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Socialpoint (formerly Social Point until 2019) is a Spanish video game developer based in
Social Point was founded by Andrés Bou and Horacio Martos in 2008. Between 2008 and 2011, they launched 25 online social games. In January 2011, Social Point released the battle and strategy game ''Social Empires''.
In November 2011, Social Point released ''Social Wars'' and a mobile version of ''Social Empires''. On 8 May 2012, they announced the release of '' Dragon City'' for Facebook.
In July 2012, Social Point announced it had closed a
Barcelona
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. Founded in October 2008 by Horacio Martos and Andrés Bou, the company specializes in free-to-play
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mobile
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and social network game
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s, distributed across Android, iOS
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, Fire OS
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, and Facebook
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. Socialpoint was acquired by Take-Two Interactive
Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. is an American video game holding company based in New York City and founded by Ryan Brant in September 1993.
The company owns two major publishing labels, Rockstar Games and 2K, which operate internal ...
in February 2017.
History
Social Point was founded by Andrés Bou and Horacio Martos in 2008. Between 2008 and 2011, they launched 25 online social games. In January 2011, Social Point released the battle and strategy game ''Social Empires''.
In November 2011, Social Point released ''Social Wars'' and a mobile version of ''Social Empires''. On 8 May 2012, they announced the release of '' Dragon City'' for Facebook.
In July 2012, Social Point announced it had closed a Series B round
A venture round is a type of funding round used for venture capital financing, by which startup companies obtain investment, generally from venture capitalists and other institutional investors. The availability of venture funding is among the ...
of venture capital
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funding to a total of $10 million. TechCrunch
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In 2010, AOL acquired the company for approximately $ ...
reported that funding for the B.1 round was provided by Nauta Capital, Idinvest Partners
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, and BBVA
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bank.
The Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
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published an article in October 2012 announcing that Social Point was an official collaborator in its master's program in Videogames Design.
Spanish newspaper '' Expansión'' printed an article in February 2013, stating that Greylock Partners
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had invested €2.9 million in Social Point in December 2012.
Social Point announced the releases of iOS and Android versions of ''Dragon City'' on 21 March 2013 and 3 July 2013, respectively. In 2014, they launched a new title, ''Monster Legends'', for Facebook, iOS, and Android.
In 2013, Social Point announced its partnership with the mSchools Initiative, a multi-year, multi-faceted education initiative led by the Mobile World Capital Barcelona.
Social Point has confirmed that its staff would be involved in mentoring school children as part of the App Education Course element of the initiative: a computer science
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elective that was offered in Catalan high schools to teach students about application design and prototype development.
In August 2013, VentureBeat
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History
The ''VentureBeat'' company was founded in 2006 by Matt Marshall, ...
named Social Point one of the 20 fastest-growing mobile startups in the world.
According to the company, in 2015 it had a turnover of 85 million euros (50% coming from the United States) and its video games accumulated 180 million downloads.
In January 2016, the company launched a new title, ''World Chef'', and two months later, ''Dragon Land''.
In 2016, it generated $90 million in annual revenue and $20 million in profits according to parent company Take-Two Interactive
Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. is an American video game holding company based in New York City and founded by Ryan Brant in September 1993.
The company owns two major publishing labels, Rockstar Games and 2K, which operate internal ...
.
In December 2019, Social Point was rebranded as Socialpoint and introduced a new logo.
Games developed
References
External links
* {{Take-Two Interactive 2017 mergers and acquisitions Take-Two Interactive divisions and subsidiaries Video game companies of Spain Video game companies established in 2008 Spanish companies established in 2008 Companies based in Barcelona Video game development companies