CrowdStar

CrowdStar is a developer of Facebook & mobile games, based in Burlingame, California, United States. One of its most popular titles is "Happy Aquarium" and "Happy Pets". Founded by Suren Markosian and Jeff Tseng,[1] it is ranked 4th among developers with the most monthly active users for Facebook applications, with about 31 million users.[2] The company turned down an offer from Microsoft to acquire the company for more than US$200 million.[3] Its CEO is Peter Relan who was appointed to the position in January 2011.[4]

In May 2011 the company raised an additional $23 million.[5]

References

  1. ^ "Crowdstar launches rapid expansion to gain ground in Facebook games". VentureBeat. Retrieved July 13, 2010.
  2. ^ "Developer Leaderboard". AppData. Retrieved April 27, 2011.
  3. ^ "CrowdStar Said to Break Off Talks to Be Bought by Microsoft". Bloomberg. Retrieved July 13, 2010.
  4. ^ http://emoney.allthingsd.com/20110117/crowdstar-ceo-steps-down-peter-relan-appointed-to-ceo/?mod=ATD_search
  5. ^ http://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/news/2011/05/23/crowdstar-raises-23-million.html

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