Israeli recreation developer Everybuddy Video games has raised $15 million in a Sequence A funding spherical, which was led by Makers Fund with participation from Key1 Capital.
The corporate will use this funding to additional its mission to construct premium informal cellular video games, utilising the capital to develop its workforce and appeal to prime expertise.
“At Everybuddy, we take satisfaction in our work and in the truth that all people on our close-knit workforce is ready to make a major impression with their skilled and private contributions,” stated Everybuddy Video games co-founder and CEO Adi Dagan. “Collectively we’ve constructed Fortunate Buddies, a fast-paced informal recreation expertise, wrapped in a novel hero-collection recreation, the place gamers can progress by constructing and nurturing their distinctive workforce of Buddies.”
“We consider our workforce has captured the fashion of play that our gamers need: thrilling, revolutionary and emotional leisure experiences. The traction that we’re seeing since launch proves our concept that gamers love amassing and nurturing their Buddies as a lot as they love a fast-paced informal gaming expertise.”
A fortunate funding spherical
Since its launch in Q1 this yr, Fortunate Buddies has earned lots of of 1000’s of gamers everywhere in the world, and plans to make use of the funding to additional scale the sport, with the intention of turning it into one of many greatest video games within the cellular house. “We’re extraordinarily pleased with our potential to develop and scale quickly regardless of as we speak’s difficult monetary setting,” stated Dagan. ”Having Makers Fund and Key1 Capital be part of our assist system is a big vote of confidence in our workforce, and in our potential to proceed establishing Fortunate Buddies as one of many business’s main video games.”
Makers Fund investor Curtis Urbanowicz credit Fortunate Buddy’s success to the multi-layered gameplay. “The RPG and social layers create a number of room for innovation and are drawing new gamers into the style. We’re thrilled to be part of their journey.”
Israel is changing into a hub of the cellular gaming business, with 74 p.c of the nation’s cellular gaming workforce specialising in social and informal video games.
