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10.10.2024 | The Future of Learning: How AI and Social Platforms are Reshaping Education | Education is undergoing a seismic shift. The rise of artificial intelligence (AI) and social learning platforms is redefining how students engage with knowledge. Gone are the days of one-size-fits-all classrooms. Today, personalized learnin... |
09.10.2024 | Finland invites applications for Visa sponsorship for jobs in 2024 | Last year, Finland announced opportunities for non-EU citizens to apply for visa sponsorship for work in 2024.
The country’s growing economy and labour market present a number of options for individuals seeking employment.
Last Stop Booking... |
08.10.2024 | Paris-based Revyze raises €5.4 million to build social learning app for GenZ and GenAlpha | Revyze, coined as the “Tiktok of education”, announced the closing of a €5.4 million seed round to build a global social learning app for GenZ and GenAlpha. The round is led by Speedinvest and Moonfire, with participation from Motier Ventur... |
02.10.2024 | Игры в будущее | - |
01.10.2024 | Chinese deal activity shifts toward emerging markets and into greenfields | Chinese outbound foreign investment is shifting away from such advanced economies as the US and Europe to emerging markets and are increasingly focused on greenfield projects, a new database from Rhodium Group shows, posing new challenges f... |
27.09.2024 | «Как построить более сильную и гибкую организацию по правилам ведущих компаний мира» Дэйва Ульриха | Снова в рубрике книга про менеджмент. Чтение легкое и мотивирующее — устраивайтесь поудобнее. Сейчас вкратце обо всём расскажем.
Авторы книги — эксперты в области управления организациями и лидерства. Оба — профессоры. Артур Юнг преподавал ... |
10.09.2024 | Atomico's Bold Leap: A $1.24 Billion Investment in Europe's Future | In a world where innovation is the lifeblood of progress, Atomico has just made a monumental move. The London-based venture capital firm announced its largest-ever fundraise, totaling $1.24 billion. This ambitious step is not just a number;... |
10.09.2024 | +++ Atomico +++ SET Ventures +++ Innovationsagenda +++ SumUp +++ Wandelbots +++ | Was gibt’s Neues? In unserem #StartupTicker liefern wir eine kompakte Übersicht über die wichtigsten Startup-Nachrichten des Tages (Dienstag, 10. September) #STARTUPLAND: LEAN, CONNECT, GROW
Kommt mit ins Startupland! Es erwartet Euch eine ... |
09.09.2024 | Atomico completes largest ever fundraise of $1.24 billion | Today, Atomico announced two new funds totalling $1.24 billion to support Europe’s most game-changing founders. This represents a more than 50 percent increase from its previous $820 million fund, Atomico V.
Atomico was founded by Skype’s N... |
15.08.2024 | Tencent's Resurgence: A Tech Titan's Second Quarter Triumph | Tencent Holdings Limited, a behemoth in the Chinese tech landscape, has emerged from the shadows of previous challenges to report a remarkable 82% surge in net profits for the second quarter of 2024. This resurgence is not just a number; it... |
14.08.2024 | TENCENT ANNOUNCES 2024 SECOND QUARTER RESULTS | HONG KONG, Aug. 14, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Tencent Holdings Limited (HKEX: 00700 (HKD Counter) and 80700 (RMB Counter), "Tencent" or the "Company"), a world-leading Internet and technology company in China, today announced... |
29.05.2024 | Supercell Oy Supercell aims for 6th consecutive $1 billion hit with new game “Squad Busters” | - |
29.05.2024 | CHRIS HEMSWORTH, CHRISTINA RICCI, KEN JEONG, WILL ARNETT AND AULI'I CRAVALHO SQUAD UP WITH SUPERCELL FOR GLOBAL GAME LAUNCH | Hollywood stars face off against social media influencers in a hilarious launch trailer for Squad Busters, which is available to download now
The new party action game has already broken an industry record this week, becoming the fastest ev... |
29.05.2024 | Supercell Oy Supercell aims for 6th consecutive $1 billion hit with new game “Squad Busters” | Supercell Oy
Supercell aims for sixth consecutive $1 billion hit with new game ‘Squad Busters’
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Supercell (Headquarters: Finland, CEO: Ilkka Paananen), a Finnish developer and operator of games for PC and mobile devices, will release its ... |
29.05.2024 | Supercell eyes new gamer groups in battle for consumers' free time | HELSINKI: Helsinki-based video game developer Supercell is seeking to attract new groups of players with its first product launch in more than five years, Chief Executive Ilkka Paananen said, as mobile games face increasing competition from... |
23.05.2024 | German AI-translation unicorn DeepL secures $300M at $2B valuation: Know more | Read this article in:
Cologne, Germany-based DeepL, a language AI company, announced on Wednesday, May 22, that it has secured $300M (approximately €277M) at a $2B valuation led by Index Ventures.
