Welevel raises $5.7M to revolutionize procedural game development

Indie game development studio Welevel today announced that it raised $5.7 million in funding to transform procedural game development. Bitkraft Ventures led the round for the Munich-based company. The investment allows Welevel’s lean development team to expand its innovative AI tools that streamline game development and create dynamic, personalized gameplay, said Christian Heimerl, CEO of Welevel, in an interview with GamesBeat. Welevel also announced plans to expand its development team twofold for its upcoming triple-A sandbox survival game. The project began development in 2021 using Welevel’s in-house generative models and is set to enter early access next year. Additional investors in the round include BMWK (DLR), goodwater, and angel investors Chris Carvalho ( a board member at Roblox), Daniel Weinand (cofounder of Shopify), Heiko Hubertz (founder of Bigpoint), Kun Gao (cofounder Crunchyroll), Mario Götze, Nate Mitchel (cofounder Oculus), Ralf Reichert (cofounder of ESL), and ... Read full article.