Los Angeles-based studio Firefly Games raised $8 million during investment round A. With the help of the money received, it will help Chinese mobile games appear on the American market.
The touchstone will be the Rising Heroes game, which was previously published by Gumi Corporation in the Asian market. In total, the studio plans to release 4 titles in 2015.
The company will spend part of the funds received on the development of its own title and on strategic investments. In addition, it is planned to develop and launch an analytical service for internal use.
The investors were SkyOcean International Holdings, Ceyuan Ventures Fund and GuangZhou WinHi.
A source: http://www.pocketgamer.biz
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The company’s headquarters are located in Los Angeles and Shanghai. The studio’s team includes industry veterans from Funzio, Zynga, Nexon, Riot Games, FunPlus, Gamevil and Ubisoft.