Additional late-stage investors, including ... |
17.05.2024 | Ronaldo, Ronaldinho & Agüero call out Erling Haaland after he becomes Clash of Clans character | The Norwegian superstar footballer was announced as the Barbarian King character in Clash of Clans, one of the world's most popular mobile games with over two billion downloads
But the legendary football players posted tongue-in-cheek react... |
14.05.2024 | TENCENT ANNOUNCES 2024 FIRST QUARTER RESULTS | HONG KONG, May 14, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Tencent Holdings Limited (HKEX: 00700 (HKD Counter) and 80700 (RMB Counter), "Tencent" or the "Company"), a world-leading Internet and technology company in China, today announced ... |
30.04.2024 | Haaland becomes 'Barbarian King' in Clash of Clans | Manchester City forward Erling Haaland has become a playable character in popular mobile video game "Clash of Clans", game developer Supercell said on Tuesday.
Haaland's character is called "Barbarian King" and is the fi... |
05.04.2024 | IVP’s Eric Liaw talks Klarna controversy, sticky successions, and why the great valuation reset doesn’t really matter | When IVP recently announced the closing of its 18th fund, I called Eric Liaw, a longtime general partner with the growth-stage firm, to ask a few questions. For starters, wringing $1.6 billion in capital commitments from its investors right... |
13.03.2024 | Inclusive Alpha: Ada Ventures Leading the Way | Ada Ventures has closed an oversubscribed £63 million second fund, attracting institutional LPs like The Export and Investment Fund of Denmark, The University Of Edinburgh, Molten Ventures, and Legal & General Capital. The fund's commit... |
12.03.2024 | Inclusion in practice: Ada Ventures closes oversubscribed £63M Fund II | Today Ada Ventures closes an oversubscribed £63 million second fund from institutional LPs. New LPs in Fund II include The Export and Investment Fund of Denmark (EIFO), The University Of Edinburgh, Molten Ventures, and Legal & General C... |
26.02.2024 | Недельный геймдев: #162 — 25 февраля, 2024 | Из новостей: Balatro продалась тиражом в 250к копий за первые три дня, Valve в опенсорс выложила Audio SDK, Suicide Squad не оправдала ожиданий Warner Bros, вышел Bevy 0.13.
Из интересностей: отличнейшая статья про генерацию карты игры, как... |
05.02.2024 | Clash Royale Season 56 arrives with ‘Season of Love’ for Valentine’s Day | The super-popular mobile tower-rush game Clash Royale has just started its 56th season since launching in 2016. The Clash of Clans spinoff may have made a billion dollars in its first year, but it has been going strong ever since too, and t... |
18.08.2023 | Techland, a Tencent Company Now | This July, Poland’s celebrated gaming company Techland finally announced its acquisition by the Chinese media juggernaut Tencent. It is stated Techland will retain its creative freedom – in line with Tencent’s usual hands-off approach, and ... |
23.11.2022 | Untapped potential: VC BackingMinds expands its second €50 million fund across the Nordics and doubles down on Denmark | When the PE markets start to show signs of countercyclical activity, you might think VCs would be tempted to play it safe.
Of course, that's assuming your venture outfit wasn't stacking up returns by the barrel load to start with.
