The Finnish team Seriously, the creator of the game Best Fiends, raised $ 18 million during the investment round A. The company shared information about this on its website.
The main funds came from the Northzone venture capital fund, which has repeatedly invested in gaming startups. Other investors include Korea Investment Partners, Upfront Ventures, Sunstone Capital and Daher Capital.
In 2014 Seriously raised $10 million. The amount of investments received by the company thus increased to $28 million.
The Finnish studio will spend money on expanding the team and further promoting the debut title – Best Fiends. According to the company itself, in the first 10 months since the release, the game has been downloaded 15 million times, its DAU is 1.35 million.
Seriously stated that they are preparing for the release of the next project – the continuation of their hit. It will appear before the end of the year. A total of three games in the Best Fiends theme are expected.
Recall that it is seriously interesting because it uses non-standard marketing moves. So, to promote Best Fiends, the company used the help of the PewDiePie letsplayer. He released a video review for the game, which only over the first weekend brought the project from 30 to 50 thousand direct installations.
A source: http://www.seriously.com
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