Midwest Games secures $2 million in strategic funding

Wisconsin-based Midwest Games has secured $2 million in funding to “redefine game publishing support” and “champion underrepresented developers.”

Announced on September 22, 2025, the funding is from Kansas City’s Prevail Private Capital and marks the agency’s first funding within the video video games business.

“Midwest Games is exactly the type of values-driven innovator we want to back,” mentioned Kerry Lawing, CEO of Prevail Private Capital.

“The gaming industry evolves at breakneck speed, and Midwest Games’ model is built to adapt and thrive. We’re proud to support their vision.”

Midwest Games was fashioned in 2023 by Ben Kvalo, previously of Netflix, and Rob Martin, XSET alum, and is “pioneering a publishing-as-a-service model.”

In October 2023, the writer secured $3 million in funding, led by TitletownTech, to broaden enterprise operations and employees.

Midwest Games’ government group consists of a number of business veterans, together with chief advertising officer Jennifer Corbett (former vp of Crunchyroll) and chief advertising officer Chris Klimecky (former principal producer at ProbablyMonsters).

In addition, the writer’s advisory board consists of Unity Technologies’ director of neighborhood (and Xbox alum) Larry ‘Major Nelson’ Hryb and Mark James, the previous CTO of Striking Distance Studios.

“Prevail’s support is rocket fuel for our mission,” mentioned Ben Kvalo, founder and CEO of Midwest Games.

“We’re scaling to give more partners the strategy, marketing, and production expertise they need to get their games to market and succeed.”