Founded i... |
04.09.2022 | New 'Clash Royale' Triple Elixir Challenge Lets You Spam High-Elixir Cards: Here's the Best Epic Cards Deck | John Lopez, Tech Times 04 September 2022, 11:09 am
Supercell's hit real-time strategy game "Clash Royale" features a new game mode called the "Triple Elixir Challenge." This 1v1 casual game mode follows the same mechanic... |
05.06.2022 | Finnish start-ups present strong growth numbers | The revenue of the member companies of the Finnish Startup Community, founded a year ago, has grown by 62 per cent from last year. The combined revenue of the companies was EUR 3.5 billion in 2021. The growth is expected to remain strong in... |
03.06.2022 | Finnish game developer Supercell acquires majority stake in Trailmix | Finnish game developer Supercell acquires majority stake in Trailmix
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19.04.2022 | SEON nabs $94 million to power online fraud prevention | As the pandemic accelerates consumer activity and transactions online, there has been an exponential increase in identity fraud. Bad actors are becoming increasingly sophisticated and companies need better tools to fight back. Historically,... |
05.05.2021 | Helsinki-based mobile games studio Metacore raises €150 million, builds on Merge Mansion success | Finnish mobile games company Metacore has secured a €150 million credit line from crosstown friend Supercell. This credit line adds on two Supercell’s previous faith in the company, investing €5 million in 2018, and €15 million in 2020, as ... |
16.02.2021 | Supercell’s Brawl Stars is its fifth mobile game to cross $1 billion | Join gaming leaders, alongside GamesBeat and Facebook Gaming, for their 2nd Annual GamesBeat & Facebook Gaming Summit | GamesBeat: Into the Metaverse 2 this upcoming January 25-27, 2022. Learn more about the event.
Supercell is an extra... |
16.02.2021 | Supercell’s Brawl Stars is its fifth mobile game to cross $1 billion | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Supercell is an extraordinary company that prints money with its mobile games. But in 2020, it had another off year from a financial an... |
16.02.2021 | Brawl Stars é o quinto jogo da Supercell a faturar mais de US$ 1 bilhão | A desenvolvedora finlandesa Supercell divulgou seus resultados financeiros para o ano de 2020, que não foram tão empolgantes quanto os dados publicados no período anterior, mas mostraram que a marca de jogos viciantes tem mais um game que c... |
17.09.2020 | Supercell’s CEO talks about its majority owner Tencent, finding its next hit and more | Mobile games maker Supercell has been one of the great, understated breakthroughs of the European startup world. The Helsinki-based mobile games maker built an empire out of Clash of Clans, raking in tons of money and catching the eye of wo... |
05.11.2019 | Supercell shuts down Rush Wars after players shrug | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Supercell is closing down Rush Wars. The developer posted a blog today that explains the decision. Fans weren’t loving the early beta t... |
05.11.2019 | Supercell shuts down Rush Wars after players shrug | Supercell is closing down Rush Wars. The developer posted a blog today that explains the decision. Fans weren’t loving the early beta test, which launched in key test markets in August. And Supercell’s efforts to improve that reception did ... |
20.03.2019 | Despite short-term questions, games software/hardware to top $200 billion by 2023 | Tim Merel Contributor
Tim Merel is managing director of Digi-Capital.
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Will Apple, Facebook or Microsoft be the future of augmented reality?
VR/AR startup valuations reach $45 billion (on paper)
There has been ... |
12.02.2019 | Supercell revenues take a big dip in 2018 — to $1.6 billion and profits of $635 million | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Supercell had a bad year when it comes to financials for 2018, but theses would be enviable for any other game company in the world. Th... |
15.11.2018 | Sensor Tower: Supercell’s Brawl Stars gets 3 million installs on soft launch as 5 million preregister in a day | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
In one day, Supercell got more than 5 million people to pre-register for its next mobile game, Brawl Stars. That’s a nice accomplishmen... |
15.11.2018 | Supercell invests €5 million in smartwatch game developer Everywear Games | Finland-based smartwatch gamedev startup Everywear Games has raised €5 million from Supercell Ventures, the investment arm of the mobile gaming giant Supercell. Supercell Ventures has also bought out the previous investors in Everywear Game... |
15.11.2018 | Sensor Tower: Supercell’s Brawl Stars gets 3 million installs on soft launch as 5 million preregister in a day | In one day, Supercell got more than 5 million people to pre-register for its next mobile game, Brawl Stars. That’s a nice accomplishment, but no surprise, as Supercell‘s games have been huge hits.
