Social Point, the Barcelona-based social games developer, announced today it has closed a $7.4 million Series B round of funding led by Idinvest Partners, with participation from other funds including BBVA and existing investor Nauta Capital.
The investment will be used to accelerate its expansion into mobile, strengthen its team, and increase the capacity of its platform. The developer also has several new games in its pipeline, which are designed for integration between different platforms.
Social Point is best known for its Facebook games Social Empires, Social Wars and Dragon City, which combined have over 15 million monthly active users. Its first foray into mobile is Social Empires, its biggest hit so far with 5.5 million MAU on Facebook, which is set for release in the very near future.
Founded in 2008 by co-CEOs Andrés Bou and Horacio Martos along with chief technology officer Marc Canaleta, Social Point is a top 10 global developer of social games on Facebook.
Related links:
Social Point – http://www.socialpoint.es
Idinvest Partners – http://www.idinvest.com/en
Nauta Capital – http://www.nautacapital.com
Social Point – press release
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