United Kingdom (Sheffield) based game studio Steel City Interactive has officially raised £15 million in a funding round led by Novator Ventures to support the release of their upcoming boxing game ‘Undisputed’.
The game is currently in early access.
The funding also including participants such as London Venture Partners, as well as boxing industry veterans Egis Klimas and Jose de la Cruz who have joined Steel City Interactive as official advisors.
“I’m delighted to have such a formidable team of investors in our camp,” Steel City Interactive founder and CEO Ash Habib said in an official statement. “They share our vision to bring boxing back to video games and deliver a world-beating, authentic game that does justice to the sport we all love.”
“It is fantastic to see how a passionate indie studio went on a mission to put boxing back on the map of video gaming and created the first major boxing game in a generation” Novator Ventures chairman and founder Thor Björgólfsson said. “We are delighted to partner with Steel City Interactive and support Habib and his team in launching Undisputed.”
