PlayCanvas, a cloud-hosted games development platform, has secured £300,000 ($470,000) in seed backing from DC Thomson Ventures, the corporate venture capital arm of media firm DC Thomson.
The London-based startup, founded in 2011 by former executives from games publisher Activision and tech giant Sony, has been working with the corporate venturer over the past year after being invited seven months ago to IdeaLondon, an incubator founded by DC Thomson Ventures, tech firm Cisco, and University College London.
The firm now…