IDG Ventures et al. inject $6m into Next Games

The series-A round, which is also the company's first external investment round, was co-led by IDG Ventures and Jari Ovaskainen. Lowercase Capital, IDG Capital, AMC Networks Ventures and York Ventures also participated in the funding round, as well as private investors including Mich Mathews, Ken Lamb and Darren Throop.

The fresh capital will be used for creating more games, including a game based on popular TV series The Walking Dead.

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Founded in Helsinki in 2013, Next Games is a mobile game developer focusing on producing narrative-driven, free-to-play games.

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Teemu Huuhtanen is the CEO of Next Games.

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