Irish browser games start-up Entity raises $5M in funding for 'console-quality

Nicole Carpenter,Columnist,Game Developer

August 25, 2026

1 Min Readvia Entity

Dublin-based Entity announced Tuesday it raised $5 million in seed funding to create a "next-generation gaming platform" designed for what it calls the "new web." The idea, according to a news release, is to replace expensive consoles and allow people to play "console-quality games" on modern browsers.

The seed funding round is led by venture capital firms ACT, Delta Partners, and Elkstone, as well as government-funded agency Enterprise Ireland and several angel investors. Entity is co-founded by Rich Barnwell, Kev Bergin, Dave McGovern, Fergus Duggan, and Artur Stawiarski, who ran DIGIT Game Studios, which made Star Trek Fleet Command. Scopely acquired that studio in 2019. Star Trek Fleet Command was a huge success, bringing in $50 million in its first few months.

Entity is built around WebGPU and WebAssembly, per the news release, which lets these games use computer processing to run in a browser. The company claims players will be able to "jump into a game or multiplayer lobby in seconds from a single link with no downloads and no installs." This "new web" technology is different from cloud gaming, in which games run on remote servers; a core issue with cloud gaming is often lag. This technology, in theory, removes that lag because its programs use a person's own computer instead of a server far away.

The platform is expected to launch in 2027 with a "broad range of games spanning global best sellers from PC and console through to exciting original new IPs," per the news release. No specific games were listed.

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