Homa Games, a mobile developer and publisher with more than 30 apps in its portfolio, has raised a record $15 million seed round from Idinvest Partners and e.ventures.
Since its foundation in 2018, Homa Games has created multiple worldwide game hits of hypercasual such as Tower Color, Sky Roller and NERF Epic Pranks!.
Homa Games quadrupled its team in the past year, expanding the offices to Toulouse, Lisbon and Skopje. The company, which has grown steadily over the past years reached 250 million lifetime downloads, with one of the biggest contributors being NERF Epic Pranks!.
“Resilience, task ownership and teamwork are the basis of Homa Games culture, and what allowed us not only to be fully operational during the lockdown but succeeding in innovation and growth.” shared Oliver le Bas, CRO and Co-founder.
By 2021 Homa Games consolidated its growth by hiring key management figures, including VP of Operations, Julien Bourhis, Naveen Mewani, Head of Growth Strategies and Romain Levrini, VP of Finance.
“Hypercasual is paving the way for a new production flow to release fun games at a very fast speed. At Homa, we are creating technologies to push this vision a step further, and our goal is to disrupt the content creation process to release the most entertaining apps to a massive audience. We unlock the creativity of developers around the world. This Seed round will enable us to invest further in talents, IP licensing, and products.” Daniel Nathan, CEO & Co-Founder Homa Games.
Idinvest Partners and e.ventures will accelerate Homa’s global expansion
In the ever-growing mobile industry Homa aims to further diversify and expand its portfolio; innovate and create new tech in user acquisition, monetization, prototyping and development. The company will combine its expertise with the experience of Idinvest Partners, a European venture capital firm and e.ventures.
Benoist Grossmann, Managing Partner at Idinvest Partners, and Jonathan Userovici, Partner at e.ventures are joining the board of Homa Games.
Benoist Grossmann declares: “The world of mobile games is booming. Homa is already becoming one the leading players in the space with an exceptional team innovating at a crazy pace.”
“Homa built its own proprietary technologies and tools over the past years, making its end-to-end platform one of the most efficient and successful worldwide. The team is building better and better apps & games, reaching hundreds of millions of users and building long-term playful relationships with this audience” adds Jonathan Userovici.
OneRagtime, a French venture capital fund is also participating in the round. Renowned business angels invested in the company including Jean-Marie Messier (ex-Vivendi CEO), Vladimir Lasocki (Managing Director and Co-Head Carlyle Europe Technology Partners), John Cheng (ex-GM Data Products at Unity) & Alexis Bonillo (Co-Founder of Zenly)
