Cocos Technologies, the company behind the open source game development framework Cocos2d-x, as well as the free 2D/3D game engine, Cocos Creator, have just received a $50M USD investment. Cocos Creator is a free Unity-like 2D/3D game engine with a heavy focus on the web and mobile development.
Details of the investment from the Cocos blog:
Cocos Technology is announcing that it has completed $50 million USD Series B financing. The investors include CCB Trust, GGV Capital, Agora, and others. With this round of funding, Cocos will continue to improve the core technology of the engine with the help of capital and promote the further integration of the engine within various industries such as games, automobiles, education, XR, home design, architectural engineering design, and other future endeavors. We are committed to providing developers with more convenient creation tools, reliable technical solutions, and diversified products and services for cross-industry customers.
Founded in 2010, Cocos is the world’s leading digital interactive content development platform. The Cocos engine is a popular open-source engine in the world. Cocos has cultivated the underlying technology for many years, providing the most professional products and services. Cocos Creator is an efficient and easy-to-use cross-platform interactive digital content development engine built by Cocos. It is not only a powerful game development tool but also an open-source engine that can meet the creative needs of many developers and engineers.
If you are interested in learning more about Cocos Creator check out our complete tutorial series over on DevGa.me. You can learn more about Cocos, Cocos Creator and the $50M investment in the video below.