Who invested in NaturalMotion

3 rounds we have observed, with the 3 investors named in them. Every figure came from a named source, and where the company reported a raise to the SEC itself, that is shown beside it.

Gaming

Funding summaryUpdated 26 Oct 2026

$11Mraised across 3 rounds since 2001, from 3 sources

Latest round: Series B, $11MJun 2012
Investors: 3

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The funding story

Each circle is a round, placed by date and sized by amount. The line above is the running total.

200120032005200720092011

?Venture?Round$11MSeries B

First round: Venture
Biggest round: $11M
Usual gap between rounds: 6.3 years

The rounds

Jun 2012
Series B$11M1 new
- Benchmark
From a historical funding record
Mar 2006
RoundAmount undisclosed1 new
- Balderton Capital
From a historical funding record
Feb 2001
VentureAmount undisclosed1 new
- Simon Murdoch
From a historical funding record

Who was in which round

The busiest backers across the latest rounds. A filled square is a round they joined; a dark one, a round they led.

Venture2001Round2006Series B2012

Benchmark

Balderton CapitalSimon Murdoch

The exit

ExitBuyerPriceWhen

AcquiredZynga$527MJan 2014

From historical deal records. Wrong? Tell us.

Everyone who backed them

BenchmarkVC firm1round

Balderton CapitalVC firm1round

Simon MurdochAngel1round

Missing a round, or an investor who was in one? Tell us.

Also claim to have backed them

This firm lists NaturalMotion as a portfolio company on their own website, but no report of a round names it. They are the firms' own claims, kept apart from the rounds above.