NEW DELHI & SINGAPORE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Mobile Social game creator TheMobileGamer Pte Ltd (TMG) of Singapore, received series A funding of S$1 Million from One97 Communications of India. TMG is a publisher of mobile social games like Club Wars, Monster Fight and Fun Factory for South East Asia. Distributed directly through Kotagames.com and via social networks, TMG has more than 500,000 subscriber base for its games.
TMG license and develop games that are localized and distributed through various networks and operators in South East Asia. Its games work on any mobile device that comes with a mobile browser. Alvin Yap, CEO of TMG said “TMG is extremely thrilled to have One97 as an investor. The value goes beyond money as we are sure Vijay and his team can add significant knowledge and experience along with unprecedented access to the Indian market. We are excited to join the One97 family and to work together with them in becoming the market leader for mobile social games in Asia"
One97 Communications Limited, India's widest and largest deployed telecom application cloud platform, also invests in early stage mobile companies out of its initiative One97 Mobility Fund, which is a $100 million fund set up. Talking about the investment, Vijay Shekhar Sharma, Chairman and Managing Director of One97 Communications Limited said "Mobile social gaming is a high growth area of mobile gaming. Alvin and his team have shown their creativity and passion in launching addictive games on social platforms in South East Asia. We are very delighted to be part of the success of TMG”.
About One97
One97 is India's the widest and largest deployed telecom application cloud platform. Thriving on innovation, One97 delivers mobile content, advertising and commerce services to millions of mobile consumers. Headquartered in New Delhi, One97 is more than 1,000 people strong team and backed by marquee investors like Intel Capital, SAIF Partners and Silicon Valley Bank. For more information, go to www.one97.com. One also invests in early stage mobile companies out of its initiative One97 Mobility Fund, which has invested in the following: Oorja Analytics (New Delhi), LeapSky Wireless (Singapore), Ciqual (Scotland), TenCube (Singapore) and PayTM (New Delhi).
About The Mobile Gamer
TMG is a publisher of mobile social games for South East Asia reaching out to over 500M mobile users. TMG license and develop games that are localized and distributed through various networks and operators in SEA. TMG’s games work on any mobile device that comes with a mobile browser. Users may visit www.kotagames.com to play the games without any downloads or installation. For more information, go to http://www.tmgamer.co/.