Informal cell video games firm Tripledot Studios has acquired Get Coloration developer Zephyr Cellular for an undisclosed price, PocketGamer.biz can reveal.
The studio was based in 2016 by Serge Morozov with funding backing from Skalaban Capital founder Alexander Skalabanov.
It is best recognized for video games resembling Get Color, Hey Color and Math Crossword and claims its titles have reached greater than 100 million individuals.
The corporate presently employs 55 workers throughout its Warsaw HQ and different cities in Japanese Europe.
Zephyr Cellular CEO Serge Morozov will proceed operating the studio’s day-to-day operations. Phrases of the deal weren’t disclosed.
Scaling up
Tripledot Studios has printed video games resembling Woodoku, Solitaire and Triple Tile. In its final Sequence B funding spherical in 2022, the corporate raised greater than $116 million at a $1.4 billion valuation.
Final 12 months, the studio received the accolade for Finest Developer on the Pocket Gamer Cellular Video games Awards 2023.
“We have now been large followers of what Zephyr has been constructing for a very long time, and are delighted to get an opportunity to companion with Serge and the crew,” stated Tripledot Studios CEO Lior Shiff.
“With M&A it’s essential to discover a companion who aligns with our tradition and values, and with Zephyr, I feel we just about hit the right spot.
“Creating a number of hit video games shouldn’t be a small feat, and we’re excited to assist the Zephyr crew get these video games to an enormous scale, utilizing our platform and capabilities.”
Zephyr Cellular CEO Serge Morozov added: “I’ve at all times considered Tripledot as the most effective operators within the enterprise. When the prospect introduced itself to companion with them, I couldn’t flip it down. We’re so excited to see how Tripledot might help us attain our full potential, and assist create many different eternal franchises.”
“Continued consolidation”
Tripledot Studios co-founder and president Akin Babayigit commented: “Our continued development and expertise in scaling not only one however a number of titles is a end result of a few years of expertise and know-how in cell video games, in addition to a state-of-the-art know-how platform that we now have constructed. We sit up for utilizing these to assist Zephyr develop their enterprise to new heights.
“We imagine that the video games market as a complete, and cell video games particularly stays misunderstood and we imagine there’s numerous alternative for continued consolidation sooner or later”.
We lately caught up with Tripledot Studios president and co-founder Akin Babayigit on the PocketGamer.biz Podcast. You may watch the interview on YouTube under.