There are deals to be done – even the middle of a lockdown. Dublin-based games studio Vela Games raised $3.1 million (€2.8 million) this week in a funding round led by London Venture Partners (LVP) and backed by Dermot Desmond’s IIU. LVP comes with heavyweight credentials. It is one of the most successful investors in games companies in the world backing best-selling studios like Supercell, the Finnish maker of Clash of Clans, and Unity Technologies, a Danish-American games engine maker that employs 2,000 people. It also backed NaturalMotion, an animation technology specialist which powers games like Grand Theft Auto IV,…

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