King Digital Entertainment Overview

  • Founded
  • 2003
Founded
  • Status
  • Acquired/​Merged
  • Employees
  • 2,000
Employees
  • Latest Deal Type
  • M&A
  • Financing Rounds
  • 4
  • Investments
  • 8

King Digital Entertainment General Information

Description

Developer of interactive mobile games in Saint Julian's, Malta. The company focuses on designing diverse games, allowing it to impart varied entertainment capabilities to users around the world.

Contact Information

Website
www.king.com
Formerly Known As
Midasplayer.com
Ownership Status
Acquired/Merged
(Operating Subsidiary)
Financing Status
Formerly PE-Backed
Primary Industry
Entertainment Software
Parent Company
Primary Office
  • Aragon House Business Centre
  • Level 4, Dragonara Road
  • Saint Julian's, STJ 3140
  • Malta
+356 2579 0000
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King Digital Entertainment Valuation & Funding

Deal Type Date Amount Valuation/
EBITDA
Post-Val Status Debt

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King Digital Entertainment Comparisons

Description
Primary
Industry
HQ Location
Employees
Total Raised
Post Valuation
Last Financing Details
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Entertainment Software
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King Digital Entertainment Competitors (68)

Company Name Financing Status Location Employees Total Raised Last Financing Date/Type Last Financing Amount
Crytek Formerly PE-Backed Frankfurt, Germany 000 000000&0
00000000 Venture Capital-Backed New York, NY 000 00.00 000000 - 000 00.00
0000000 00000 Venture Capital-Backed Los Angeles, CA 00 0000 0000000000 0 0000
000000000 Venture Capital-Backed Karlsruhe, Germany 000 00000000000
0000000000 0000000 Corporate Backed or Acquired Saskatoon, Canada 000000&0
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King Digital Entertainment Patents

King Digital Entertainment Recent Patent Activity

Publication ID Patent Title Status First Filing Date Technology (CPC) Citations
US-20210331080-A1 Computer device configured to provide a computer implemented game and method Pending 27-Apr-2020 000000000
US-20210322873-A1 Computer device configured to provide computer game and method Pending 21-Apr-2020 000000000
US-20210322875-A1 Computer device configured to provide computer game and method Pending 21-Apr-2020 0000000000
US-20210322876-A1 Computer device configured to provide computer game and method Pending 21-Apr-2020 0000000000
US-20210264319-A1 Computer system, a computer device and a computer implemented method Pending 21-Feb-2020 A63F13/47
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King Digital Entertainment Executive Team (29)

Name Title Board Seat Contact Info
Humam Sakhnini President
Tjodolf Sommestad President
Lars Markgren Co-Founder & Managing Director
Sebastian Knutsson Co-Founder, Chief Creative Officer & Head of Product Development
Dan Hay Chief Information Security Officer
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King Digital Entertainment Board Members (7)

Name Representing Role Since
0000000 000000 00.0 King Digital Entertainment Chairman 000 0000
0000 00000 Self Board Member & Chairman of Audit Committee 000 0000
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King Digital Entertainment Signals

Growth Rate

0.80% Weekly
Growth
Weekly Growth 0.80%, 93rd %ile
-35.5%. 530%

Size Multiple

219x Median
Size Multiple 219x, 100th %ile
0.00x 0.95x. 413Kx

Key Data Points

Twitter Followers

5.5k

Similarweb Unique Visitors

15.0K

Majestic Referring Domains

314

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King Digital Entertainment Former Investors

Investor Name Investor Type Holding Investor Since Participating Rounds Contact Info

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King Digital Entertainment Investments & Acquisitions (8)

Company Name Deal Date Deal Type Deal Size Industry Lead Partner
000000000 04-Oct-2019 0000000000 Entertainment Software
000000000 000 17-Aug-2018 00000 0000 00.00 Entertainment Software
0000000 25-Jan-2017 0000000000 Business/Productivity Software
000000000 000 01-Jun-2016 00000 0000 00.00 Entertainment Software
Z2 12-Feb-2015 Merger/Acquisition 00000 Entertainment Software 00000000
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King Digital Entertainment Subsidiaries (2)

Company Name Industry Location Founded
Fabrication Games Application Software Stockholm, Sweden 2009
00000 0000000 Angel Group London, United Kingdom
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King Digital Entertainment Exits (1)

Company Name Exit Date Exit Type Exit Size Status Buyers
00 12-Feb-2015 000000000000000000 00000 Completed
  • 0000 0000000 00000
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