Social Point
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| Subsidiary | |
| Industry | Video game industry |
| Founded | 2008 |
| Founders | Andrés Bou Horacio Martos |
| Headquarters | Barcelona, Spain |
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Key people
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Andrés Bou (Co-CEO) Horacio Martos (Co-CEO) Marc Canaleta (CTO) |
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Number of employees
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270+ (2017) |
| Parent | Take-Two Interactive (2017–) |
| Subsidiaries | Social Point K.K. Parrot Games S.L. |
| Website | socialpoint |
Social Point S.L. is a Spanish mobile and social network game developer based in Barcelona, Spain. The company began creating free online games for Facebook users in 2008, and for iOS and Android users in 2012, and is best known for Dragon City.
On 1 February 2017, the company was acquired by Take-Two Interactive, the owner of 2K Games and Rockstar Games, for US$250 million.
Social Point was founded by Andrés Bou and Horacio Martos in 2008. Between 2008 and 2011, they launched 25 online social games. In January 2011, Social Point released the battle and strategy game Social Empires.
In July 2012, Social Point announced it had closed a Series B round of venture capital funding to the total of $10 million. TechCrunch reported that funding for the B.1 round was provided by Nauta Capital, Idinvest Partners and the BBVA bank.
Spanish newspaper Expansión printed an article in February 2013, stating that Greylock Partners had invested €2.9 million in Social Point in December 2012.
In November 2011, Social Point released Social Wars and a mobile version of Social Empires. In May 2012, the company announced the release of Dragon City for Facebook.
In December 2012, The Next Web ran an article announcing that Dragon City was ranked #2 in Facebook's 25 top rated games that year.
Social Point announced an iOS version of Dragon City in March 2013. An Android version was released globally in August 2014. Also in 2014, they launched a new combat and strategy title, Monster Legends, for Facebook, iOS and Android.
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