{"id":1797,"date":"2020-07-20T08:00:51","date_gmt":"2020-07-20T15:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gamesround.com\/blog\/?p=1797"},"modified":"2020-08-10T16:53:41","modified_gmt":"2020-08-10T23:53:41","slug":"traplight-games-closes-e8m-investment-round","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gamesround.com\/blog\/traplight-games-closes-e8m-investment-round","title":{"rendered":"Traplight games closes \u20ac8m investment round"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> Finland-based mobile games studio secured \u20ac8m in funding.  <br><br> The round was led by EQT Ventures with additional finance from Play Ventures, Initial capital, and Hearcore Capital. The investment will be used to expand the adoption of its new game, Battle Legion. <br><br> Founded in 2010 by Sami Kalliokoski, Jari Paananen and Riku Rakkola, Traplight is a mobile game studio with a team of 30, who build mid-core games.<br><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p> &#8220;Many of today&#8217;s top-grossing mobile games have been produced by Nordic  gaming studios and the Traplight team is set to continue this rich  heritage.&#8221;<\/p><cite> EQT Ventures partner and investment advisor Lars J\u00f6rnow <\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> Traplight has success with a Big Band Racer game, which was named &#8220;The  Best Game of AppStore 2016&#8221; and in the years since, Traplight has been  developing Battle Legion, a mass auto-battle multiplayer title for iOS  and Android.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Finland-based mobile games studio secured \u20ac8m in funding. The round was led by EQT Ventures with additional finance from Play Ventures, Initial capital, and Hearcore Capital. The investment will be used to expand the adoption of its new game, Battle Legion. 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