Highland leads $24m round for wooga

Highland was joined by Tenaya Capital and existing investors Balderton Capital and Holtzbrinck Ventures.

The investor says it believes in the enthusiastic vision of the management team and the future of social gaming. Highland says the management team have successfully executed growth plans and developed relationships with its key facebook partners.

Company
wooga, which stands for "world of gaming", develops simple, accessible games for facebook users to play with their friends. Its portfolio of games includes Monster World, Diamond Dash and Bubble Island. So far in 2011 it has doubled its user numbers from 14m to 30m monthly active users.

The firm was founded in 2009 and in the same year launched its first game Brain Buddies. Today, the Berlin-based firm employs a team of 85 staff.

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Fergal Mullen, general partner, managed the deal for Highland Capital Partners and will join wooga's board.

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