Zynga's uniquely positioned inside a growing market to deliver consumers around the world an entertainment experience as beloved as their favorite TV show, movie or music."ĭownie, 41, joins Zynga from DeNA Co., Ltd., a global leader in mobile social gaming services, where he most recently served as Chief Executive Officer of DeNA West, the company's American and European division.
"I joined Zynga because I believe it has the ability to unlock disruptive new ideas that span gaming genres, markets and services. "Zynga challenged the status quo of entertainment and changed the game for our industry by bringing free, highly social games to mainstream audiences around the world," said Clive Downie. As we build new leadership capabilities and focus the company on long term growth, Clive's customer-centric point of view and proven track record will be invaluable to Zynga's future." "I enjoyed my prior experiences working with Clive at Electronic Arts and have appreciated what he accomplished in the past five years at DeNA. He is a seasoned leader with a deep understanding of consumer, marketing and mobile engagement, international experience operating both in EMEA and Japan and a rich background in game publishing – all of which are incredibly valuable as Zynga navigates its move to mobile," said Don Mattrick, CEO of Zynga. "I have known Clive for more than two decades and am pleased to welcome him to the team.
Downie brings with him more than 20 years of industry experience across console and free-to-play mobile games, and an extensive history of leading teams and publishing hit global game franchises and services.Ī photo accompanying this release is available at (Nasdaq:ZNGA), a leading provider of social game services, today announced that the Company has appointed Clive Downie as Chief Operating Officer, effective November 4, 2013. Unity has raised more than $1.3B in an initial public offering (IPO) at a $13.6B valuation on Sep 18, 2020. The company has also acquired ProCore Tools, Multiplay, Mécanim, Playnomics, Tsugi, Engine Room Games, Applifier, & Vivox to date.SAN FRANCISCO, Oct.
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This brings Unity's total funding to $1.3B to date. Unity was last valued at $6B after it had raised $150M Series E round in May 2019. The company raised $525M in Secondary Market financing on Jul 25, 2019. Unity is backed by Sequoia Capital, D1 Capital Partners, CPP Investment Board, Light Street Capital, Silver Lake Partners, WestSummit Capital, iGlobe Partners and others. Unity has partnered with large fortune companies including Google, Facebook, Oculus, Intel, Microsoft, MI, and Sony among others. Unity now supports 27 platforms, including Oculus Rift, Xbox One, PlayStation 4 and Linux. Unity offers solutions such as Unity Editor, Multiplatform, Engine Performance, Instant Games, XR, Graphics Rendering, Artist and Designer Tools, CAD, Connected Games, Unity Teams, Performance Reporting, Unity Ads, Unity Analytics, Unity Asset Store, Unity Cloud Build, Unity Connect, and Unity Certification. Unity Technologies caters to gaming, film, automotive and transportation, AEC, brand ads and experiences, gambling, educational technology, and XR sectors.
Unity is headquartered in San Francisco, California with additional offices in Canada, China, Colombia, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Korea, Japan, Lithuania, Singapore, Sweden, Ukraine, and the United Kingdom. The people behind the company are David Helgason, Joachim Ante, & Nicholas Francis. Unity was founded in Denmark in 2004 as Over the Edge I/S, and became Unity Technologies ApS in 2006. It also provides Unity Asset Server, an integrated version control solution for all Unity assets and scripts. Unity enables the creation of online content that provides the newest games on the console market. It owns and operates a real-time 3D development platform to create games and interactive 2D, 3D, VR, and AR experiences. Unity, formerly Over the Edge Entertainment, is the provider of a three dimensional game development platform and game development software.
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