{"id":11237,"date":"2025-05-02T16:02:14","date_gmt":"2025-05-02T10:32:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thecatalystonline.com\/?p=11237"},"modified":"2025-05-02T16:02:14","modified_gmt":"2025-05-02T10:32:14","slug":"dream-games-hits-a-new-milestone-with-5b-valuation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/catalyst2.paperboats.in\/?p=11237","title":{"rendered":"Dream Games hits a new milestone with $5B valuation"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thecatalystonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-05-02-at-15.13.11_e9ab1e1a-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11238\" style=\"width:379px;height:auto\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Image Credit &#8211; Dream Games<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>European private equity firm CVC\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/markets\/companies\/CVC.AS\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">(CVC.AS), <\/a>\u00a0will invest in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dreamgames.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" title=\"\">Dream Games,<\/a> the mobile games developer known for &#8220;Royal Match&#8221; and &#8220;Royal Kingdom&#8221; said on Thursday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The transaction, which includes debt provided by funds managed by Blackstone and other investors, values Dream Games in around $5 billion, according to a source with knowledge of the deal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>CVC will buy out Dream Games&#8217; initial venture capital partners and become its sole equity partner as part of the deal that it said will boost development of new games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The transaction is subject to regulatory approvals and is expected to be completed in the third quarter of 2025, Dream Games&#8217; statement said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Their (CVC&#8217;s) experience investing in category-leading companies, and track-record of supporting the long-term vision of founding teams, make them ideal partners as we continue to enhance our global leadership,&#8221; said Soner Aydemir, co-founder and CEO of Dream Games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It said Royal Match is the leading global puzzle game by revenue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Content Courtesy &#8211; Reuters<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dream Games marks a significant leap in its growth and success within the industry, solidifying its position as a leader in the gaming space<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13820,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"pmpro_default_level":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[59],"tags":[],"post_template":[],"top_category":[],"class_list":["post-11237","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-segments","pmpro-has-access"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/catalyst2.paperboats.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11237","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/catalyst2.paperboats.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/catalyst2.paperboats.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/catalyst2.paperboats.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/catalyst2.paperboats.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11237"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/catalyst2.paperboats.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11237\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/catalyst2.paperboats.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/13820"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/catalyst2.paperboats.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11237"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/catalyst2.paperboats.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11237"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/catalyst2.paperboats.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11237"},{"taxonomy":"post_template","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/catalyst2.paperboats.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fpost_template&post=11237"},{"taxonomy":"top_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/catalyst2.paperboats.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftop_category&post=11237"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}