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Fortnite Maker Epic Gets $2 Billion From Sony, Lego Owner
- Deal values startup at $31.5 billion, up 10% from a year ago
- Investors each contributed half of the total funding round
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Sony Group Corp. and the owner of the Lego Group invested $2 billion in Epic Games Inc., the maker of Fortnite.
Epic is valued at $31.5 billion after the investment, the Cary, North Carolina-based company said Monday in a statement. Epic’s valuation about a year ago was $28.7 billion.