Scopely
3530 Hayden Avenue, Culver City, CA, 90232, United States
Overview
Scopely is an interactive entertainment and video game company, home to many top-grossing, award-winning franchises including “Star Trek™ Fleet Command,” “MARVEL Strike Force,” “Stumble Guys”, and “Yahtzee With Buddies,” among others. Scopely creates, publishes, and live-operates immersive games that empower a directed-by-consumer™ experience. Founded in 2011, Scopely is fueled by a world-class team and a proprietary technology platform Playgami™ that supports one of the diversified portfolios in the mobile games industry. Recognized multiple times as Company’s “World’s Most Innovative Companies,” Scopely is a multi-billion-dollar business due to its ability to create long-lasting game experiences that players enjoy for years. Scopely has operations in more than a dozen markets across Asia-Pacific, including Bangalore and Shanghai, among others; EMEA, including Barcelona and Dublin, among others; and North America, including Boulder, Colorado, and Culver City, California, among others, with additional game studio partners across four continents.
- Total investments
- 2
- Lead investments
- 1
- Investments · 12mo
- 0
- Active investors
- 9
Sector focus
- Digital Entertainment
- Mobile Apps
- Online Games
- Software
- Video Games
Investment portfolio
- Helika
Participated · Series A · Feb 2024
Helika offers a data analytics, marketing, and game management platform that aggregates web2 and web3 data to help studios drive growth and optimize player experiences. The company focuses on three core challenges for studios: driving profitable user acquisition, deriving impactful insights from disparate data sources, and improving engagement, retention, and monetization. Helika plans to use new funding to accelerate the launch of its AI-powered game management products. Many AAA studios, including Yuga Labs, Wildcard Alliance, WAGMI, Treasure, Proof of Play, Pixelcraft Studios, Life Beyond (Animoca Brands), BoomLand, Bazooka Tango, and Azra Games, use Helika for analytics and infrastructure. The company was co-founded by Anton Umnov, Lucas Fulks, and Cori Crohman and is based in Toronto, Canada. The platform targets both traditional and web3 gaming customers and positions itself as core analytics infrastructure for studios. Helika offers a Web3 technology platform that combines in-game, on-chain and social media analytics to surface user behavior and interactions. The product is designed to help companies increase engagement, retention and user acquisition and to support data-driven strategic decisions. Helika reports working with top Web3 brands such as Yuga Labs and Treasure. The company is led by founder and CEO Anton Umnov. Helika intends to use its recent funding to expand operations and further develop its analytics platform to better serve the Web3 community. No operating metrics were disclosed in the article.
- Burlingame Studios
Led · Equity · Mar 2022
Burlingame Studios is a startup game studio focused on developing casual mobile games. The company says it is building titles aimed at people who do not consider themselves gamers. The studio is described as a new startup in the announcement. Its current disclosed financial development is a $20M investment from Scopely. The announcement does not disclose specific titles, revenues, user metrics, or founding year. No other investors or prior financing rounds are mentioned in the article.