Back in February, the Helsinki, Finland-bas... |
04.10.2018 | Fortnite’s Android gambit could reform mobile’s walled gardens | Epic Games’ decision to release Fortnite on Android outside of Google Play is one of the biggest stories in the mobile games industry in years. The company’s decision to bypass Google’s app store and force Android players into side-loading ... |
04.10.2018 | Fortnite’s Android gambit could reform mobile’s walled gardens | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Epic Games’ decision to release Fortnite on Android outside of Google Play is one of the biggest stories in the mobile games industry i... |
20.09.2018 | Teatime Games is Nominated for Startup of the Year/Best Newcomer by Nordic Startup Awards | Mobile Games Going More Social Is the New Gaming Trend
By believing that mobile game players will find a more social and personalized experience while playing very satisfactory, the Icelandic startup Teatime Games is aiming to revolutioniz... |
10.08.2018 | Clash Royale League will kick off August 20 with a $1 million prize pool | Supercell is on schedule to launch its fall season of its Clash Royale League on August 20, with a prize pool that will total $1 million.
The Helsinki, Finland-based company hopes that mobile game esports will take off as awareness of the c... |
10.08.2018 | Clash Royale League will kick off August 20 with a $1 million prize pool | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Supercell is on schedule to launch its fall season of its Clash Royale League on August 20, with a prize pool that will total $1 millio... |
09.07.2018 | Announcing $1.65B in New Funds to Back Entrepreneurs with Global Ambitions | Index's SF team on a video call with the firm's offices in London and Geneva
Index Ventures was born in Geneva in 1996 and expanded to London six years later. We started off with modest offices, a handful of partners, and a determination t... |
08.06.2018 | Mobile Game Studio Redemption Games Raises $5M in Funding | Redemption Games, a Carlsbad, California-based mobile game studio, raised $5m in funding.
Supercell made the minority investment.
The company intends to use the funds for the development and the launch of new titles.
Co-founded in 2015 by M... |
14.02.2018 | Supercell 2017 results: $810 million in profit, $2 billion in revenue — without a new game | Supercell announced that it earned a profit of $810 million on revenues of $2.029 billion in 2017. That’s an enviable financial accomplishment for a company that didn’t release a game globally in 2017 — and has only released four games in i... |
14.02.2018 | Supercell 2017 results: $810 million in profit, $2 billion in revenue — without a new game | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Supercell announced that it earned a profit of $810 million on revenues of $2.029 billion in 2017. That’s an enviable financial accompl... |
01.02.2018 | Clash Royale maker Supercell invests $4.2 million in mobile game studio Trailmix | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Clash Royale maker Supercell has invested $4.2 million in mobile game studio Trailmix, a startup created by two former King game develo... |
30.01.2018 | How Nokia’s falling star has led Finland to boost its startup and healthcare ecosytems | To make that happen, the country has combined investment in the local healthcare startup community with initiatives at home and abroad to foster the growth and development of the nation’s healthcare ecosystem.
