Epic Games

About

Epic Games is an interactive entertainment company that develops games and offers its game engine technology to other developers.

Cary,North Carolina,United States
5001 - 10000
http://www.epicgames.com

Highlights

Details

Last Funding Type: Series Unknown
Last Funding Money Raised: $2B
Industries: Developer Platform,Gaming,Software,Video Games
Founded date: Jan 1, 1991
Number Of Employee: 5001 - 10000
Operating Status: Active
Legal Name: Epic Games, Inc.
Also Known As: Epic MegaGames ,Epic

Epic Games is an American video game and software company that creates games and offers its game engine technology to other developers. It specializes in developing games, and engine technology and operates a game store that empowers others to make quality games and 3D content, thereby providing game developers the ability to build high-fidelity, interactive experiences for PC, console, mobile, and virtual reality devices.

The company was founded in 1991 and is headquartered in Cary, North Carolina.

Funding Rounds

Number of Funding Rounds

Total Funding Amount

12

$6.36B

Epic Games has raised a total of $6.36B in funding over 2 rounds. Their latest funding was raised on Aug 12, 2022 from a Secondary Market round.

Announced Date	Round	Money Raised	Number of Investors	Lead Investors	Post Valuation
Aug 12, 2022	Secondary Market	—	1	—	—	Detail
Apr 11, 2022	Series Unknown	$2B	2	KIRKBI Sony	—	Detail
Aug 16, 2021	Secondary Market	—	1	—	—	Detail
Apr 13, 2021	Series Unknown	$1B	19	—	—	Detail
Mar 15, 2021	Secondary Market	—	2	—	—	Detail

Investments

Number of Investments

Number of Lead Investments

21

10

Epic Games has made 21 investments. Their most recent investment was on Nov 16, 2022, when Arcturus raised $11M.

Date Company Name	Round	Money Raised	Industry	Lead Investor
Nov 16, 2022 Arcturus	Series A	$11M	Apps	—
Sep 23, 2022 Hadean	Series A	$30M	Cloud Computing	—
Apr 13, 2022 Aquiris	Corporate Round	—	3D Technology	Yes
Feb 1, 2022 M-XR	Funding Round	—	3D Technology	—
Feb 1, 2022 Spire Animation Studios	Series Unknown	$20M	Animation	Yes

Investors

Number of Lead Investors

Number of Investors

7

40

Epic Games is funded by 40 investors. KIRKBI and Sony are the most recent investors.

Investor Name	Lead Investor	Funding Round
KIRKBI	Yes	Series Unknown
Sony	Yes	Series Unknown
Vulcan Capital	Yes	Series Unknown
Disney Accelerator	Yes	Seed
Tencent	Yes	Corporate Round
Stableton Financial	—	Secondary Market
Bracket Capital	—	Secondary Market
AllianceBernstein	—	Series Unknown
Appaloosa Management	—	Series Unknown
Arrive	—	Series Unknown

Employee Profiles

Number of Employee Profiles

94

Epic Games has 94 current employee profiles, including Employee Chance Ivey

Employee

Executive

Employee

Executive

Employee

Acquisition

Epic Games has acquired 18 organizations. Their most recent acquisition was Cloudgine on Jan 22, 2018. They acquired Cloudgine for 0.

Date Company Name	Industry	Acquisition Type	Price
Jan 22, 2018 Cloudgine	Computer	acquisition	—	Detail
Oct 8, 2018 Kamu	Security	acquisition	—	Detail
Jan 23, 2019 3Lateral	Gaming	acquisition	—	Detail
Jan 24, 2019 Agog Labs	Computer Vision	acquisition	—	Detail
May 1, 2019 Psyonix	Marketing	acquihire	—	Detail