![]() ![]() Playsoft will operate within the Product Madness business, and continue to be led by its impressive founders Nicolas Bensignor and Pierre Olivier Monteil. Playsoft has a 13+ year track record of developing more than 50 successful game titles for third-party partners. Minwoo and Antti bring a wealth of experience to the Group, which will help us grow Aristocrat’s presence in Finland and further expand our game development capabilities.Īristocrat has also acquired Playsoft, the Gdańsk (Poland) based mobile gaming studio specialising in the social casino genre. Northern Stars will focus on the emerging hybrid casual genre under the world-class game development and studio leaders, Minwoo Lee (ex EA, Rovio, Ubisoft) and Antti Nikander (ex Rovio). ![]() Given talent opportunities in the region, Aristocrat has established a further Helsinkibased studio, Northern Stars. Futureplay will operate under the proven leadership of Jami Laes, as a studio reporting within Aristocrat’s Plarium business. Founded in 2015, Futureplay has released six games that have been played by over 140 million users around the world, including titles such as Merge Gardens, Idle Farming Empire and Battlelands Royale. The investments are strongly aligned to targeted genres, particularly the high-growth casual and merge segments where Aristocrat Digital already has a presence, and the social casino segment, in which the business has a market-leading position globally.Īristocrat has agreed to acquire Helsinki-based free-to-play mobile gaming studio Futureplay, which specialises in the growing merge/match 3 segment of the casual market. However, the company was unprofitable overall with a net loss of $102 million for the quarter.Aristocrat Leisure has bought three studios to expand its Digital game development capability, in line with its growth strategy. The latest transaction is expected to close in the first half of 2022.ĭoorDash was one of the benefactors of the global pandemic, managing to set records for orders and the value of those orders as reported in its second-quarter earnings for the three-month period ending June 30. Wolt represents DoorDash’s sixth acquisition according to Crunchbase data and its second in 2021, which includes an acquisition of Chowbotics earlier this year. Its most recent funding round was $530 million in January, led by Iconiq Growth, with participation from Tiger Global, DST, KKR, Prosus, EQT Growth, EQT Ventures and Coatue. ![]() Wolt has raised over $850 million to date, according to its Crunchbase profile. Finnish food delivery app Wolt said Wednesday that it has raised 130 million from a group of private investors led by Iconiq Capital, with plans to expand into new markets and hire 1,000 more employees by the end of next year. The company has over 4,000 employees across 23 countries and its technology enables users to easily discover and receive food via its platform by selecting a restaurant, placing the order and hitting send. Talking about the acquisition, Tony Xu, co-founder and CEO of DoorDash said in a statement that the move “will accelerate our product development, bring greater focus to each of our markets and improve the value we provide to consumers, merchants, as well as Dashers and couriers around the world.”įinland-based Wolt was founded in 2014 by Miki Kuusi, who, upon the deal closing, will run DoorDash International and report to Xu. Brian Heater / TechCrunch: Apple says its devices can now be repaired in 1,000+ Best Buy locations across the US, expanding on its current network of 270 Apple. On-demand delivery giant DoorDash announced Tuesday it was acquiring food delivery company Wolt in an all-stock deal valued at €7 billion, or $8.1 billion. ![]()
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