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Aghanim Opens Public Access to Mobile DTC Enablement Platform, Reveals Advisory Board and a New Funding Round

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Backed by Four VCs, an Unparalleled Advisory Board, and Decades of Experience, Aghanim’s Direct-to-Consumer Game Hub Strategy Delivers a Significant Net Revenue Boost Compared to Web Shops for Mobile Game Studios

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 29, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Aghanim, a pioneering mobile gaming fintech company founded by the former CEO and CTO of Xsolla, has announced the public launch of its platform, designed to increase mobile game publishers net revenue by upwards of 200%.

Backed by several big VCs who have just increased their investments and a highly experienced advisory board, Aghanim is the only fully self-managed end-to-end solution in the mobile games industry that offers web-based game hub creation and management, integrated e-commerce, live ops automation, community engagement, and a payments platform as a suite of interoperable tools.

Innovative Solutions for Mobile Game Developers
Aghanim’s platform is designed to revolutionize mobile game monetization, unlocking developers’ net revenue through secure, compliant, direct-to-consumer web-based solutions. Aghanim’s Game Hub stands apart from lower-performing traditional browser-based web shops, often yielding 2-4% of mobile game off-platform revenue. As a more sophisticated solution, Aghanim’s comprehensive suite of functional tools and experiences for game studios and their players encourages organic return visits to the direct-to-consumer game website, designed to help move over 50% revenue off platform. It consistently shows an average of 14-18% result on Day 1.

“Drawing on decades of experience and the expertise of our trusted industry advisors and professionals, who have successfully executed our game hub strategy, our approach has demonstrated 55-65% success rates, significantly improving net revenue. Generating increased user capital for company-critical reinvestment in crucial sectors such as user acquisition positions Aghanim as a strategic collaborator for business leaders wanting to navigate the ever-changing mobile games landscape better,” said Constantin Andry, co-founder of Aghanim.

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Publishers using Aghanim benefit from the ability to compliantly link out their high-spending players from within their apps to community spaces, such as Facebook, Discord, or their own web-based game hubs powered by Aghanim. Here, players can read news, claim free gifts, and more. Studios can then engage these “whales” with metagame experiences, loyalty programs, and programmatically upsell them with highly personalized deals and offers based on player attributes once they are on the open web, outside of first-party platform policies, significantly boosting the studio’s top line.

Core Product Suite

Game Hub Builder: A code-free direct-to-consumer website creation tool that empowers game studios to establish a captivating web-based home for their mobile games. Powered by generative AI, the Game Hub Builder creates an initial version of the hub in less than 30 seconds, allowing studios to fine-tune colors, visuals, and the overall user experience.LiveOps Builder: A groundbreaking visual marketing automation tool that programmatically keeps players engaged and excited. With LiveOps Builder, studios can precisely target different player segments across channels. Tailored campaigns and individual offers — triggered by events like cart abandonment, game hub visits, and leveling up — create a personalized experience for players. Messaging channels such as pop-ups, in-game and browser push notifications, and emails ensure seamless communication.Player Segmentation: A sophisticated system categorizing players based on behavior, preferences, and engagement patterns. By understanding player segments, studios can tailor their strategies, optimize monetization, and enhance overall game experiences.SKU Management: This tool simplifies the management of stock-keeping units (SKUs) for game studios, streamlining the process of tracking inventory, sales, and revenue. With the SKU Management tool, studios can focus on creating exceptional games while leaving the back-office financial work to Aghanim.Billing Engine: A mobile-first checkout experience built with an obsession for constant optimization of distribution costs. It offers the most valuable payment options, including credit cards, ACH, Apple Pay, and others, along with Merchant of Record capabilities such as back-office financial tasks related to taxes, regulatory compliance, currency exchange, fraud, chargebacks, and other aspects of digital commerce on a multinational scale.

