Accel et al. invest $12m in Supercell

The deal follows a number of investments by Accel in the games developing sector, including Rovio, Playfish, Gameforge and Mind Candy. Funding will support an acceleration of the company's growth, expansion of its team and the development of new games.

Other previous investors include Initial Capital, Cerval Investments and Lifeline Ventures.

Company
Supercell was founded in June 2010 and has developed online browser-based games that are bigger in scope than most social games, but less involved than massively-multiplayer games. The company's debut game, Gunshine.net, released its closed beta in February 2011.

The company is based in Helsinki, Finland.

People
Kevin Comolli of Accel Partners will join the company's board of directors.

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