But Finland has some significa... |
01.09.2017 | You’re not Supercell: Why you should let your mobile games live | Best practices in mobile game development usually means developing and soft launching a multitude of games. Then if those games don’t hit certain minimum key performance indicators (KPIs), to cancel it, like Supercell does when they taking ... |
01.09.2017 | You’re not Supercell: Why you should let your mobile games live | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Best practices in mobile game development usually means developing and soft launching a multitude of games. Then if those games don’t h... |
02.07.2017 | Clash of Clans maker Supercell is making investments so its core team can stay small | Supercell is generating a ton of cash from its ongoing successful games like Clash of Clans and Clash Royale. Most of the company is now owned by China’s Tencent. But rather than use its riches to expand its internal staff, the company beli... |
02.07.2017 | Clash of Clans maker Supercell is making investments so its core team can stay small | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Supercell is generating a ton of cash from its ongoing successful games like Clash of Clans and Clash Royale. Most of the company is no... |
24.05.2017 | Term Sheet — Wednesday, May 24 | ET CETERA
Purse purgatory: We’ve written about Coach’s increasing interest in M&A before. Today Fortune’s Phil Wahba published a feature on the company’s turnaround. The relevant part for Term Sheet readers:
Paid Content You can't secur... |
24.05.2017 | Finnish mobile gaming giant Supercell acquires 62% of Space Ape Games for $55.8 million | London-based Space Ape Games, a social and mobile games studio, has been acquired by Finnish gaming giant Supercell, which gobbled up 62 percent of the company for $55.8 million.
Space Ape, however, will continue to operate independently, w... |
23.05.2017 | Supercell acquires 62% of London’s Space Ape Games for $55.8 million | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Clash of Clans maker Supercell has acquired 62 percent of London-based Space Ape Games for $55.8 million.
The deal is another sign of c... |
23.05.2017 | Supercell acquires 62% of London’s Space Ape Games for $55.8M | Some consolidation is afoot in the world of gaming. Today, Space Ape Games — a London social and mobile games studio founded by alums from Playfish, Mind Candy and EA — announced that Supercell has acquired 62 percent of the company for $55... |
15.03.2017 | Supercell Store launches in beta for fans in U.S. and Canada | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Supercell launched its merchandise store today that allows players to buy t-shirts and figurines of their favorite characters from the ... |
15.02.2017 | Clash Royale, Clash of Clans push Supercell to $2.3 billion in 2016 revenue | Supercell, the maker of hit mobile games Clash of Clans and Clash Royale, said that sales growth was flat $2.3 billion in 2016. That’s flat compared to a year ago.
But the Helsinki company generated earnings before taxes and other items of ... |
15.02.2017 | Clash Royale, Clash of Clans push Supercell to $2.3 billion in 2016 revenue | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Supercell, the maker of hit mobile games Clash of Clans and Clash Royale, said that sales growth was flat $2.3 billion in 2016. That’s ... |
17.01.2017 | Hackers Steal Forum Accounts From 'Clash of Clans' Creator Supercell | Data traders are allegedly swapping the details of over one million user accounts belonging to Supercell, the company behind hit mobile games such as Clash of Clans. The user accounts relate to Supercell's community forum.
"Our prelimi... |
30.12.2016 | Iran has banned Clash of Clans for promoting violence and tribal conflict | Amir Bozorgzadeh Contributor
Amir Bozorgzadeh is the founder at Virtuleap, a sandbox for creative developers to showcase their VR concepts to the world, which is currently running the world’s biggest WebVR Hackathon. He is also the European... |
05.12.2016 | More than 17,000 people rush to Slush: Could this be the world’s new centre for startups? | The centre of the innovation and startup world has shifted.
Despite the sub-zero temperatures, more than 17,500 people have come to Helsinki, Finland for the annual Slush event which matches startups with investors.
Bigger than almost any o... |
01.12.2016 | Forget Silicon Valley, Finland’s Slush is a celebration of Europe’s tech ascendancy | - |
24.09.2016 | M&A roundup - week ending 9/24/16 | Facebook bought Nascent Object; Airbnb acquired Trip4real; Google purchased Api.ai
Facebook acquired ,modular consumer electronics platform Nascent Objects. No financial terms of the deal were disclosed.
Baback Elmieh, CEO of Nascent Object... |
25.06.2016 | M&A roundup - week ending 6/25/2016 | Twitter bought Magic Pony; Pinterest acquired tote; Red Hat purchased 3scale
Twitter acquired Magic Pony, a company that uses machine learning to enhance visual processing. No financial terms of the deal have been disclosed.
