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| name = Social Point SL | logo = Socialpoint.png | type = Subsidiary | industry = Video game industry | founded = {{Start date and age|df=yes|2008|10|15}} | founders = {{Unbulleted list|Horacio Martos|Andrés Bou}} | defunct = | hq_location_city = Barcelona | hq_location_country = Spain | key_people = {{Unbulleted list|Horacio Martos (CEO)|Andrés Bou (CEO)|Marc Canaleta (CTO)|Joaquim Lechà (COO and CFO)}} | num_employees = 360[1] | num_employees_year = 2018 | parent = Take-Two Interactive (2017–present) | website = {{URL|socialpoint.es}} }} Social Point SL is a Spanish video game developer based in Barcelona. Founded in October 2008 by Horacio Martos and Andrés Bou, the company specialises in free-to-play mobile and social network games, distributed across Android, iOS, Fire OS and Facebook. Their most notable game is 2012's Dragon City. Social Point was acquired by Take-Two Interactive in February 2017. HistorySocial Point was founded by Andrés Bou and Horacio Martos in 2008. Between 2008 and 2011, they launched 25 online social games. In January 2011, Social Point released the battle and strategy game Social Empires. In July 2012, Social Point announced it had closed a Series B round of venture capital funding to the total of $10 million. TechCrunch reported that funding for the B.1 round was provided by Nauta Capital, Idinvest Partners and the BBVA bank.[2] Spanish newspaper Expansión printed an article in February 2013, stating that Greylock Partners had invested €2.9 million in Social Point in December 2012.[3] In November 2011, Social Point released Social Wars and a mobile version of Social Empires. In May 2012, the company announced the release of Dragon City for Facebook. In December 2012, The Next Web ran an article announcing that Dragon City was ranked #2 in Facebook's 25 top rated games that year.[4] Social Point announced an iOS version of Dragon City in March 2013. An Android version was released globally in August 2014.[5] Also in 2014, they launched a new combat and strategy title, Monster Legends, for Facebook, iOS and Android. In 2013, Social Point announced its partnership with the mSchools Initiative, a multi-year, multi-faceted education initiative led by the Mobile World Capital Barcelona.[6] Social Point has confirmed that its staff will be involved in mentoring school children as part of the App Education Course element of the initiative: a computer science elective that will be offered in Catalan high schools to teach students about application design and prototype development.[7] The Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya published an article in October 2012 announcing that Social Point was an official collaborator in its master's program in Videogames Design.[8] In August 2013, VentureBeat named Social Point one of the 20 fastest growing mobile startups in the world.[9] According to the company, in 2015 it had a turnover of 85 million euros (50% coming from the United States) and its video games accumulated 180 millions downloads.[10] In January 2016, the company launched a new title, World Chef,[11] and two months later, Dragon Land,[12] both for iOS and Android. In 2016, it generated $90 million in annual revenue and $20 million in profits according to parent company Take-Two Interactive[13] Games developed
References1. ^{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ym_KhTEB-FE |title=Social Point - Lessons from building a game start-up and being acquired (Chartboost Dev House) |author=Chartboost |date=2 April 2018 |website=YouTube |accessdate=31 August 2018}} 2. ^{{cite news |last=Wauters |first=Robin |title=Social games developer Social Point raises €2.4 million |url=https://techcrunch.com/2011/06/23/social-games-developer-social-point-raises-e2-4-million/ |accessdate=22 August 2013 |newspaper=TechCrunch}} 3. ^{{cite news |last=Díaz |first=Tina |title=La "start up" Social Point eleva su financiación hasta once millones |url=http://www.expansion.com/2013/02/11/catalunya/1360611498.html |accessdate=22 August 2013 |newspaper=Expansión |date=12 February 2013 |language=es}} 4. ^{{cite news |last=Wauters |first=Robin |title=Facebook unveils the top rated games of 2012 |url=https://thenextweb.com/facebook/2012/12/05/facebook-unveils-the-top-rated-games-of-2012-songpop-leads-six-zynga-games-in-top-25/ |newspaper=The Next Web |date=5 December 2012}} 5. ^https://finance.yahoo.com/news/dragon-city-game-social-point-130900550.html 6. ^{{cite web |title=GSMA Backs New Mobile Education Initiative of the Mobile World Capital |url=http://www.gsma.com/newsroom/gsma-backs-new |accessdate=22 August 2013}} 7. ^{{cite web |title=Social Point Partners with GSMA for Education |url=http://www.socialpoint.es/social-point-partners-with-gsma-for-education/ |accessdate=22 August 2013}} 8. ^{{cite web |title=Social Point Collaborator in Master in Videogames Finalist in Emprendedor XXI |url=http://upcvideogames.com/?p=588&lang=en |publisher=Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya |accessdate=22 August 2013}} 9. ^{{cite news |last=Farr |first=Cristina |title=Meet the 20 fastest- growing mobile startups |url=https://venturebeat.com/2013/08/05/meet-the-20-fastest-growing-mobile-startups/ |newspaper=Venture Beat |date=5 August 2013}} 10. ^{{Cite news |url=https://elpais.com/ccaa/2017/02/01/catalunya/1485961683_843753.html |title=Los Pokémon catalanes se van por 250 millones |last=Pueyo Busquets |first=Jordi |date=1 February 2017 |work=El País |accessdate=8 August 2017|archive-url= |archivedate=|dead-url=}} 11. ^{{Cite web |url=http://www.marketwired.com/press-release/have-you-ever-dreamed-of-opening-your-own-restaurant-2088234.htm |title=Have You Ever Dreamed of Opening Your Own Restaurant? |website=Marketwire|access-date=4 April 2016}} 12. ^{{Cite web |url=http://www.gamezebo.com/2016/03/10/dragon-land-is-a-gorgeous-new-3d-platformer-out-now-on-mobile/ |title=Dragon Land Is a Gorgeous New 3D Platformer out Now on Mobile |website=Gamezebo|access-date=4 April 2016}} 13. ^https://techcrunch.com/2017/02/01/take-two-buys-mobile-gaming-publisher-social-point-for-up-to-276m/ 14. ^{{cite web |author=Reyburn, Scott |url=http://www.adweek.com/digital/social-points-andres-bou-on-dragon-citys-success-on-mobile-sticking-with-the-facebook-platform-and-plans-for-2013/ |title=Social Point's Andrés Bou on Dragon City's success on mobile, sticking with the Facebook platform and plans for 2013 |publisher=Adweek |date=30 May 2013 |accessdate=4 June 2015}} External links
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