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AcadArena: Funding, Investors & Team (Sep 2026)

AcadArena is building student gaming communities across Southeast Asia.

www.acadarena.com LinkedIn Iloilo, Philippines 11-50 employees
eSports Gaming
Total raised
$12.0M
Rounds
3
Latest
Series A
Mar 2023

AcadArena has raised $12.0M across 3 funding rounds on record, the most recent a Series A of $8.5M announced in Mar 2023.

That round is above the $4.0M median round size for Gaming companies tracked on FundedIQ over the last two years.

AcadArena Company Profile and Key Stats

Total funding raised
$12.0M
across 3 rounds on record
Funding rounds on record
3
1 with no disclosed amount
Latest funding round
Series A
$8.5M in Mar 2023
Employees
11-50
reported band
Headquarters
Iloilo, Philippines

Latest funding round on record: Mar 2023.

AcadArena Funding Rounds

Date
Round
Amount
Series A
$8.5M
Seed
$3.5M
Seed
Undisclosed

1 of 3 rounds was announced without a disclosed amount and is excluded from the total.

AcadArena announced a Seed in Oct 2021; the amount was not disclosed.

2 months later, a Seed of $3.5M was announced in Dec 2021.

1.3 years later, a Series A of $8.5M was announced in Mar 2023.

AcadArena Founders and Leadership Team

Name
Role
Contact
Justin Banusing
Founder
Ariane Lim
CEO

No contact details are on record for this team yet.

AcadArena Funding Compared to Other Gaming Startups

Segment
Companies
Median round
563
$4.0M
97
$4.9M
8,422
$15M

AcadArena's latest round of $8.5M is above the median round in Gaming. Medians cover the last 24 months of disclosed rounds.

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AcadArena Funding FAQs

What does AcadArena do?

AcadArena is building student gaming communities across Southeast Asia.

How much funding has AcadArena raised?

AcadArena has raised $12.0M across 3 rounds on record. The most recent is a Series A of $8.5M announced in Mar 2023.

When did AcadArena last raise funding?

AcadArena's most recent funding round on record is a Series A of $8.5M, announced in Mar 2023.

Who founded AcadArena?

FundedIQ lists Justin Banusing (Founder) at AcadArena.

Who is the CEO of AcadArena?

Ariane Lim is listed as CEO at AcadArena.

Where is AcadArena headquartered?

AcadArena is based in Iloilo, Philippines.

How many employees does AcadArena have?

AcadArena is in the 11-50 employee band.

How does AcadArena's funding compare to other Gaming startups?

AcadArena's latest round of $8.5M is above the $4.0M median round size for Gaming companies on FundedIQ across 563 tracked companies over the last two years.

About FundedIQ's AcadArena Funding Data

FundedIQ tracks announced funding rounds and refreshes this profile every week. Round dates, stages and amounts are normalised to a single format, converted to US dollars, and de-duplicated: two records of the same round announced days apart are merged, and two genuinely different rounds are kept apart on the amounts they disclose. Amounts shown are the disclosed figures only — a round announced without a number is listed and excluded from the total rather than estimated.

Employee counts are reported bands, not exact headcounts. Founder and executive names carry the job title on record. Anything we do not hold for AcadArena is left off this page rather than filled in.

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