MySpace founder acquires gaming platform MindJolt

MySpace founder acquires gaming platform MindJolt

Sina Technology News Beijing time on the morning of March 4, according to foreign media reports today, MySpace founder and former CEO Chris DeWolfe (Chris DeWolfe) has acquired the social gaming platform MindJolt, and attracted many MySpace former high Guan runs the new company with him.

Last year, it was reported that De Wolff established a new company called Platform G and received a large amount of financing. Investment company AusTIn Ventures is the main financial supporter of Platform G, and it is rumored to have invested more than $ 20 million in Platform G. After the acquisition of MindJolt, Platform G was also renamed MindJolt.

The former MySpace executives attracted by De Wolfe include Chief Operating Officer Colin Digiaro (former profit director of MySpace), Chief Technology Officer Aber Whitcomb (former CTO of MySpace, Co-founder), as well as senior vice president of business and corporate development, Josh Yguado (former vice president of business development for Fox Networks).

MindJolt currently has 1,300 games from 1,000 third-party developers, which are published on Facebook and MySpace. MindJolt mainly earns revenue through advertising and shares revenue with game developers. MindJolt helps small developers promote the game on a large platform. Currently, there are 19 million users who play MindJolt games every month on Facebook alone, and the number of MindJolt users has increased by as much as 7% every week. MindJolt is currently profitable, but the company did not disclose revenue and other financial data.

MindJolt said that in the future, more profitable features will be introduced, such as virtual goods and tools to help developers develop games. The company will make more acquisitions in the future. De Wolff previously stated that he hopes to adopt a gradual accumulation strategy. The company will obviously gradually acquire more game companies in the future.

MindJolt is headquartered in San Francisco and has offices in Los Angeles. The company claims to be "crazy recruitment"