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Nexon

Ark Hills South Tower 6F, 1-4-5 Roppongi, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Minato-ku, 106-0032, Japan

Overview

Nexon is an entertainment software developing company that creates free-to-play online games. Nexon is a pioneer in the world of interactive entertainment software. They introduced the world to the first graphic MMORPG, The Kingdom of the Winds, back in 1995. Since then, they've become the industry leader in massively multiplayer online games, continuing to redefine the genre with each of their innovative titles.

Total investments
4
Lead investments
3
Investments · 12mo
0
Active investors
8

Sector focus

  • Gaming
  • Information Technology
  • Internet
  • PC Games
  • Publishing
  • Software
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Investment portfolio

  • CCP Games

    Participated · Equity · Mar 2023

    CCP Games, operating under the new name Fenris Creations, is best known as the developer of the long-running MMO EVE Online. The company announced a strategic investment and partnership with Google DeepMind alongside its rebrand. The public coverage notes the company's prior sale by Pearl Abyss but provides no financial details about the new investment. The announcement does not disclose user, revenue, or other operating metrics. Future plans referenced in the coverage focus on the rebrand and the newly formed relationship with Google DeepMind, though specifics were not provided.

  • AGBO

    Led · Equity · Jan 2022

    AGBO develops and produces intellectual-property-driven entertainment universes across film, episodic television, digital media, audio, and interactive/gaming experiences. Founded in 2017 and based in Los Angeles, the company is led creatively by the Russo brothers alongside writers Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely and CEO Jason Bergsman. AGBO partners with major distributors including Netflix, NBCUniversal, Amazon Prime Video, Disney, Apple TV+, A24, and Roku. Its upcoming slate includes Extraction 2, The Gray Man, The Electric State (with a companion TV series), and the Citadel television universe. The company focuses on building tentpole-led franchises intended to coexist across games, film, TV, merchandising, and other experiences to engage worldwide audiences. AGBO was valued at approximately $1.1 billion following the strategic investment from Nexon.

  • Rumble

    Led · Series B · Oct 2013

    Rumble Entertainment builds polished, premium free-to-play games that run across browsers, mobile devices and social networks. Its debut title KingsRoad is in open beta and available on the web and Facebook, with more than one million monthly active players, average session lengths over an hour, and 40% of players engaging in real-time cooperative play daily. The company plans to expand KingsRoad to tablets and localized languages and is growing a slate that includes Ballistic (a first-person shooter) and Nightmare Guardians (a multiplayer tower-defense game). Rumble positions itself as a first-mover in the West on immersive F2P experiences and emphasizes multiplatform, synchronous multiplayer gameplay. The team is composed of industry veterans from companies such as Zynga, Activision, BioWare, Blizzard, Electronic Arts and others. Financially, Rumble has raised over $35 million to date and is financed by investors including Google Ventures and Khosla Ventures. Rumble builds and publishes premium, console-quality games distributed as free-to-play titles across web, mobile, and social platforms. Its system provides analytics, CRM, and cross-device distribution to host and support third-party developers. The company aims to deliver richer, short-session experiences targeted primarily at men under 35, positioning itself between casual free-to-play and traditional console markets. Leadership includes CEO Greg Richardson (former BioWare/Pandemic CEO) and hires such as Mark Spenner, John Yoo, and Paul Robinson; Rick Thompson is an investor and will sit on the board. Rumble was founded earlier this year and initially raised a few million dollars in seed funding. It has closed a $15 million Series A to finish its publishing platform, invest in third-party developers, and complete two in-house games.

  • A Bit Lucky

    Led · Equity · Mar 2011

    A Bit Lucky is a social game developer founded by Frederic Descamps and Jordan Maynard and is best known for its Facebook title Lucky Train. Lucky Train reaches around 1 million monthly active users, though it does not match the scale of games like CityVille or FarmVille. The company has raised nearly $8 million in total funding following a new $5 million investment from Nexon. Previous investors include SV Angel, Founder Collective, Felicis Ventures, Lerer Ventures, Delicious founder Joshua Schachter, and others. The articles note Nexon's broader activity investing in smaller game developers internationally.

Team

  • Jung Hyun

    CEO

  • Ji Won Park

    CEO of Nexon Korea Corp.

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  • Boku satoshi

    Director COO

  • Shiro Kuniya

    Outside Director (Audit, etc. Committee)