PlayCanvas - About the company
PlayCanvas is an acquired company based in London (United Kingdom), founded in 2011 by David Evans and Will Eastcott. It operates as a Cloud-hosted HTML5 game development platform. PlayCanvas has raised $503K in funding. The company has 323 active competitors, including 36 funded and 19 that have exited. Its top competitors include companies like Epic Games, Sky Mavis and Unity.
Company Details
PlayCanvas is a cloud-hosted HTML5 game development platform with the browser-based interface. It focuses on real-time collaboration, device independence, and social networking. Has developed multiple games including "Tanx", which is a tank battle browser game developed by PlayCanvas. It has collaborative real-time Editor that allows editing project by multiple developers simultaneously. The engine supports the WebGL 1.0 and 2.0 standard to produce GPU accelerated 3D graphics and allows for scripting via the JavaScript programming language.
- Website
- playcanvas.com
- Social
Key Metrics
Founded Year
2011
Location
London, United Kingdom
Stage
Acquired
Total Funding
$503K in 3 rounds
Latest Funding Round
Investors
Ranked
18th among 323 active competitors
Employee Count
11 - 50 as on Jul 01, 2024
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Exit Details
Acquired by Snapchat (Mar 24, 2018)
Legal entities associated with PlayCanvas
PlayCanvas is associated with 1 legal entity given below:
Legal Entity Name | Date of Incorporation | Revenue | Latest Employee Count | Documents |
|---|---|---|---|---|
PLAYCANVAS LTD CIN: 7627374 , Germany, Active | May 08, 2011 | - | - |
PlayCanvas's acquisition details
PlayCanvas got acquired by Snapchat on Mar 24, 2018.
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PlayCanvas's funding and investors
PlayCanvas has raised a total funding of $503K over 3 rounds. Its first funding round was on Sep 27, 2013. Its latest funding round was a Seed round on Nov 19, 2014 for $*****. 1 investor participated in its latest round. PlayCanvas has 9 institutional investors.
Here is the list of recent funding rounds of PlayCanvas:
Date of Funding | Funding Amount | Round Name | Post-Money Valuation | Revenue Multiple | Lead Investors | Other Investors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nov 19, 2014 | 8098417 | Seed | 3284643 | 2528308 | 4112738 | 2837865 |
Dec 05, 2013 | 7998567 | Seed | 4700163 | 9099253 | 1780759 | |
Sep 27, 2013 | 9979449 | Seed | 2354920 | 1366890 | 7263170 |
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PlayCanvas' founders and board of directors
Founder? Claim ProfileThe founders of PlayCanvas are David Evans and Will Eastcott.
Here are the details of PlayCanvas' key team members:
- David Evans: CTO & Co-founder of PlayCanvas. They are also an angel investor in 7 startups and serve on the board of 1 company.
- Will Eastcott: Co-Founder & CEO of PlayCanvas.
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PlayCanvas' employee count trend
PlayCanvas has 11 - 50 employees as of Jul 24. Here is PlayCanvas's employee count trend over the years:
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PlayCanvas's Competitors and alternates
Top competitors of PlayCanvas include Epic Games, Sky Mavis and Unity. Here is the list of Top 10 competitors of PlayCanvas, ranked by Tracxn score:
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Rank | Company Details | Short Description | Total Funding | Investors | Tracxn Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1st | Epic Games 1991, Cary (United States), Series F | Digital distribution platform for desktop PC games | $8.13B | 83/100 | |
2nd | Developer of blockchain games and infrastructure for player-owned digital economies | $311M | 70/100 | ||
3rd | Unity 2004, San Francisco (United States), Public | Developer of a real-time development platform for 2D and 3D content | $894M | 67/100 | |
4th |  Inworld AI 2021, Mountain View (United States), Series A | Developer of AI tools for real-time conversational applications and voice agents | $117M | 63/100 | |
5th | Unreal Engine 1991, Cary (United States), Funding Raised | Game engine developed by Epic Games | - | 61/100 | |
6th | Games2win Media 2005, Mumbai (India), Series B | Developer of mobile-based multi-genre games | $13.1M | 60/100 | |
7th | Developer of 2D and 3D game engines and development tools | $50M | 58/100 | ||
8th |  Manticore Games 2016, San Mateo (United States), Series C | Video game development company specializing in PC & console games | $164M | 52/100 | |
9th | Digital eclipse 1992, San Francisco (United States), Acquired | Preserving and enhancing classic video games for future generations | - | - | 52/100 |
10th | Corona Labs 2008, Palo Alto (United States), Acquired | Cross-platform game development framework provider | $4.75M | 51/100 | |
18th | PlayCanvas 2011, London (United Kingdom), Acquired | Cloud-hosted HTML5 game development platform | $503K | 43/100 |
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PlayCanvas's Investments and acquisitions
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