US-based game developer Trion Worlds closed an $85m series D round on Thursday from investors including Bertelsmann Digital Media Investments (BDMI), the corporate venturing fund belonging to media conglomerate Bertelsmann. The round was led by the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan (Teachers’).
The news follows an announcement made in October by Trion Worlds chief executive Lars Buttler stating that Trion was planning a flotation at some point in the future. Trion Worlds has now raised $192m in four rounds since it was founded in 2006.
The last major funding raised by Trion was a $70m series C round, in 2008, which saw BDMI investing alongside corporate venturing units Time Warner Investments and Peacock Equity, and venture capital firms Doll Capital Management, Rustic Canyon Partners and Trinity Ventures.
Trion released its first game, a massively multiplayer online role playing game (MMORPG) called Rift, in March, and pulled in more than…
