MegaZebra
MegaZebra is a game development company located in Munich, Germany. The company develops free-to-play games for social networks like Facebook and mobile devices, such as smartphones and tablets. As of July 2018, the company employs 55 people.[2] HistoryMegaZebra pioneered the social gaming space in Europe in late 2008.[3] Behind MegaZebra is the team around Henning Kosmack (CEO) and Mark Gazecki (Chairman).[4] Since then, MegaZebra developed several cross-platform games for mobile devices and social networks like Facebook.[5] In September 2009 the company got backed by the founders of Web.de through Kizoo Technology Ventures.[6] With Mahjong Trails[7] they launched their first game, reaching more than two million monthly players in January 2011.[8] Today the game has still more than 2 million monthly active players.[5] In March 2011 MegaZebra raised ‘multiple millions Euros’ [9] in a second round of funding, led by Doughty Hanson Technology Ventures. Furthermore, Kizoo Technology Ventures participated again, alongside private investor Markus Stolz.[10] With Gaute Godager, founder of Funcom, and Jürgen Goeldner, two Gaming veterans joined the company`s board of directors in January 2012.[11] MegaZebra launched its second hit game Solitaire Castle in late 2011. Following in the footsteps of Mahjong Trails, it reached more than 1.5 million monthly active users in October 2012.[13] and reached more the 2 million user per month in January 2013.[5] 1 year later MegaZebra launched Suburbia, which reached 2 million MAU in early 2014. With Suburbia, MegaZebra was the first company to combine episodic, TV-style content with simulation game mechanics. but you can only complete up to episode 5 episode 6 has been in development for about 4 years[14] MegaZebra’s latest game Solitaire Chronicles is the first cross-platform title, that is available on the web and on mobile devices. Recently it won the Tabby Award in the category Best iPad game: Cards, Casino and Dice.[15] FiguresAccording to AppData, in January 2011 MegaZebra is one of the top 25 fastest growing developers on Facebook,[16] reaching almost 4 million monthly users and is with more than half a million daily active users,[17] among the Top 3 European developers in terms of daily active users. AwardsIn 2015 Solitaire Chronicles, the first mobile game of the company, won the Tabby Award for the category “Best iPad game: Cards, Casino and Dice”.[15] Games
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