Believe it or not, the money train doesn’t stop there for the people behind Angry Birds. Rovio recently received a $42 million investment to expand the brand. While that chunk of change was generated from multiple sources, it was co-led by Accel Partners, Atomico Ventures, and Felicis Ventures. As you can imagine, the CEO of Rovio was pretty pleased.
A Blackberry version of Angry birds, titled Angry Farm, was recently released, and plans are in place to expand the property to Facebook in May.
As one of the 30 million people who downloaded angry birds to their Android Device, I can easily see why this game would become such a rapidly growing hit. The only question is exactly how far Angry Birds can expand. The title started on smartphones and is already on or set to be released on every major console. While I am happy to see Rovio doing so well, people will eventually want to see a full Angry Birds sequel, and not just updates to match the current season.
In what ways do you guys want to see Rovio spend their newly found $42 mill? How long can the Angry Birds craze keep going?
Source: CVG
