Pocket Gems

formerly PocketGems

Pioneering mobile games and entertainment

San Francisco, United States · Founded 2009 · $155.0M raised

Employees
201–500
Founded
2009
Business Model
B2C
Total Funding
$155.0M
Last Round
$90.0M Corporate RoundMay 2017
Rounds
3

Totals include recorded grants and other qualifying funding, not just equity. What counts toward funding.

About

Pocket Gems is a San Francisco-based mobile game studio founded in 2009, creating graphically rich games and interactive entertainment like Episode and War Dragons. With over 200 employees, they innovate using a proprietary mobile-first Mantis Engine for 3D real-time multiplayer and have been downloaded over 325 million times worldwide. Backed by Sequoia Capital and Tencent.

Summary

Pocket Gems is an Entertainment company based in San Francisco, United States, founded in 2009. It has raised $155.0M in total across 3 rounds, most recently a $90.0M Corporate Round in May 2017. Investors include Tencent, Sequoia Capital and Michael Dearing.

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Funding History

Corporate RoundSeries C / Corporate InvestmentMay 2017
$90.0M

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