M&A
confidence high
sentiment positive
materiality 0.70
Firy sells Exit Games stake back for $55M cash, ~1.1x on its $50M 2021 investment
Skillz Inc.
- $55.0M cash sale of 14,708 Exit Games shares, ~10.5% of Exit Games' outstanding capital; closed October 2, 2026, proceeds received in full.
- Firy bought the stake for $50M in July 2021 under former name Skillz Inc.; sale is above purchase price at ~1.1x realized.
- Company cites 2021-vintage US VC funds' 0.05x average DPI at five years; FIRY's return is ~22x that benchmark (PitchBook, Aug. 6, 2026).
- CEO Andrew Paradise: cash back on the balance sheet 'gives FIRY optionality in our other endeavors'; Exit Games is the Hamburg-based developer of Photon networking tech.