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You can get a gaming unicorn (Minecraft). However, Mojang didn't start getting interest from investors until they had enough cashflow to sustain their own growth.

There have been some recent IPO successes (Zygna, King). (And king.com is starting to look like a one hit wonder with Candy Crush Saga.)

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AFAIK, Mojang didn't take any investor's money. It was just 3 partners and no outside money.

Once they were a success, investors did come soliciting. They didn't need it, as they had sufficient cashflow.

If Notch had solicited VC before he was a hit, the VCs probably would have just laughed him out of their office.

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