Epic Games

Video games, including Fortnite, and Unreal Engine, a real-time 3D engine licensed to game developers and to film, visualization and other industries. It also runs the Epic Games Store, a digital storefront for PC games.

Consumer & mediaVideo games and real-time 3D engine softwareCary, United States
FoundersSince 1991
Valuation
$23B
Total raised
$7.9B
Last round · Feb 2024
Equity investment
Founded
1991
Employees
4,000
Quarters in VP50
22

Valuation

$10B$100B201920202021202220232024$23B
Epic Games priced rounds
RoundDatePost-money valuationRaisedLed by
Funding roundOct 26, 2018$15B$1.3BAXiomatic Gaming, KKR & Co., Kleiner Perkins, and Vulcan Capital
Funding roundAug 6, 2020$17B$1.8BUnknown
Funding roundApr 13, 2021$29B$1.0BUnknown
Funding roundApr 11, 2022$32B$2.0BUnknown
Equity investmentFeb 7, 2024$23B$1.5BThe Walt Disney Company
Post-money valuation at each priced round. Log scale.Hover a point for the round

Updated

In VP50

  1. Q4 2023: #7
  2. Q1 2024: #7
  3. Q2 2024: #8
  4. Q3 2024: #11
  5. Q4 2024: #11
  6. Q1 2025: #14
  7. Q2 2025: #17
  8. Q3 2025: #31
  9. Q4 2025: #32
  10. Q1 2026: no place
  11. Q2 2026: no place
  12. Q3 2026: no place
  13. Q4 2026: no place

Place by quarter since Q4 2023. Best place #3, held for two quarters in a row.

Funding rounds

DateRound · leadRaisedValuation
Feb 7, 2024Equity investment · The Walt Disney Company$1.5B$23B
Apr 11, 2022Funding round$2.0B$32B
Apr 13, 2021Funding round$1.0B$29B
Aug 6, 2020Funding round$1.8B$17B
Oct 26, 2018Funding round · AXiomatic Gaming, KKR & Co., Kleiner Perkins, Vulcan Capital$1.3B$15B
Jul 2012Minority investment · Tencent$330M—

Team

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