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Social First: Funding, Investors & Team (Sep 2026)

Social First is a new studio that specializes in cross-platform social sandbox MMO's. With successful testing in the market and a strong understanding of their audience, their current game is the result of years of data and experience, offering innovations in user-generated content, digital asset trading, and social gameplay. Supported by a growth strategy that does not rely on IDFA, they are poised to become a billion-dollar company. With a team of experienced professionals and the backing of Play Ventures, they have recently seen impressive engagement and retention during pre-alpha testing in June 2023.

www.socialfirstgames.com LinkedIn Helsinki, Finland 11-50 employees
Console Games Gaming MMO Games Online Games PC Games B2B
Total raised
$6.7M
Rounds
2
Latest
Seed
Aug 2024

Social First has raised $6.7M across 2 funding rounds on record, the most recent a Seed of $4.2M announced in Aug 2024.

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

Social First Company Profile and Key Stats

Total funding raised
$6.7M
across 2 rounds on record
Funding rounds on record
2
Latest funding round
Seed
$4.2M in Aug 2024
Employees
11-50
reported band
Headquarters
Helsinki, Finland

Latest funding round on record: Aug 2024.

Social First Funding Rounds

Date
Round
Amount
Seed
$4.2M
Pre-Seed
$2.5M

Social First raised $2.5M in a Pre-Seed announced in Jan 2022.

2.6 years later, a Seed of $4.2M was announced in Aug 2024.

Social First Founders and Leadership Team

Name
Role
Contact
Kim Soares
Founder
Locked

Contact details for the Social First team: 1 of 1 has an email address on file.

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Social First Funding Compared to Other Gaming Startups

Segment
Companies
Median round
563
$4.0M
368
$5.2M
16,485
$3.1M

Social First's latest round of $4.2M is in line with the median round in Gaming. Medians cover the last 24 months of disclosed rounds.

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Social First Funding FAQs

What does Social First do?

Social First is a new studio that specializes in cross-platform social sandbox MMO's. With successful testing in the market and a strong understanding of their audience, their current game is the result of years of data and experience, offering innovations in user-generated content, digital asset trading, and social gameplay. Supported by a growth strategy that does not rely on IDFA, they are poised to become a billion-dollar company. With a team of experienced professionals and the backing of Play Ventures, they have recently seen impressive engagement and retention during pre-alpha testing in June 2023.

How much funding has Social First raised?

Social First has raised $6.7M across 2 rounds on record. The most recent is a Seed of $4.2M announced in Aug 2024.

When did Social First last raise funding?

Social First's most recent funding round on record is a Seed of $4.2M, announced in Aug 2024.

Who founded Social First?

FundedIQ lists Kim Soares (Founder) at Social First.

Where is Social First headquartered?

Social First is based in Helsinki, Southern Finland, Finland.

How many employees does Social First have?

Social First is in the 11-50 employee band.

How does Social First's funding compare to other Gaming startups?

Social First's latest round of $4.2M is in line with the $4.0M median round size for Gaming companies on FundedIQ across 563 tracked companies over the last two years.

About FundedIQ's Social First 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 Social First is left off this page rather than filled in.

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