“Helping developers to boost their net revenue creates a positive ripple effect throughout the entire mobile gaming ecosystem. Based on decades of experience in direct-to-consumer enablement, we created Aghanim’s platform and Game Hub Builder to be the premier solution with offerings designed to increase mobile game developer and publisher net revenue,” said Konstantin Golubitsky, co-founder and co-CEO of Aghanim.

Four US-based VC firms – early Shopify investor Bessemer Venture Partners, Point72 Ventures, leading fintech VC firm QED Investors, and A16Z GAMES SPEEDRUN, a well-known leader in tech x games investments – have made follow-on investments. This reinforces Aghanim’s commitment to driving innovation and growth in the mobile gaming industry.

Further solidifying Aghanim’s position as the only fintech company hyper focused on mobile games created by founders with extensive combined expertise in the video game and fintech industries, Aghanim also boasts an unparalleled advisory board from a full spectrum of industry heavyweights in the mobile games industry.

Aghanim is now inviting mobile game studios of all sizes to create their own direct-to-consumer game hubs in seconds; access to the platform is available on the official website at https://aghanim.com.

Join Aghanim’s growing list of mobile game studios and move over 50% revenue off platform.

About Aghanim
Aghanim is a mobile gaming fintech company founded by the former CEO and CTO of Xsolla. The company is dedicated to providing innovative solutions that empower mobile game developers to maximize revenue and engage their player communities effectively.

For more information, please visit Aghanim’s website.

Press Contact: press@aghanim.com 

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About Aghanim:
Aghanim, founded in June 2023, is a mobile gaming fintech company specializing in integrated commerce, liveops automation, community engagement, and payments. With a mission to revolutionize how mobile games are monetized and distributed, Aghanim’s web-based game hubs empower developers to go direct-to-consumer and unlock new revenue streams.

 

 

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IIFL Capital’s Maiden Late-Stage Private Equity Fund Announces First Close at ~ ₹500 Crore

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IIFL Capital’s Late-Stage Private Equity Fund targets a final close in excess of ₹1,000 crore within nine months from First CloseTwo transactions have already been committed with a pipeline of seven to eight deals under evaluation

MUMBAI, India, Oct. 22, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — IIFL Capital Asset Management Limited, the Asset Management arm of IIFL Capital, today announced that the IIFL Late-Stage Private Equity Fund, the maiden fund of its private equity platform, achieved its first close on 15 September 2026 with aggregate capital commitments of ~ ₹500 crore. The Fund invests in scaled-up, profitable Indian enterprises that are preparing to list on the public markets in the near term.

The Fund is targeting a total corpus of ₹1,000 crore, with a greenshoe option of additional ₹1,000 crore. It will remain open for subscription after the first close and aims to reach its final close within the next nine months. A larger corpus allows the Fund to back high-quality companies operating on a scale, in line with its late-stage, pre-IPO strategy.

The Fund is also evaluating a robust pipeline of opportunities, ranging from term sheet negotiations to transactions under diligence. The pipeline is diversified across integrated security-as-a-service, railway and wind energy components, specialty chemicals, defence equipment, IT-enabled services, pre-engineered buildings and consumer technology.

The Fund follows a clear mandate focused on scaled businesses nearing a public listing. The fund looks at sectors that envisage growth rate of 15%-18% per annum. The investee company should be amongst the top three-five players in its category, should have an EBITDA of at least ₹75-100 crore at investment with the intention to pursue IPO within three years. The average deal size is expected to be ₹50-100 crore per transaction.

Commenting on the milestone, Mr. Deepak Mittal, Chief Investment Officer and Head – Private Equity, IIFL Capital Asset Management Limited, said: “The first close marks the point at which this Fund moves from being a proposition to being a portfolio. We are grateful to our investors for their confidence in a volatile global environment. With two high-quality transactions already committed and a live pipeline of seven to eight opportunities, we believe IIFL’s capabilities give us a distinct advantage in backing scaled enterprises on their journey to the public markets.”

