Playrix founders Igor and Dmitry Bukhman in an interview with the channel “Russian Norms!” stated that they invested in the summer of 2018 in the Nexters gaming company, publisher of the Chronicles of Chaos and The Battle for the Throne.
Dmitry and Igor Bukhmans
The founders of Playrix are very happy with the investment.
They say that since then Nexters has grown more than three times. And now it continues to grow. Exactly how much was invested in Nexters is not reported.
According to the analytical service DataMagic, Nexters’ mobile earnings in August last year amounted to $0.9 million. By the end of August 2019, the company earned $6.3 million in the mobile market.
Dynamics of Nexters mobile revenue (January 2018 — August 2019, DataMagic)
In addition, the Buchmans noted that they have experience investing in non-gaming companies.
Previously, they invested together with Lev Leviev, the co-founder of VKontakte, $10 million in the Russian hotel booking service Ostrovok.
Recall that in August of this year there was also a major transaction related to the Buchmans. Playrix has become a strategic partner and investor of the Belarusian Vizor Games, which operates such games as “Zombie Farm” and “Klondike”.
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