Scopely operates a portfolio of top-grossing mobile games (including Scrabble GO, MARVEL Strike Force, Star Trek Fleet Command, YAHTZEE With Buddies and others) built on a proprietary technology and publishing platform. The company emphasizes a studio ecosystem and directed-by-consumer game experiences, claiming one of the most diversified portfolios in the West. Scopely reports strong player engagement (Star Trek Fleet Command players average four hours per day) and launched Scrabble GO as the #1 most-downloaded word game worldwide. The business has achieved more than $1 billion in lifetime revenue and the company says it is significantly profitable with a strong balance sheet. Scopely plans to use new capital to accelerate M&A, expand into new product categories, and partner with teams and creators to scale growth. The company has roughly 950 employees across offices and studios in the United States, Spain, Ireland, the UK, and Japan. Scopely creates, publishes and live-operates mobile games and interactive entertainment products for worldwide audiences, delivering digital, directed-by-consumer experiences across original and licensed IP. Its portfolio includes Star Trek Fleet Command, Looney Tunes World of Mayhem, WWE Champions 2019, The Walking Dead: Road To Survival, YAHTZEE With Buddies and Wheel of Fortune: Free Play. The company intends to use new funding to accelerate its M&A and investment strategy and to expand its portfolio into new genres and IP. Scopely reported more than $1 billion in lifetime revenue this past summer and has more than doubled its valuation in the prior year. The company added two games at the end of 2018 and created Star Trek Fleet Command with the recently acquired DIGIT Game Studios. Scopely is led by Co-CEOs Walter Driver and Javier Ferreira and has global operations in Los Angeles, Barcelona, Tokyo and Dublin, with additional studios in seven countries across four continents. Scopely is a mobile-games company and touchscreen entertainment network led by CEO and co‑founder Walter Driver. It develops and publishes games in partnership with development studios; notable titles include The Walking Dead: Road to Survival, WWE Champions, Wheel of Fortune Free Play, Yahtzee and Dice With Buddies variants. The company operates a network with more than 165 million users. Scopely raised an additional $100M in Series C funding, bringing its Series C to $160M and total funding to more than $250M to date. Backers on the latest tranche included Revolution Growth, Greycroft Partners and Evolution Media. The company intends to use the funds to make acquisitions and to invest in game studios and intellectual property. Scopely highlights expertise in game design, live services, marketing, analytics, business development and advertising. Scopely has built a platform for promoting and monetizing mobile games, whether developed in-house or by third-party studios. Its titles include The Walking Dead: Road to Survival, Wheel of Fortune Free Play and WWE Champions. The company says it reaches more than 125 million players, with The Walking Dead alone generating hundreds of millions of dollars in annual revenue. Scopely said it is already profitable. Management plans to use new capital to expand the business through inorganic means while continuing organic growth in parallel. The company is headquartered in Los Angeles. Scopely offers tools for promoting and monetizing mobile games and operates both in-house development and partnerships with outside studios. The company released two hit games last year — The Walking Dead: Road to Survival and Yahtzee with Buddies — both ranked among the top-grossing games on the Apple App Store and Google Play. Road to Survival has been installed by more than 20 million players, and the game’s revenues have grown every month since launch, driven by advertising and in-app purchases. Scopely says it will continue to invest in existing titles while also launching new games. The company pursues partnerships with major IP holders, having worked with Hasbro and Walking Dead creator Robert Kirkman, and intends to pursue similar partnerships going forward. Financially, Scopely has raised a total of $98.5 million to date, including the newly announced Series B.

Total raised

$799M

Funding rounds

7

Latest round

Series E

Latest activity

Oct 2020