Glu Mobile

Glu Mobile

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Overview

Glu Mobile (NASDAQ:GLUU) is a global developer and publisher of freemium games for smartphone and tablet devices. Glu is focused on creating compelling original IP games such as GUN BROS, DEER HUNTER, BLOOD & GLORY, and SAMURAI VS. ZOMBIES DEFENSE on a wide range of platforms including iOS, Android™, Windows Phone, Google Chrome, and MAC OS. Glu’s unique technology platform enables its titles to be accessible to a broad audience of consumers globally. Founded in 2001, Glu is headquartered in San Francisco with major offices outside Seattle, and overseas in Brazil, Canada, China, and Russia. Consumers can find high-quality entertainment created exclusively for their mobile devices wherever they see the ‘g’ character logo or at www.glu.com.

Glu Mobile was founded in 2001 as Sorrent. In 2004, Sorrent merged with Macrospace to form Glu Mobile.

Highlights

Founded

2001

Industry

Mobile

Employees

501-1000

Investment

1

Lead Investment

0

Exits

1

Stages

N/A

Investor Type

N/A

Location

United States, North America

Contact Information

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Profile Resume

Glu Mobile, established in 2001 and headquartered in United States, North America., specializes in investments across Gaming, Apps, Video Games. The organization boasts a portfolio of 1 investments, with an average round size of $7.5M and 1 successful exits. Their recent investments include QuizUp. The highest investment round they participated in was $90.0M. Explore their portfolio in detail, see who is connected to them, and find their contact information on our platform.

Employees

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Nick Earl

CEO

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Henry Labounta

Senior Art Director

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Mark Van Ryswyk

Executive Vice President

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Brian Kealer

Sr. Director, Ad Monetization & Product

Investment portfolio

Glu Mobile has made 1 diversity investments. Their most recent diversity investment was on Jan 21, 2016, when QuizUp raised $7.5M.

investments

1

Diversity investments

1

Lead investments

0

Number of exits

1

Investments

1

Annouced DateOrganization NameIndustryMoney Raised
Jan 21, 2016
QuizUp QuizUp
Gaming7.5M

Exits

1

Funding Timeline

Funding rounds

1

Investors

13

Funds

0

Funding Rounds

1

Glu Mobile has raised 1 rounds. Their latest funding was raised on Jan 21, 2016 from a Convertible Note - QuizUp round.

Annouced DateTransaction NameNumber of InvestorsMoney RaisedLead Investor
Jan 21, 2016
Convertible Note - QuizUp Convertible Note - QuizUp
-7.5M-

Investors

23

Glu Mobile is funded by 23 investor(s). New Enterprise Associates and Scale Venture Partners Kantor are the most recent investors.

Investor NameLead InvestorFunding RoundMoney Raised
-No
Post-IPO Equity - Glu Mobile
34.5M
-Yes
Post-IPO Equity - Glu Mobile
126.0M
-Yes
Post-IPO Equity - Glu Mobile
23.7M
-No
Post-IPO Secondary - Glu Mobile
160.0M

Fund raised

2

Susa Ventures has raised a total of $590M across 6 funds, their latest being Susa Ventures Opportunities II. This fund was announced on Aug 30, 2021 and raised a total of $250M.

Annouced DateFund NameMoney Raised
May 10, 2013
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1.0M
May 11, 2013
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1.0M

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