MySpace founder buys game platform Mindjolt

Source: Internet
Author: User
Keywords Game developers gaming platforms Myspace gaming companies Mindjolt
Tags company developers financial financing game game developers game platform games
Beijing time March 4 Morning news, according to foreign media reported today, MySpace Founder, former CEO Chris Devolf (Chris DeWolfe) has bought social gaming platform Mindjolt, and attracted many former MySpace executives to work with him to run the new company. Last year it was reported that Devolf established a new company called Platform G and received a large amount of financing. Investment company Austin Ventures is a major financial supporter of Platform G, rumored to have injected more than $20 million trillion into platform G.  After acquiring Mindjolt, Platform G also renamed Mindjolt. Devolf's former top MySpace executives include chief operating Officer Colin Ti (Colin digiaro,myspace), chief technology Officer Abelle Witterkom (Aber whitcomb,myspace Former chief technology officer, co-founder),  And senior vice president of Business and Enterprise development Josh Yugado (Josh Yguado, former VP of Business Development, Fox Network Group). Mindjolt currently has 1300 games from 1000 Third-party developers who are posted on Facebook and MySpace. Mindjolt mainly earns revenue through advertising and proceeds with game developers. Mindjolt helps small developers promote games on a large platform. At present, only 19 million users per month on Facebook play Mindjolt games, while the number of Mindjolt users per week grew by as much as 7%.  Mindjolt is currently profitable, but the company did not disclose revenue and other financial data. Mindjolt says more profitable features such as virtual goods and tools to help developers develop games will be introduced in the future. The company will also make more acquisitions in the future. Devolf previously said he wanted to take a gradually accumulating strategy.  It is clear that the company will gradually acquire more gaming companies in the future. Mindjolt is headquartered in San Francisco and has offices in Los Angeles. The company claims to be "crazy recruiting". (D-Gold)
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