card games.
The free-to-play, sci-fi ti... |
| 12.11.2018 | Pocket Gems’ Wild Beyond bring core real-time strategy to mobile | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Core games are faring better on mobile these days, and that’s the trend that Pocket Gems is seizing upon with the unveiling of Wild Bey... |
| 25.01.2018 | Ludia’s ‘What’s Your Story?’ turns shows like Project Runway into interactive stories | Ludia is moving into the interactive story market today with the launch of What’s Your Story?, a mobile game where fans can craft their own fiction based on popular Hollywood franchises.
In the interactive story genre popularized by other m... |
| 25.01.2018 | Ludia’s ‘What’s Your Story?’ turns shows like Project Runway into interactive stories | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Ludia is moving into the interactive story market today with the launch of What’s Your Story?, a mobile game where fans can craft their... |
| 01.12.2017 | Pocket Gems launches Pitch Perfect interactive mobile story | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Pocket Gems and Universal Studios have launched an interactive story for the Episode mobile app based on the Pitch Perfect films. The P... |
| 16.10.2017 | Pocket Gems launches Atlas expansion for War Dragons | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Pocket Gems is launching the first major expansion for its War Dragons mobile game. Dubbed Atlas, the expansion will open up the world ... |
| 16.08.2017 | Pocket Gems’ Episode brings back Clueless as an interactive mobile game | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
More than two decades after Clueless made its big impression on teens as a film, it is coming back as an interactive mobile game on Poc... |
| 20.07.2017 | Pocket Gems’ Episode app will get Pitch Perfect interactive story | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Pocket Gems and Universal Studios are launching an interactive story for the Episode mobile app based on the Pitch Perfect films. The p... |
| 12.05.2017 | Pocket Gems Raises $90m in Funding | Pocket Gems, a San Francisco, CA-based developer of original mobile games and interactive entertainment, raised $90m in funding.
Tencent made this additional investment. Following the round, Pocket Gems will continue to operate independentl... |
| 12.05.2017 | Tencent invests $90m in US mobile game developer Pocket Gems | Premium
Chinese Internet service major Tencent Holdings Inc. has invested $90 million in San Francisco-based Pocket Gems Inc., a mobile games developer that has launched “Episode” and “War Dragons”. Post-money valuation of the firm stands a... |
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| 11.05.2017 | Tencent doubles down on game studio Pocket Gems with $90M investment | Chinese internet Tencent has continued its recent investment spree after it backed U.S.-based game studio Pocket Gems to the tune of $90 million.
Tencent invested in Pocket Gems back in 2015, when it put in a reported $60 million for a 20 p... |
| 11.05.2017 | Tencent poured $90 million into Pocket Gems because of two shiny jewels | Mobile game publisher Pocket Gems announced today that it has raised $90 million in new funding from Chinese Internet company Tencent, which is also the world’s largest game company.
The funding amount is high in part because Pocket Gems ha... |
| 11.05.2017 | Tencent poured $90 million into Pocket Gems because of two shiny jewels | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Mobile game publisher Pocket Gems announced today that it has raised $90 million in new funding from Chinese Internet company Tencent, ... |
| 14.12.2016 | Pretty Little Liars gets its own Episode in Pocket Gems’ hit storytelling app | Pretty Little Liars is debuting today on Pocket Gems’ Episode interactive storytelling mobile app. The app will give fans the chance to continue following their favorite characters from the Pretty Little Liars television show, even after it... |
| 14.12.2016 | Pretty Little Liars gets its own Episode in Pocket Gems’ hit storytelling app | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Pretty Little Liars is debuting today on Pocket Gems’ Episode interactive storytelling mobile app. The app will give fans the chance to... |
| 08.04.2016 | How Millennials and Gen Z Use Mobile [INFOGRAPHIC] | Each year mobile adoption continues to grow, but for some generations it’s more rapid than others. For others, adoption may be high, but their age may also affect how often they use smartphones and other mobile devices.
In a recent study co... |
| 14.05.2015 | Pocket Gems Receives Minority Investment from Tencent | Pocket Gems, a San Francisco, CA-based developer of original mobile games and interactive entertainment, received a minority investment from Tencent.
