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Company Profile
Small Giant Games
Website
www.smallgiantgames.com
About
Conveniently located in the heart of downtown Helsinki, Finland, Small Giant Games was founded in February 2013 by four industry veterans.
They have developed games such as Empires & Puzzles and Puzzle Combat.
Related People
Sofia Vanhanen
Developer
Timo Soininen
CEO
Peitsa Hynninen
Lead Data Analyst
Jose Saarniniemi
Managing Director
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Support From Supercell
Supercell co-founder supports $1.6M funding round in Chinese publisher MyGamez
Supercell co-founder Mikko Kodisoja, Small Giant Games co-founder Timo Soininen, Reworks co-founder Ilkka Teppo and former Riot China head of operations Daniel Wang are on board
Guest Post
LifeStreet CEO Levi Matkins on converting players to payers in a post-IDFA world
Working with a specialised DSP is more important than ever for companies looking to scale
Ua Eye
How Puzzle Combat's playable ads bridge the gap between puzzle and RPG fans
Rovio’s Claire Rozain casts a meticulous lens over Zynga's Puzzle Combat, and breakdowns the key points in her weekly column, UA Eye
Bigger Cash
Zynga pays Small Giant $240 million in second performance earn-out
And one more payment is due
Making Of
Why Small Giant followed up its $1 billion hit Empires & Puzzles with Puzzle Combat
CEO Jose Saarniniem explains
Top Dog
Small Giant Games names Jose Saarniniemi as its new CEO
He takes over from Timo Soininen on November 27th
Mygamez Funding
MyGamez partners with Small Giant Games on Empires & Puzzles' Chinese Android launch
Fingersoft, Small Giant Games, Peter Vesterbacka, and more contribute to new funding round
Finns Are In
Posting record sales thanks to Empires & Puzzles, Zynga pays $122 million earnout to Small Giants
Q1 2020 financials are booming
Pgc Digital
PGC Digital: Looking at live ops from an analytics perspective
Small Giant Games lead data analyst Peitsa Hynninen
$$$
Empires & Puzzles storms past $500 million in lifetime revenue
Sales mainly from Android players
Small Giants
How Small Giant Games made it big
We speak to studio co-founder and CEO Timo Soininen about the developer's incredible journey
Live And Kicking
Two years on: Small Giant Games on the evolution of Finland's latest great export Empires & Puzzles
CEO Timo Soininen and developer Sofia Vanhanen. discuss growing the highly successful title
Forever Franchise
Empires & Puzzles racks up 34 million downloads
New update led by 20-year old Sofia Vanhanen adds base updates and Hunter's Lodge
Good Dog
Zynga posts record mobile bookings of $341m in Q1 2019 thanks to Empires & Puzzles and Merge Dragons
However losses increased significantly due to the outperformance of these titles, resulting in bigger earnouts for Small Giant Games and Gram Games
Puzzler
Small Giant Games soft-launches Empires & Puzzles follow-up Puzzle Combat
First follow-up since Zynga purchased studio in December
Bold Buy
Zynga buys Empires & Puzzles dev Small Giant Games in deal worth over $700 million
Finnish indie snapped up
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Winning
Empires and Puzzles takes home Best Breakthrough Hit from Google Play Awards
Broken Rules also won the Standout Indie Award while Pocket Gem snagged the Community Award
Finland's Finest
Empires & Puzzles wins Small Screen Game of the Year at Finnish Game Awards
Former Big Indie Pitch winner Team Ocmo picks up Rookie of the Year
Giant Investment
Finnish developer Small Giant Games raises $41 million
Success of Empires & Puzzles leads to significant funding round as studio plots further growth
Small Giant Investment
Small Giant Games closes $5.7 million funding round to grow new game Empires & Puzzles
Brings total funding raised to around $9.5 million
Giant Plans
Why Finnish developer Small Giant is ditching casual comforts with Empires & Puzzles
CEO Timo Soininen discusses the thinking behind its latest game
We Have Liftoff
Small Giant Games' debut Oddwings Escape does 1 million downloads in 6 days
Latest Finnish start-up's good start
Jobs
Small Giant Games seeks senior game designer
Apply within
Investment
Buoyant Helsinki: Small Giant Games raises $3.1 million
Round led by Creandum
Interview
PG Connects Speaker Spotlight: Timo Soininen, Small Giant Games
Using multiplayer to drive retention and longevity
Checkin In
Habbo Hotel's Timo Soininen joins Small Giant Games
Serving as studio's new chief executive
Small Giant raises $750,000, also looking for more smart small giants
Helsinki's next generation stretches its legs
Sulake and IKON Graphics veterans combine to form Small Giant Games
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