The first close comes in the backdrop of India’s primary market revival. After a subdued April-June quarter, July and August 2026 together saw 35 mainboard IPOs, and foreign portfolio investors returned as net buyers, including through IPOs. Real GDP grew 7.8% in Q1 FY27, with gross fixed capital formation up 11.9%, supporting the sectors the Fund is targeting.

About IIFL Capital Asset Management Limited

IIFL Capital Asset Management Limited (formerly IIFL Securities Alternate Asset Management Limited) is the Investment Manager for Alternative Investment Funds sponsored by IIFL Capital Services Limited. It is registered with SEBI as an Alternative Investment Fund manager (IN/AIF3/19-20/0770, IN/AIF2/21-22/088), Investment Adviser (INA000019956) and Portfolio Manager (INP000009445). Registered office: Ground Floor 01, Hubtown Solaris, Saiwadi, N S Phadke Road, Andheri East, Mumbai 400069. Website: assetmanagement.iiflcapital.com

About IIFL Capital Services Ltd

IIFL Capital Services Ltd (formerly known as IIFL Securities Limited) (NSE: IIFLCAPS) (BSE: 542773) is one of the key capital market players in the Indian financial services space. IIFL Capital offers broking services, wealth management, financial products distribution, institutional broking, research and investment banking services.

Disclaimer: This press release is for information purposes only and does not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy any units of the IIFL Late-Stage Private Equity Fund or any securities. Investments in alternative investment funds are subject to market and other risks, including loss of capital. Investors should read the Private Placement Memorandum, including the risk factors, before investing. Registration granted by SEBI, enlistment with BSE, and certification from NISM in no way guarantee performance of the intermediary or provide any assurance of returns to investors. Past performance of securities/instruments is not indicative of their future performance.

 

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Snapmaker Introduces New Filament Bundle, Expanding Its Full Spectrum Printing Ecosystem

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The Snapmaker PLA Full Spectrum Filament Bundle (White Edition) combines pure-white capability, more saturated cyan, magenta, and yellow filaments, and finely tuned light-transmission properties for vibrant, natural-looking color mixes. It expands Snapmaker’s integrated ecosystem of dedicated materials, Snapmaker Orca software, and U1 hardware.

SHENZHEN, China, Oct. 22, 2026 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ — Snapmaker has introduced the Snapmaker PLA Full Spectrum Filament Bundle (White Edition), expanding the creative possibilities of layered color mixing on Snapmaker U1. The four-spool set combines semi-translucent cyan, magenta, yellow, and white PLA filaments to produce a broader palette, from vivid color mixes and soft pastels to directly printed pure-white details.

“Together with the reformulated color filaments, the addition of white opens up a broader range of visual styles.” — Blayne Sapelli, Creative Marketing Manager at Snapmaker.

Four Filaments, Beyond Four Colors

Full Spectrum color mixing creates additional perceived colors by alternating thin layers of semi-translucent filaments along the Z-axis. As light interacts with these layers, their colors blend visually, allowing a single print to go beyond the four loaded filament colors.

Snapmaker Orca, Snapmaker’s official slicing software, supports this layered color mixing workflow. Together with U1’s multi-toolhead architecture, it provides a practical foundation for exploring more colors with a small set of materials.

Radu “Ratdoux,” creator of Full Spectrum and now part of the Snapmaker team, said: “Full Spectrum changes the way we think about color in consumer FDM printing. Instead of adding more and more individual filament colors, we can use a small set of calibrated materials together with software and multi-toolhead hardware to generate a much broader spectrum. Our goal is to make that process simple enough that users can focus on what they want to create rather than how to engineer the color.”

Filaments Engineered for Brighter Color

White filament brings two distinct benefits: it enables pure-white areas that layered color mixing alone cannot produce, and it brightens mixed colors while reducing saturation for lighter, softer tones. Reformulated cyan, magenta, and yellow filaments offer stronger saturation, helping deliver more vibrant mixes.

The filaments’ color and Transmission Distance properties are tuned to promote natural blending and help reduce visible horizontal stripes. On Snapmaker U1, RFID recognition automatically loads preset filament information, simplifying setup.

