King.com

King is an interactive entertainment company specializing in mobile games, headquartered in London, United Kingdom, with additional offices in San Francisco and Malta. The company offers over 180 titles in 14 languages, including popular games such as Candy Crush Saga, Farm Heroes Saga, and Bubble Witch Saga. With more than 324 million average monthly users, King's games are designed to be easy to learn yet challenging to master, appealing to a wide audience. The games are available for free, with optional purchases for virtual items. Players can enjoy a seamless gaming experience across various platforms, as their progress is synchronized, allowing them to continue their gameplay on any device. King operates six game studios located in Stockholm, Barcelona, Bucharest, Malmö, and London, focusing on embedding social features to enhance player engagement. Founded in 2003, King has established itself as a leader in the mobile gaming industry.

Steven Collins

CTO

Corinne Descroizilles

Senior Finance Director

Tjodolf Sommestad

President

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Z2

Acquisition in 2015
Z2 is a mobile-first free-to-play game developer and publisher that allows players to compete and collaborate in real time through their iPhones or iPads. It creates highly social games that promote free-to-play model. Z2 currently maintains studios and technology resources in Seattle, W.A. for building both mass-market social games along with more traditional 3D multiplayer games. The company's first product called Trade Nations, a city builder game, has created one of the largest game communities on mobile having logged over 500 million game sessions since its launch. Trade Nations has been recognized as one of the top grossing games on [Apple](http://www.crunchbase.com/organization/apple)'s AppStore since launch. The company's second game, MetalStorm became one of the top ranked and top grossing games on iTunes within 3 days of launch. Z2 has a community layer that supports the most advanced set of community features including in-game email, text chat, voice chat, real-time multiplayer, player icons, achievements, badges, and a full social graph that is integrated with [Facebook](http://www.crunchbase.com/organization/facebook) and [twitter](http://www.crunchbase.com/organization/twitter). Z2 was launched in 2009 by [Damon Danieli](http://www.crunchbase.com/person/damon-danieli), and [David Bluhm](http://www.crunchbase.com/person/david-bluhm) and [Lou Fasulo] (https://www.crunchbase.com/person/lou-fasulo). Madrona Venture Group backed the company. Z2 developed four Top Grossing titles for mobile and was sold to King in 2015, which later became part of Activision Blizzard. It is headquartered in Seattle, W.A.

Nonstop Games

Acquisition in 2014
Nonstop Games makes games for gamers across tablet and mobile platforms. It was founded in 2011 by a versatile team of industry veterans who have launched over 50 titles across mobile, Facebook, PC, and console platforms. Nonstop Games has offices in Finland, Singapore and San Francisco, and is backed by Creandum and Lifeline Ventures.

Fabrication Games

Acquisition in 2012
Fabrication Games is a result of a MBO of Jadestone Mobile. The team has been making games for mobile phones since the beginning of the industry. The first award was won 2002 and since then seven more has been added in international renowned competitions such as IMGA, IGF, Into the Pixel and Nokia Innovation Challenge. The reason for their success is simple, it comes from a genuine interest in games on mobile platforms. It excels in production as its active consumers and understand the inner workings of a successful handheld game. The games produced always have a high degree of polish and acute attention to details. It develops games for the iPhone, iPad, Flash, and the Zeebo platform.
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