London, UK - 20th November, 2018: London and Minsk based mobile games studio Tripledot Studios today announced an $8 Million Seed Round led by Velo Partners. Forged by seasoned industry veterans from King, Facebook and Product Madness, Tripledot Studios’ goal is simple: to create the highest quality casual games for everyone to enjoy.
With the belief that amazing games are created by amazing teams, Tripledot Studios are bringing together the best-of-the-best in an exciting environment to create the ‘Apollo Program’ of mobile games.
Lior Shiff, Co-Founder and CEO of Tripledot Studios, who previously co-founded and led Product Madness to be one of the largest mobile gaming companies in the world with revenue in the hundreds of millions, said “We are building the ‘Apollo Program’ of mobile games. Like the Apollo Program, brought the best and brightest to achieve amazing things, we are bringing exceptional people together to create extraordinary mobile games. Our team has a unique understanding of the three pillars necessary for success in mobile games - science, art and business. We know how to turn ideas into successes and are agile enough to execute quickly on rapidly moving market trends and opportunities. This is reflected in the amazing reception of our debut titles, already being played by millions of players worldwide”.
Akin Babayigit, Co-Founder and COO of Tripledot Studios, previously worked as Head of Business Operations at King Digital, and prior to that spent more than 4 years at Facebook where he held several key roles, including leading the company’s games partnerships efforts in Europe, as well as heading the global partnerships team for the Audience Network. Akin noted: “We’re thrilled to be putting together a truly world class team in London and Minsk, both of which have emerged as hotbeds of mobile gaming in the past few years. We are very fortunate to partner with Velo Partners, who are just as excited as we are about the opportunities in the mobile games market, and also share our conviction that putting people at the core of everything we do is the only way to create a great company”.
Eyal Chameides, Co-Founder and Chief Product Officer at Tripledot Studios, previously the Creative Director and part of the founding team at Product Madness commented: “The secret to making great games is actually deceptively simple: bring incredible people together and give them a brilliant, fun and creative environment that enables them to do what they do best. Creating a game should be a as joyful as playing one.”
Evan Hoff, Managing Director of Velo Partners who led the Tripledot Studios seed round investment, added; “It’s always great to be able to partner with a team that you know and trust, and also have a proven track record of achieving huge successes in their field. We are excited about the early traction by the team and that they are already run-rating 7 figures in revenue.”
Tripledot Studios have launched several titles including Solitaire, Solitaire 95, Sudokuand story based chat game, Twisted, on multiple platforms including iTunes, Google Play and Facebook Instant Games.
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About Tripledot Studios Tripledot is a new and fast-growing games studio based in London and Minsk. Forged by seasoned industry veterans from King, Facebook and Product Madness, Tripledots’ goal is to create the highest quality casual games for everyone to enjoy. Tripledot believe that amazing games are created by amazing teams, and bring the best-of-the-best together in an awesome environment to create the “Apollo Program” of mobile games. For more information visit - www.tripledotstudios.com
About Velo Partners Velo Partners is a London based VC. The firm invests and manages a portfolio across the global gaming and gambling industry spanning mobile, online, land-based, real-money, social, B2B and B2C assets. For more information visit - www.velopartners.co.uk