InnoSpark
InnoSpark Inc (Kor. 이노스파크) is a mobile game development company founded in April 2012 by key members of the team who created the top-grossing game in Korea: Rule the Sky, published by JCE.[1] The company’s debut game was Dragon Friends, originally serviced by NHN.[2] From February 27, 2015, InnoSpark started directly servicing Dragon Friends in South Korea and 175 other countries.[3] By now InnoSpark has also fully released and is servicing Hero Sky: Epic Guild Wars.
Type | Private |
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Industry | Mobile games |
Founded | 2012[1] |
Headquarters | Seoul, South Korea[1] |
Key people | JaeChan Shin (Founder and CEO)[1] |
Products | Full list |
Website | innospark.com |
In June 2015 InnoSpark raised $6.5 million in a Series B funding round. The funding round was led by venture capital firm Keynote Ventures, SL Investment and Company K Partners.[4] InnoSpark is expected to use the funding to continue developing games and enter the Chinese market.[5]
Games
Dragon Friends: Green Witch (2013) is a social farming game centered on breeding and collecting different cute dragons.[6] It is currently available on iOS, Android, Kindle, Windows and Facebook.
Hero Sky:Epic Guild Wars (2014) (kor. 히어로스카이 ) is a strategic game somewhat similar to Clash of Clans, but with an additional complex Hero System.[7] It reached 3 000 000 downloads in 2015.[8] It is available on iOS, Android, Windows and Facebook.
References
- "Creators of Rule the Sky which earned $40 million start a new company (in Kor.)". 2012-05-16.
- "NHN Entertainment Announces Start of New SNG: Dragon Friends (in Kor.)". 2013-08-06.
- "Dragon Friends:Green Witch Reborn, Service Opens on 27th (in Kor.)". 2015-02-27.
- "Mobile Developer Innospark Earns 6.5m In Series B Funding". 2015-06-24.
- "Korean Innospark Receives 40 350 000 Yuan Investment (in Chinese)". 2015-06-25.
- "Dragon Friends: Green Witch Is Like Hay Day With Dragons". 2015-04-03.
- "Hero Centric Clash Of Clans-Like Hero Sky: Epic Guild Wars". 2015-03-19.
- "[히어로 스카이] 전세계 300만 돌파, 원조 글로벌 원빌드 SRPG 강림!" [Hero Sky Reaches 3 million Global Downloads, Advent of The Original Global One-build SRPG]. heraldcorp.com (in Korean). 2015-08-07.
- "Innospark Releases Hero Sky:Epic Guild Wars (in Kor.)". 2015-07-08.
- "Innospark's Hero Sky Global Launching (in Kor.)". 2015-03-21.
- "Nexon Mobile Hero Sky Climbing Fast in Google Play Ranking(in Kor.)". 2014-08-12.
- "Dragon Friends Wins Shiny Best New Entry Reward From Apple Appstore (in Kor.)". 2013-12-23.
- "Mobile Games Company InnoSpark Gets 2billion Won Investment (in Kor.)". 2013-03-12.
- "Hangame-Innospark Smartphone Game Publishing Contract (in Kor.)". 2012-06-21.