Tech Company Financing Transactions

Wildlife Studios Funding Round

Wildlife Studios, based in San Jose, raised $60 million from Benchmark Capital, Bessemer Venture Partners and private investors.

Transaction Overview

Company Name
Announced On
12/9/2019
Transaction Type
Venture Equity
Amount
$60,000,000
Round
Series A
Investors

Benchmark Capital (Lead Investor)

Bessemer Venture Partners

private investors (Divesh Makan)

private investors (Hugo Barra)

private investors (Javier Olivan)

private investors (Micky Malka)

private investors (Ric elias)

Proceeds Purpose
The company intends to use the funds to accelerate talent acquisition to increase employee headcount to more than 800 employees by the end of 2020, further enhance game quality, as well as support new developers to bring games to market.

Company Information

Company Status
Private & Independent
Industry
Digital Media & VR & AR
Mailing Address
75 E Santa Clara St.
San Jose, CA 95113
USA
Phone
Undisclosed
Email Address
Overview
Wildlife Studios is among the 10 largest mobile gaming companies in the world, the largest in Latin America. We are a Brazilian native global company funded in 2011, and today we have offices in Argentina, Brazil, Ireland and USA. Since our launch, we have released more than 60 titles reaching billions of people globally.
Profile
Wildlife Studios LinkedIn Company Profile
Social Media
Wildlife Studios Company Twitter Account
Company News
Wildlife Studios News
Facebook
Wildlife Studios on Facebook
YouTube
Wildlife Studios on YouTube

Management Team

Title
Name
Email & Social
Chief Executive Officer
Victor Lazarte
  Victor Lazarte  LinkedIn Profile  Victor Lazarte  Twitter Account  Victor Lazarte  News  Victor Lazarte  on Facebook
Chief Technical Officer
Michael Mac-Vicar
  Michael Mac-Vicar LinkedIn Profile  Michael Mac-Vicar Twitter Account  Michael Mac-Vicar News  Michael Mac-Vicar on Facebook
VP - Product Management
Arthur Lazarte
  Arthur Lazarte LinkedIn Profile  Arthur Lazarte Twitter Account  Arthur Lazarte News  Arthur Lazarte on Facebook


 

 

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