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Developer of hit games including Village Life, Gourmet Ranch and Golf Clash. Playdemic is one of Europe's leading social games companies. Our passion is to develop innovative, premium free-to-play games for Facebook, mobile and tablet platforms.
Employing 65 staff at our Manchester UK Studio, our vision is to create innovative, meaningful cross-platform social games, with high production values, that deliver a uniquely social, incredibly fun and shared experience for our players.
Playdemic is owned and run by a team of highly experienced Game Industry professionals with a strong track record of success in casual online and social gaming over the past 15 years.
You can find more information about Playdemic and its games at www.playdemic.com, or follow them at www.facebook.com/playdemic and @playdemicstudio
Employing 65 staff at our Manchester UK Studio, our vision is to create innovative, meaningful cross-platform social games, with high production values, that deliver a uniquely social, incredibly fun and shared experience for our players.
Playdemic is owned and run by a team of highly experienced Game Industry professionals with a strong track record of success in casual online and social gaming over the past 15 years.
You can find more information about Playdemic and its games at www.playdemic.com, or follow them at www.facebook.com/playdemic and @playdemicstudio
Overview
Location
United Kingdom, England, London
Employees
51-200
Total raised
$4M
Founded date
2009
Funding Rounds 1
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| Jun 24, 2021 | Andreessen Horowitz gears up for more mega crypto bets | This is the web version of Term Sheet, a daily newsletter on the biggest deals and dealmakers. Sign up to get it delivered free to your inbox. Paid Content The gender pay gap and your investment strategies From Refinitiv Venture capitalists... |
| Jun 24, 2021 | Today in European Tech: Visa buys Tink for €1.8 billion, EA buys Playdemic in £1 billion deal, Wise IPO on track for July, and more | Hello! Here's what happened today in European Tech. Deals - Payments giant Visa has announced a definitive agreement to purchase Stockholm’s open banking platform Tink for €1.8 billion, including cash and retention incentives. - Following W... |
| Oct 23, 2013 | Playdemic Launches Village Life On Mobile | Mobile version of hit Facebook game allows players to take their villages wherever they go Manchester UK, 23rd October 2013 – Playdemic has launched a mobile version of their Facebook hit Village Life, creating a full cross-platform experie... |
| Oct 11, 2013 | Playdemic Raises Venture Capital Funding | Playdemic, a Manchester, UK-based social games developer, raised a venture capital funding from The North West Fund for Digital & Creative. The amount of the investment (it followed a similar commitment by IBM heir David Watson) was not... |
| Jul 18, 2013 | Playdemic Set To Launch New Lands In Village Life | Hit Facebook game expanding Manchester, UK, 18th July 2013 – Playdemic has announced plans to expand its hit Facebook game Village Life by giving players the first of many new lands for their villagers to explore and colonize from August. V... |
| Apr 18, 2013 | Playdemic Launches Quiz Buddies - The Brain Teaser for Trivia Fans in a Hurry | With short, sharp bursts of multiplayer trivia goodness, it’s the perfect game for quiz fans on the move Manchester, UK - 18th April 2013 - Playdemic, creators of Facebook hits Village Life and Gourmet Ranch, have now launched Quiz Buddies ... |
| Feb 27, 2013 | Playdemic appoints Ian Livingstone CBE as Chairman | Leading games industry figure joins the board of the fast-growing social games developer Manchester, UK, 27th February 2013 - Playdemic, the social games developer behind hit Facebook game “Gourmet Ranch” and one of the fastest-growing Face... |
| Nov 19, 2012 | Playdemic Finds A Game Like No Other With Launch Of Eye Spy! | Manchester, UK – 19 November 2012 - Social game developer Playdemic today announced the launch of their latest game Eye Spy! on the App Store for iPhone and iPod touch. Playdemic’s Eye Spy! is NOT the boring old game you used to play with y... |
| Aug 21, 2012 | Gourmet Ranch’s Playdemic Raises $4M Led By IBM’s Watson Family For Cross-Platform Social Gaming | Playdemic, a UK-based developer of social games, has announced a $4 million round of funding from a group of investors, with $3 million of that from the Watson family — the grandchildren of IBM founder Thomas Watson. The funding, it says, w... |
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FAQ about Playdemic
When was Playdemic founded?
Playdemic was founded in 2009.
How much funding has Playdemic raised?
Playdemic has raised $4M in total across 1 funding round.
What has the press written about Playdemic?
Parsers VC has collected 12 articles mentioning Playdemic, among them “Andreessen Horowitz gears up for more mega crypto bets” (Jun 24, 2021) and “Today in European Tech: Visa buys Tink for €1.8 billion, EA buys Playdemic in £1 billion deal, Wise IPO on track for July, and more” (Jun 24, 2021).
Is Playdemic still active?
Yes, Playdemic is active; its latest activity on Parsers VC dates from Jun 24, 2021.