The company intends to use the proceeds and the partnership with Tencent to expand into gl... |
| 13.05.2015 | Mobile studio Pocket Gems gets a minority investment from Tencent to move into China | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Update: Tencent is paying $60 million for a 20 pe... |
| 13.05.2015 | Tencent Backs Mobile Gaming Company Pocket Gems | Pocket Gems announced today that it has taken an investment from Chinese Internet company Tencent. The funding will allow the mobile gaming company to expand globally, including into China.
The companies did not disclose the size of the dea... |
| 16.04.2015 | War Dragons joins crowd targeting hardcore gamers, not Candy Crush casuals | Pocket Gems is known for gentle and casual games like Paradise Cove. But not anymore. The company is releasing its War Dragons, its first hardcore game, for mobile on iOS today.
The real-time strategy title represents a new visual high for ... |
| 16.04.2015 | War Dragons joins crowd targeting hardcore gamers, not Candy Crush casuals | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Pocket Gems is known for gentle and casual games like Paradise Cove. But not anymore. The company is releasing its War Dragons, its fir... |
| 21.02.2015 | Four Pitfalls Hollywood Must Avoid To Keep Up With The Kardashians On Mobile | Jameel Khalfan Contributor
Editor’s note: Jameel Khalfan oversees IP deals at Pocket Gems, a mobile-first games and entertainment developer.
When Apple launched the iPhone in 2007, the world was immediately changed forever and the web gave ... |
| 04.12.2014 | Pocket Gems launches Night at the Museum: Hidden Treasures mobile game | Pocket Gems has partnered with Fox to create a mobile game based on the upcoming Night at the Museum movie. It’s another example of how brands are diving into mobile games and mobile game publishers are adopting brands to help their titles ... |
| 04.12.2014 | Pocket Gems launches Night at the Museum: Hidden Treasures mobile game | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Pocket Gems has partnered with Fox to create a mobile game based on the upcoming Night at the Museum movie. It’s another example of how... |
| 04.09.2014 | Comedy Central partners with Pocket Gems to create interactive mobile stories based on TV show | In a unique deal that brings some cool brands together, Pocket Gems is partnering with Comedy Central to turn the Ugly Americans animated television comedy series into interactive stories. Those stories will appear as tales on Pocket Gems’ ... |
| 04.09.2014 | Comedy Central partners with Pocket Gems to create interactive mobile stories based on TV show | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
In a unique deal that brings some cool brands together, Pocket Gems is partnering with Comedy Central to turn the Ugly Americans animat... |
| 08.07.2014 | TC Cribs: Pocket Gems, Where The Office Gets Snazzed Up $100 At A Time | Today’s episode of Cribs brings us to Pocket Gems, the San Francisco mobile entertainment startup.
Pocket Gems just might have the most amount of personal “flair” items around the office of any company I’ve visited, and that’s saying someth... |
| 20.02.2014 | Pocket Gems Launches Episode, A Platform For Interactive Mobile Stories | Mobile gaming company Pocket Gems is taking a new approach to telling stories on smartphones with the launch of a new platform called Episode.
CEO Ben Liu hinted at this last month when he talked about the company’s growth, saying that this... |
| 20.02.2014 | Mobile game maker Pocket Gems expands to interactive stories with Episode | Mobile game maker Pocket Gems is venturing into new territory with the release of Episode, a platform for interactive stories on mobile devices.
Above: A screenshot from Episode — the choice is yours.
Image Credit: Pocket Gems
Episode is an... |
| 05.02.2014 | Apportable gets $5M for iOS to Android interoperability | StartX startup already generating single-digit millions in revenue
In case you’ve been hiding beneath a rock, we’re in the midst of a paradigm shift from desktop to mobile.
By end of this year, about 22% of people in the world will own a sm... |
| 30.01.2014 | Mobile Gaming Company Pocket Gems Says It Reached $82M In Revenue Last Year | Sequoia Capital-backed mobile gaming company Pocket Gems is releasing revenue numbers for the first time, saying that it saw $82 million in revenue last year.
That’s a best for the company, which was founded in 2009, and reflects 32 percent... |
| 20.11.2013 | With Epic Empire, Pocket Gems aims to prove casual mobile gamers aren’t dead | With Zynga on the ropes, casual mobile games aren’t king anymore. But Pocket Gems isn’t forsaking the casual mobile gamer, and it’s targeting those players with Epic Empire: A Hero’s Quest.
