Voodoo

About

Voodoo is a gaming app that develops and publishes mobile video games.

Paris,Ile-de-France,France
http://www.voodoo.io/

Highlights

Details

Last Funding Type: Series Unknown
Last Funding Money Raised: $200M
Industries: Casual Games,Mobile Apps,Online Games
Founded date: Jan 1, 2013
Operating Status: Active
Legal Name: Voodoo SAS
Also Known As: Voodoo.io

Voodoo is a mobile gaming market and the second company worldwide with the most downloads on the App Store per day. Voodoo apps total over 150M monthly users and generated 300M downloads in 2017.

Voodoo creates and publishes mobile games for casual players. Recent releases include Paper.io, Snake VS Block, Flappy Dunk, Fight List, Dune!, Baseball Boy!, Helix Jump and many other hit games.

Voodoo believes in continuous improvement of processes and sharing best practices. Their culture is based on their strategy: achieve excellence by creating and publishing hit games and hiring great talent.

Funding Rounds

Number of Funding Rounds

Total Funding Amount

6

$201M €266M

Voodoo has raised a total of $201M €266M in funding over 2 rounds. Their latest funding was raised on Aug 2, 2021 from a Corporate Round round.

Announced Date	Round	Money Raised	Number of Investors	Lead Investors	Post Valuation
Aug 2, 2021	Corporate Round	€266M	1	Groupe Bruxelles Lambert	—	Detail
Aug 17, 2020	Series Unknown	—	1	Tencent	—	Detail
Apr 1, 2019	Debt Financing	—	1	Tikehau Capital	—	Detail
May 28, 2018	Series Unknown	$200M	3	Goldman Sachs	—	Detail
Oct 14, 2015	Seed	$1M	1	—	—	Detail

Investments

Number of Investments

Number of Lead Investments

7

6

Voodoo has made 7 investments. Their most recent investment was on Oct 4, 2022, when Fizz raised $4.50M.

Date Company Name	Round	Money Raised	Industry	Lead Investor
Oct 4, 2022 Fizz	Seed	$4.50M	Social	Yes
Mar 15, 2022 Volt Games	Seed	$1.50M	Android	Yes
Feb 7, 2022 Polygon	Series Unknown	$450M	Blockchain	—
Nov 8, 2021 Teskin	Corporate Round	—		Yes
Mar 12, 2021 Fomo Games	Seed	₺17M	Video Games	Yes

Investors

Number of Lead Investors

Number of Investors

4

8

Voodoo is funded by 8 investors. Groupe Bruxelles Lambert and Tencent are the most recent investors.

Investor Name	Lead Investor	Funding Round
Groupe Bruxelles Lambert	Yes	Corporate Round
Tencent	Yes	Series Unknown
Tikehau Capital	Yes	Debt Financing
Goldman Sachs	Yes	Series Unknown
GS Growth	—	Series Unknown
West Street Infrastructure Partners	—	Series Unknown
SAIF Partners	—	Seed
Thomas Dadashi	—	Seed

Employee Profiles

Number of Employee Profiles

13

Voodoo has 13 current employee profiles, including Executive Alexandre Yazdi

Executive

Executive

Employee

Executive

Employee

Acquisition

Voodoo has acquired 5 organizations. Their most recent acquisition was VIDCOIN on Apr 1, 2016. They acquired VIDCOIN for 0.

Date Company Name	Industry	Acquisition Type	Price
Apr 1, 2016 VIDCOIN	Ad Server	—	—	Detail
Dec 11, 2019 GumBug	Video	acquisition	—	Detail
Dec 21, 2020 OHM Games	Casual Games	acquisition	—	Detail
Jun 10, 2021 Bidshake	Advertising	acquisition	—	Detail
Sep 30, 2021 Beach Bum	Casual Games	acquisition	$ 250M	Detail