An investment in the exploding mobile gaming sector
“Worldwide, people spend more money on gaming than on music. And in mobile gaming, the iPhone has totally redefined the segment, with most other manufacturers of mobile phones following with similar devices”, said Olaf Jacobi, Partner at Target Partners. “Mobile devices connect people, Scoreloop connects gamers on mobile devices. The market is huge and growing. Scoreloop’s technology is unique and creates a worldwide networking effect. The company’s founders, Marc Gumpinger, Dominik Westner and Christian van der Leeden, have already founded several companies and have many years of experience in mobile- and enterprise/server development. These are ideal prerequisites for a successful international start-up.”
The right investor
“We are proud to bring a leading venture capitalist like Target Partners on board. Their entrepreneurial experience, their feeling for the market and the very active Target Partners network are significant and important parts of the investment,” said Gumpinger.
Trendsetter Scoreloop AG
Scoreloop AG is a pioneer in mobile social gaming – player challenges on mobile devices. With the growing availability of smart phones like the iPhone, mobile phones turn into entertainment devices, with gaming as a major focus. With Scoreloop users can now challenge each other. This guaranties more fun, variety and action.
Let the games begin
“No other device is more at hand than a mobile phone. Worldwide, hundreds of millions maintain relationships friends and colleagues on social networks like Facebook or Xing, increasingly through their mobile devices. Now with Scoreloop they can also play against each other – a very obvious application, but until now an unsolved and technically sophisticated one“, explained Gumpinger.
Free licenses and new revenue streams
Scoreloop AG offers a free license of its technology to partners like game developers, publishers or web portals. In addition, partners participate in the revenue streams from so-called “coins”, which are needed in order to challenge other gamers. Everyone wins, as Scoreloop AG enables its partners to make money even with free games. Scoreloop’s technology is currently available on the Apple iPhone, with other mobile device platforms planned for the near future.