12-09-2019, 09:39 PM
Mobile developer Wildlife Studios nets $60 million in funding
<div style="margin: 5px 5% 10px 5%;"><img src="https://www.sickgaming.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/mobile-developer-wildlife-studios-nets-60-million-in-funding.jpg" width="200" height="200" title="" alt="" /></div><div><p>Mobile game company Wildlife Studios has secured $60 million in Series A funding to bolster its dev team, continue supporting existing titles, and kickstart new projects. </p>
<p>The investment round was led by Benchmark Capital, and also included former Facebook VPs Hugo Barra and Javier Olivan, Bessemer Venture Partners, and Red Ventures co-founder and CEO Ric Elias.</p>
<p>Wildlife has launched over 60 titles since 2011, including popular titles like <em>Tennis Clash</em> and <em>Zooba</em>, and claims its roster is on course to reach 2 billion downloads by the end of 2019. </p>
<p>It currently has 500 staffers working in offices throughout Brazil, Argentina, Ireland, and the United States, but wants to expand to 800 employees in 2020.</p>
<p>“Benchmark’s partnership will help us further our mission of entertaining billions of players around the world,” said Wildlife co-founder and CEO Victor Lazarte. “We are increasing our investment in world-class talent and significantly growing our team as we scale our games globally.”</p>
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https://www.sickgaming.net/blog/2019/12/...n-funding/
<div style="margin: 5px 5% 10px 5%;"><img src="https://www.sickgaming.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/mobile-developer-wildlife-studios-nets-60-million-in-funding.jpg" width="200" height="200" title="" alt="" /></div><div><p>Mobile game company Wildlife Studios has secured $60 million in Series A funding to bolster its dev team, continue supporting existing titles, and kickstart new projects. </p>
<p>The investment round was led by Benchmark Capital, and also included former Facebook VPs Hugo Barra and Javier Olivan, Bessemer Venture Partners, and Red Ventures co-founder and CEO Ric Elias.</p>
<p>Wildlife has launched over 60 titles since 2011, including popular titles like <em>Tennis Clash</em> and <em>Zooba</em>, and claims its roster is on course to reach 2 billion downloads by the end of 2019. </p>
<p>It currently has 500 staffers working in offices throughout Brazil, Argentina, Ireland, and the United States, but wants to expand to 800 employees in 2020.</p>
<p>“Benchmark’s partnership will help us further our mission of entertaining billions of players around the world,” said Wildlife co-founder and CEO Victor Lazarte. “We are increasing our investment in world-class talent and significantly growing our team as we scale our games globally.”</p>
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https://www.sickgaming.net/blog/2019/12/...n-funding/