Everybuddy raises $15M for informal cellular video games like Fortunate Buddies

Everybuddy Video games, the maker of its informal slots hit Fortunate Buddies, has raised $15 million in funding to make informal cellular video games.

Makers Fund led the funding spherical with participation from Key1 Capital and Gigi Levy Weiss. On a mission to construct premium informal cellular video games for all gamers, Everybuddy Video games will use the capital to develop its workforce. It’s an indication that seasoned groups can nonetheless elevate cash within the downturn.

“At Everybuddy, we take satisfaction in our work and in the truth that all people on our close-knit workforce is ready to make a big influence with their skilled and private contributions,” mentioned Adi Dagan, CEO of Everybuddy Video games, in a press release. “Collectively we have now constructed Fortunate Buddies, a fast-paced informal recreation expertise, wrapped in a novel hero-collection recreation, the place gamers can progress by constructing and nurturing their distinctive workforce of Buddies.”

The title is a cellular role-playing slots recreation.

Dagan added, “We consider our workforce has captured the fashion of play that our gamers need: thrilling, revolutionary and emotional leisure experiences. The traction that we’re seeing since launch proves our concept that gamers love amassing and nurturing their Buddies as a lot as they love a fast-paced informal gaming expertise.”

The Israeli recreation maker believes that nice merchandise are created by nice individuals, and the corporate mentioned it’s devoted to fostering a tradition that’s conducive to creativity, private development and influence. Since its official launch within the first quarter this 12 months, Fortunate Buddies has added a whole lot of 1000’s of gamers from all around the world.

“We’re extraordinarily happy with our capability to develop and scale quickly regardless of in the present day’s difficult monetary surroundings,” mentioned Dagan.”Having Makers Fund and Key1 Capital be a part of our help system is a large vote of confidence in our workforce, and in our capability to proceed establishing Fortunate Buddies as one of many trade’s main video games.”

“Adi, Yair, Boaz and the Everybuddy Video games workforce have rapidly constructed up the success of Fortunate Buddies in an evolving cellular video games market,” mentioned Curtis Urbanowicz, investor at Makers Fund, in a press release. “The RPG and social layers create loads of room for innovation and are drawing new gamers into the style. We’re thrilled to be part of their journey.”

Everybuddy Video games is seeking to rent through joinus@everybuddygames.com. The studio was began in 2019 and 2020 by Dagan, Yair Panet, Danny Frishman, Boaz Cohen, Eyal Katz and Shay Molho. Different buyers embrace Ilya Turpiashvily, founding father of Plarium.

They have been fascinated with constructing an revolutionary informal recreation in a crowded, aggressive and thriving trade. They needed to nurture self-development and development tradition inside the workforce; values that individuals respect and leverage.

They have been capable of elevate a considerable and strategic funding spherical in a difficult economic system, and that gave the workforce an enormous increase of confidence as to its capability to thrive and prosper within the years forward, the corporate mentioned.

The corporate has 70 staff.