New investment in autonomous game testing company ManaMind1 May 2026 07:11
New investment in autonomous game testing company ManaMind
Mindflair plc, the AIM-quoted company focused on investing in Artificial Intelligence ("AI") related technology, is pleased to announce that Sure Valley Ventures' ("SVV") second fund ("SVV2"), in which Mindflair holds an interest, has made a new investment in ManaMind Ltd ("ManaMind"), a London-based autonomous game testing company.
ManaMind has raised US$1.5 million in a pre-seed funding round led by SVV, with participation from EWOR, Ascension, Syndicate Room and Heartfelt. The funding will be used to expand ManaMind's technical team, accelerate proprietary model development and support its growth across key geographies.
ManaMind's platform is designed to play through games, identify bugs and generate actionable reports for development teams, helping studios reduce time spent on repetitive manual testing. The company has also secured design partnerships with Included Games, a mobile games studio, and Crazy Labs, a leading hypercasual developer.
Nicholas Lee, Director of Mindflair plc, commented:
"ManaMind represents an interesting application of agentic AI in the global games industry, where quality assurance remains a significant cost and operational challenge for studios. By automating repetitive testing workflows, ManaMind has the potential to help development teams improve efficiency and game quality, and we are pleased to see SVV backing another ambitious AI business with clear commercial use cases."