Rob Bishop, Mag... |
23.06.2016 | Tencent to Acquire up to 84% of Finnish Gaming Company Supercell | Tencent Holdings Limited (SEHK: 00700) is to acquire up to 84% of Finnish gaming company Supercell Oy.
The transaction valued the company at an equity value of approximately $10.2 billion.
Following the transaction, which is currently expec... |
21.06.2016 | Done deal: Tencent to buy SoftBank’s stake in ‘Clash of Clans’ maker Supercell for more than $8 billion | Confirming earlier rumours, The Wall Street Journal this morning reported that China's Tencent has reached an agreement to buy Finnish mobile game maker Supercell from Japanese telco SoftBank.
Update: Tencent has confirmed (PDF) the acquisi... |
23.05.2016 | Tencent reportedly eyes majority stake in Supercell, plans tie-ups with Publicis, LVMH | China’s Internet giant Tencent has been expanding its international reach in areas like games and advertising, and as part of that, the company is picking up its dealmaking in Europe. The Wall Street Journal is reporting that the owner of t... |
02.04.2016 | Meet Siraj Khaliq, Partner at Atomico | Co-founder of the Climate Corporation recently joined Atomico to drive VC investments in Europe
There has been a big debate the last few years over whether the Series A crunch is real or not.
What everyone can agree on, though, is that ther... |
09.03.2016 | With just 3 games, Supercell made $924M in profits on $2.3B in revenue in 2015 | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
There’s something magical in the water, or the snow, in Finland. Helsinki-based Supercell announced some astounding financial results f... |
09.03.2016 | With just 3 games, Supercell made $924M in profits on $2.3B in revenue in 2015 | There’s something magical in the water, or the snow, in Finland. Helsinki-based Supercell announced some astounding financial results for 2015 based on revenues from its three hit mobile games: Clash of Clans, Boom Beach, and Hay Day.
The c... |
07.03.2016 | Supercell hits 100M daily players with just four mobile games | Supercell chief executive Ilkka Paananen announced today on Twitter that the Finnish company has hit 100 million daily active players who play its four games.
That is a huge accomplishment, considering the company has just 180 employees. Su... |
07.03.2016 | Supercell hits 100M daily players with just four mobile games | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Supercell chief executive Ilkka Paananen announced today on Twitter that the Finnish company has hit 100 million daily active players w... |
04.03.2016 | Clash Royale is already the top-grossing iOS game in the U.S. | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
No other mobile game has done this so quickly in the age of Clash of Clans, Game of War: Fire Age, and Candy Crush Saga. A brand new ga... |
04.03.2016 | Clash Royale is already the top-grossing iOS game in the U.S. | No other mobile game has done this so quickly in the age of Clash of Clans, Game of War: Fire Age, and Candy Crush Saga. A brand new game, Supercell’s Clash Royale fortress-battle title, has become No. 1 in the U.S. — not only on the top do... |
03.03.2016 | Hands-on: Supercell has another big winner in Clash Royale | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Supercell is the maker of huge mobile games Clash of Clans, Boom Beach, and Hay Day, and it has another big hit on its hands. Clash Roy... |
03.03.2016 | Hands-on: Supercell has another big winner in Clash Royale | Supercell is the maker of huge mobile games Clash of Clans, Boom Beach, and Hay Day, and it has another big hit on its hands. Clash Royale shot to No. 1 in top downloads on the app stores less than a day after its release.
Ilkka Paananen, C... |
09.12.2015 | Daily funding roundup - December 9, 2015 | GoEuro raised $45M; Dose Media secured $25M; Rubius Therapeutics received $25M funding
eCurrency Mint (eCM), a Dublin, Ireland-based provider of technology that enables central banks to issue digital fiat currency, called eCurrency, raised ... |
11.11.2015 | Nokia’s Fall Means The Rise Of Startups In Finland | Dennis Mitzner Contributor
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21.09.2015 | 3 Things I wish I’d Known 15 years ago from Supercell Co-founder | Supercell co-founder and CEO Ilkka Paananen outlined some of his his key learnings in a speech at FallUp conference to 1,600 students in Helsinki on Sept 15.
