{
  "id": 12838645,
  "title": "Gardens Interactive, founded by veterans behind Journey and Sky: Children of the Light, raise over $35m in Series B funding round",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/08/gardens-interactive-founded-by-veterans-behind-journey-and-sky",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-10-08T09:58:52.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "GamesIndustry",
    "slug": "gamesindustry",
    "url": "https://www.gamesindustry.biz/gardens-interactive-founded-by-veterans-behind-journey-and-sky-children-of-the-light-raise-over-35m-in-series-b-funding-round"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Gardens Interactive, a studio co-founded by veterans behind critically acclaimed titles like Journey, What Remains of Edith Finch, and Sky: Children of the Light, has successfully raised over $35 million in a Series B funding round. Led by Lightspeed Venture Partners, the round also saw participation from a diverse group of investors including Zenith Capital, Sequoia Capital, Index Ventures, Accel, Innovation Endeavours, and Bayshore. Notable individual investors include Stewart Butterfield, Andy Zhong, and Thomas Dimson. The funding brings the company's total funding to more than $70 million. The new investors join a roster that includes Maria Park, who will join Gardens Interactive's leadership team as an independent advisor, and Moritz Baier-Lentz, who has been appointed as an independent advisor from Lightspeed Venture Partners. The studio is currently developing its debut game, Project Gardens, a multiplayer game with social roleplay elements.",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}