Fortnite' Publisher Epic Games Closes $1.78 Billion Funding Round At $17.3 Billion Valuation - Tubefilter

Epic Games, the publisher behind blockbuster title Fortnite, has announced today a seismic $1.78 million funding round, which it says values the company at $17.3 billion dollars. The round includes a previously-announced $250 million investment from Sony, which gave it a 1.4% stake in Epic, and which execs at the time said paved the way for further collaborations in gaming and across the larger entertainment landscape. Other participants in Epic's latest round include Baillie Gifford, funds and accounts managed by BlackRock, Fidelity Management & Research Company, Lightspeed Venture Partners, the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Board, funds and accounts advised by T. Rowe Price Associates, and David Tepper. Existing investors KKR and Smash Ventures also added to their 2018 investment. Epic, founded in 1991, has now raised a total of $3.6 billion in venture funding, per Crunchbase. “Having the support of leaders in the financial community accelerates Epic’s efforts to build a new kind of digital ecosystem using real-time 3D technology, services that connect hundreds of millions of people, and a digital storefront that offers a fair business model,” CEO Tim Sweeney, who will retain control of the company after the funding, said in a statement. “We are delighted to have them as part of the Epic family.” Epic Games, the publisher behind blockbuster title Fortnite, has announced today a seismic $1.78 million funding round, which it says values the company at $17.3 billion dollars.

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