This article was originally posted on Hybe.
1) Before you start, spend time thin... |
15.09.2015 | “Immigration is basically importing of brains” | Finnish entrepreneurs founded a startup grant for refugees, says Finnish Broadcasting Company.
This article was originally posted on Arctic Startup.
Finnish entrepreneurs and TV-personalities Tunna Milonoff and Riku Rantala have started a... |
09.09.2015 | Atomico’s Ljungman Sees Power in the Nordic Spirit | In nine years, Mattias Ljungman, co-founder of Atomico alongside Niklas Zennström, has built a Nordic-flavoured, London headquartered investment company that already has some impressive exits under its belt. Think Supercell.
Originally pub... |
05.06.2015 | Daily funding roundup - June 5, 2015 | Supercell closed $100M; Springbot raised $6M; The Influential Network landed $1.5M
A Los Angeles-based startup, The Influential Network which specializes in matching handpicked influencers with a handful of brands, landed its first $1.5 mil... |
01.06.2015 | SoftBank Ups Its Stake In Supercell To 73% As Sole External Shareholder | Some ownership changes afoot at Supercell, the mobile gaming giant out of Finland behind blockbuster titles like Clash of Clans and Hay Day. Japan’s SoftBank has upped its stake in the startup to 73.2 percent, after buying an additional 22.... |
01.06.2015 | SoftBank increases its stake in Finnish mobile game maker Supercell to 73.2% | It was one of the largest European tech acquisitions of the year, and its repercussions are still being felt in Helsinki (and London, where it had a lot of investors): SoftBank's November 2013 acquisition of a 51% stake in mobile game studi... |
29.08.2014 | Mikael Hed Steps Down As CEO Of Wavering Angry Birds Maker Rovio, Pekka Rantala Steps In | A changing of the hoodie at Rovio, the Finalnd-based creator of the catapulting Angry Birds series of casual games that has seen its profit fall by more than half in the last year: its CEO Mikael Hed is stepping down, and he is passing on t... |
30.03.2014 | With Boom Beach, Supercell guns for a third smash hit — and it’s already at No. 2 | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Supercell, maker of the insanely popular Clash of... |
15.10.2013 | Supercell Dominates The Realm: Game Maker Sells A 51%, $1.53B Stake To SoftBank and GungHo Online | Another big move for Softbank into the gaming world, and a massive investment for Finnish gaming juggernaut Supercell: the company is selling a 51% stake for $1.53 billion to Japan’s SoftBank and games developer GungHo OnLine Entertainment.... |
19.07.2013 | Freemium Is Irresistable, Even For Successful Game Companies | The freemium debate continues to rage on. Some say it’s the future of how business will be run, while others say it’s synonymous with casual games (read: not for hardcore gamers). Now the tide appears to be changing for the latter group, sp... |
17.04.2013 | Confirmed: Red-Hot Gaming Startup Supercell Raised $130M, Made $179M Last Quarter | Last month, we posted a bit of a rumor: that Finland’s Supercell — likely the most lucrative iOS gaming company in the world — had raised about $100 million in funding in a round led by Index Ventures, Atomico Partners and Institutional Ven... |
17.04.2013 | IVP Co-Leads $130 Million Financing in Supercell | - |
26.05.2011 | Supercell Raises $12m from Accel Partners to power social web games | The trend towards online browser-based games continues to attract the attention of VCs who recognise that this will be the platform of choice going forward. Thus it is that Finnish game developer Supercell has secured a large series A inves... |
25.05.2011 | Game developer Supercell raises $12M from Accel Partners | The Finnish game developer Supercell announced today that it has secured an investment of $12 million from Accel Partners. The previous investments of Accel Partners include Rovio (Angry Birds), Playfish and Gameforge, in addition to some i... |
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