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Seriously raises $18M in Series A

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What does Seriously do?

Seriously, is a mobile entertainment startup. The company is building mobile games designed to be developed into entertainment properties. The company combines a world class creative team with a mobile first experience for developing brands which make a difference. The company is driven to make great games and is using the tablets and smart phones which provides the company an opportunity to connect with larger audience. It is concentrated on making entertainment which grabs the audience attention, games that provide amazing value and which engrosses users in playing. The company’s games are available on Android and iOS platforms.

How much Seriously was funded?

Seriously raised $18M in Series A funding on August 4, 2015 from Northzone (Lead), Korea Investment Partners, Daher Capital, Upfront Ventures and Sunstone Capital.

Previous funding

  •  $2.4M in Seed round on November 5, 2013 from Sunstone Capital (Lead) and Upfront Ventures (Lead)
  • $2.7Min Seed round on May 30, 2014 from Daher Capital, Upfront Ventures and Sunstone Capital
  • $5Min Series A funding on November 17, 2014

What is next for Seriously?

Seriously has launched a trilogy of Best Friends games and will use the latest funding for building out its production teams and further invest in the industry first marketing programs. The company is expanding the Best Friends game beyond the mobile games into a worldwide entertainment franchise. It is reverse engineering the regular Hollywood approach for creating an entertainment franchise with Nordic gaming.

More about Seriously

Seriously was founded in August 1st, 2013 by Samuli Viikinen, Petri Järvilehto, Reko Ukko, and Andrew Stalbow. It has its headquarters in Venice, California. The company’s first mobile game, Best Friends was released in October 2014 and since then it has been downloaded more than 15 M times and has 1.35 M daily active players. The company is going to release the second game in the Best Friends Trilogy later this year.
 

 

 

 

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