Wildlife Studios builds casual mobile games across multiple genres and has released more than 60 titles since its 2011 founding in São Paulo. Its portfolio includes hits such as Zooba, Tennis Clash, and Castle Crush, and the company’s games have amassed more than 2 billion downloads. Zoo ba has about 8 million monthly active players, Tennis Clash about 9 million, and Wildlife reports more than 100 million monthly active players overall. The company says it has grown organically and profitably at roughly 70% per year and now employs more than 700 people. Leadership says it is not raising to acquire other studios and will continue to create and scale games using internal teams. Wildlife plans to invest more than $200 million over the next two years and aims to expand headcount to over 800 by year end. Wildlife Studios develops and publishes mobile games and has released over 60 titles, including War Machines, Colorfy, Zooba and Tennis Clash. The company reports close to 2 billion downloads across 115 countries and is among the 10 largest game developers by downloads. Founded in 2011 by brothers Victor and Arthur Lazarte, Wildlife employs around 500 people across six offices in São Paulo, Buenos Aires, Dublin, San Francisco, Palo Alto and Orange County. It intends to use new funding to accelerate hiring and increase headcount to more than 800 employees by the end of 2020, further enhance game quality, and support new developers bringing games to market. The company is headquartered in San Francisco.

Total raised

$180M

Funding rounds

2

Latest round

Equity

Latest activity

Aug 2020