Rovio Entertainment taht is game creators of 'Angry Birds' is in talks toreceive an injection of funds comes from investors about U.S. $ 1.2 billion. Allegedly Electronic Arts, Zynga, News Corp.. andDisney is the investor.
Excerpted from The Telegraph, August 20, 2011, MichaelPachter, Managing Director of Wedbush Securities Researchpresented his views if these investors had invested their funds inthe game 'Angry Birds'.
"I see how Disney would pick up the 'Angry Birds' and turn it into a playground and movies, and Zynga can take 'Angry Birds' andmakes it like Farmville," said Pachter.
For information, in March, Rovio received an injection of funds amounting to U.S. $ 42 billion from Atomico, Niklas Zennstrom's, the founders of Skype as well as from corporate sponsorship Facebook, Accel Partners.
Mikael Hed, Rovio leadership said it wanted the company to go public within the next few years. "We might want to be in stock, which would probably mean the Nasdaq stock market will be us," he said.
Angry Birds is a game of precision shooting a variety of birds. This game has been downloaded more than 300 billion times since its launch in 2009, and is one of the most successful smartphone applications of all time.
Originally released for the iPhone, Rovio has added a version for Android and Nokia, as well as PCs and Macs. The birds are very famous angry and has been converted into a variety of permainanan, refrigerator magnets and even clothing.
{ 0 comments... read them below or add one }
Post a Comment