These properties give creators more flexibility to combine vivid accents, gentle shades, and white details in character models, collectibles, home décor, and sculptural artwork. The four-spool approach also reduces the need to store separate filament colors for occasional use.

“Adding white is a meaningful step for creators who want lighter palettes and pure-white details within the same four-spool setup,” said Blayne Sapelli, Creative Marketing Manager at Snapmaker, “Together with the reformulated color filaments, it opens up a different range of visual styles. It also reflects how we are building our ecosystem: developing dedicated materials around real creative needs and connecting them with the tools people use to print.”

An Integrated Ecosystem for Color Creation

The Snapmaker PLA Full Spectrum Filament Bundle (White Edition) joins the Snapmaker PLA Full Spectrum Filament Bundle (Gray Edition) and the SnapSpeed PLA CMYK Lithophane Filament Bundle, expanding Snapmaker’s official lineup to three purpose-designed bundles.

The two PLA Full Spectrum bundles are designed for three-dimensional color mixing. The new bundle enables brighter mixes, softer pastels, and pure-white details, while the Gray Edition offers darker, more muted tones. The CMYK Lithophane bundle is optimized for flat, layered-color printing, including colorful backlit lithophanes made from photographs and illustrations.

Built around U1 and Snapmaker Orca, the lineup connects specialized materials with hardware and software support.

Pricing and Product Information

The bundle is priced at US$89 and contains four 1 kg spools, totaling 4 kg. For product details and regional purchasing information, visit the official product page.

About Snapmaker

Snapmaker makes products that empower everyone to change the world — literally. From 3-in-1 desktop fabrication machines to the Snapmaker U1 multicolor, multimaterial, toolchanger 3D printer, to the software that powers it all, Snapmaker is building an ecosystem that democratizes creation. Snapmaker: Make Something Wonderful.

For more information, visit Snapmaker.com.

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Hao Jiang, Snapmaker, 86 13588745216, jianghao@snapmaker.com, www.snapmaker.com

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Today, Intelligent Legal Solutions (ILS) and Anduin announced a partnership to provide a more streamlined service for both fund managers and law firms

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PALO ALTO, Calif., Oct. 22, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Intelligent Legal Solutions (ILS) and Anduin have announced a partnership to create a more connected fundraising experience for private markets fund managers and law firms.

ILS is the legal technology company behind ProVision, a platform for private investment funds lawyers and their clients, while Anduin provides technology for private markets fundraising and investor operations. Through the partnership, the companies will build an integration connecting their platforms to support a more streamlined, end-to-end fundraising process.

Launched in 2024, ILS works with 89% of law firms ranked in the top three bands by Chambers USA for Private Equity: Fund Formation nationwide. Its technology has supported fundraises totaling more than $825 billion across North America, the UK, EMEA and APAC.

Anduin’s platform has supported more than 1,300 private investment funds, onboarded over 76,000 investors and powered more than $265 billion in capital raised. Its customers represent more than $7 trillion in aggregate assets under management.

Fergus Plant, Co-Founder of ILS, said: “We are hugely excited to announce our partnership with Anduin. They are a mainstay of the private markets tech space, and we are proud to collaborate to bring a more complete solution to our customers. Our recent launch of the Fund Manager Portal for ProVision more closely aligns our customers, deepening the benefits of this relationship.”

Eliot Hodges, CEO of Anduin, said: “Fundraising still involves too many handoffs between systems, teams and advisers. By connecting Anduin’s subscription and investor onboarding workflows with ProVision’s side letter, comment memo, MFN and obligation management capabilities, we can help firms carry data more seamlessly through the fundraising process and reduce the operational burden around close.”

Read more at https://anduintransact.com/blog/anduin-partners-with-ils 

Fund managers and law firms interested in learning more can contact:

About Anduin
Anduin is the leading digital platform for managing fund lifecycles and LP relationships. The company has facilitated $118 billion in global capital and supports 48,000+ investors across 890+ funds. Learn more at anduintransact.com.

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