Mangatar is an Italian social and mobile gaming startup based in Milan and Salerno. Its releases include Mangatar Saga and Dengen Chronicles, a customizable online card game in the Manga universe that combines TCG and RPG elements. The company is led by Andrea Postiglione (CEO & Web Designer), Raffaele Gaito (BizDev & Backend Developer), Enrico Rossomando (CTO & Frontend Developer), Michele Criscuolo (Mobile Developer) and Alfredo Postiglione (Manga Illustrator). Mangatar plans to grow as a publisher by leveraging independent developers, expanding its team and creating a network to develop indie casual and mid-core games for mobile and connected TV platforms. Following the investment, it opened a marketing and promotion office in FIRA Station, a coworking space in Pescara. The company raised €1.1M via Fi.R.A.'s StartHope and Invitalia's Smart&Start Italia, with Fi.R.A. joining as an investor alongside the co-founders and existing shareholder dPixel's Digital Investments S.C.A. SICAR. Mangatar develops a social, manga-universe massive multiplayer card game that lets players create unique "mangatars," take sides, join groups, accomplish missions and improve skills through social play. The team is led by students from the University of Salerno, including Raffaele Gaito, Andrea Postiglione, Enrico Rossomando, Michele Criscuolo and Alfredo Postiglione. The company showcased its game at TechCrunch Italy in September 2012. In November 2012 Mangatar won the €25k “Startup of the year” prize in the ICT & Social Innovation section of the National Prize of Innovation (PNI Cube). The prize check was presented during an event in Bari on November 30, 2012. The award represents the only disclosed financial support mentioned in the article.

Total raised

$1M

Funding rounds

2

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Equity

Latest activity

Oct 2015