Company type | Subsidiary |
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Industry | Video games, social network service |
Founded | 2007 |
Founders | Kristian Segerstrale Sebastien de Halleux Sami Lababidi Shukri Shammas |
Defunct | 2013 |
Fate | Replaced by Electronic Arts |
Headquarters | , |
Number of locations | London, San Francisco, Beijing, Oslo (former headquarter) |
Parent | Electronic Arts (2009–2013) |
Website | playfish.com |
Playfish was a short-lived developer of free-to-play social network games. Playfish was founded in 2007 by Kristian Segerstråle,[1] Sebastien de Halleux,[2] Sami Lababidi, and Shukri Shammas.[3] It closed in 2013.[4] Playfish in the past had tended to attract up to 55 million users a month, with over 37 million users coming from Facebook users.[5]
In October 2008, they secured US$17 million in venture capital funding from Accel Partners and Index Ventures.[6] The company was acquired by Electronic Arts in 2009, with the last of Playfish's games being retired in 2013.