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November 30, 2021

Andreessen Horowitz powers €20m raise for MMO game studio Mainframe 

Mainframe is building a cloud-native multiplayer online game 


Mimi Billing

4 min read

Mainframe is working on a cloud-native MMO game

The Nordics have long been known for gaming prowess; some of European tech’s biggest early successes, including Supercell and Rovio, came from Finland.

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Mimi Billing

Mimi Billing is Sifted's Europe editor, based in Stockholm. She covers the Nordics and can be found on X and LinkedIn

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