Despite the hardcore name, Epic Empire: A Hero’s Q... |
| 08.06.2013 | The Zen of Entrepreneurship | Rizwan Virk is an entrepreneur, author, investor, and film-maker. He was co founder of Gameview Studios, maker of the popular Tap Fish mobile game, which was downloaded over 30 million times, and was an angel investor in Tapjoy, Pocket Gems... |
| 09.05.2013 | Mobile game Airport Scanner helping TSA officers screen luggage more accurately | Pocket Gems is bringing The Kedlin Company’s surprise hit, Airport Scanner, to the Android market in June.
Airport Scanner is one of those weird games that you’d never have thought to become so popular. But the title reached No. 1 in Apple’... |
| 11.03.2013 | Pocket Gems clears 100M game downloads and 150 employees (exclusive) | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
With more than 100 million downloads to date, Pocket Gems has made it into the top ranks of mobile game companies. The San Francisco-ba... |
| 14.11.2012 | Mobile game startup Pocket Gems appoints No. 2 exec as CEO | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Fast-growing mobile games startup Pocket Gems has appointed chief operating officer Ben Liu (pictured) as its new chief executive offic... |
| 27.08.2012 | Pocket Gems Eyes A Younger Female Audience With Tap Campus Life | Pocket Gems, a Sequoia Capital-backed mobile gaming startup, is eyeing a younger female demographic with a new game out today — Tap Campus Life. It puts the company in more direct competition with rivals like Crowdstar, which is behind fash... |
| 27.06.2012 | Pocket Gems launches All Talk voice-based mobile game | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
With hundreds of thousands of mobile games available on smartphones, innovating isn’t that easy. But Pocket Gems hopes to stand out fro... |
| 27.06.2012 | Pocket Gems launches All Talk voice-based mobile game | With hundreds of thousands of mobile games available on smartphones, innovating isn’t that easy. But Pocket Gems hopes to stand out from the crowd with a unique voice-based game that it is unveiling today.
The new game, All Talk, is differe... |
| 02.06.2012 | How Do Top Android Developers QA Test Their Apps? | A couple weeks ago I ran this post showing how one Hong Kong developer, Animoca, tests its Android games. The company, which has had more than 70 million downloads, tests every one of their apps on about 400 different devices. The photo abo... |
| 02.03.2012 | Pocket Gems grows fast with its “mobile first” game business | Pocket Gems was one of the early “mobile first” game companies that did nothing but make games for mobile devices. The company was founded by Stanford University students in 2009 and it has never stopped running.
All 13 of the company’s gam... |
| 18.04.2011 | How “mobile ads 2.0” will let you take control of your monetization | Editor’s Note: This discussion about mobile economy is one of the five themes we will be focusing on at the VentureBeat Mobile Summit, on April 25-26. We’ve carefully invited the top executives in mobile to discuss the biggest challenges of... |
| 15.12.2010 | Mobile Gaming Startup Pocket Gems Raises $5 Million From Sequoia Capital | Most of the buzz around casual gaming may be focused on Facebook, but it’s also becoming a powerful phenomenon on the iPhone, where some companies like ngmoco have managed to turn their free applications into revenue powerhouses fueled by v... |
| 15.12.2010 | Pocket Gems Raises $5M in Growth Financing | Pocket Gems, a San Francisco, CA-based developer of mobile social games, has raised $5m in growth financing.
The round was led by Sequoia Capital, with participation from Michael Dearing, an eBay veteran and associate professor at the Stanf... |
| 15.12.2010 | Pocket Gems fills its pockets with $5M from Sequoia for iPhone games | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Pocket Gems has raised $5 million in funding from Sequoia Capital and other Silicon Valley luminaries as it competes in the crowded iPh... |
| 15.12.2010 | Pocket Gems fills its pockets with $5M from Sequoia for iPhone games | Pocket Gems has raised $5 million in funding from Sequoia Capital and other Silicon Valley luminaries as it competes in the crowded iPhone game market.
The small San Francisco company has had five major hits on the iPhone, even though its f... |
