Gamerizon Secures $5Million In Financing

BY: 

Dave Forde
September 20, 2011

Montreal-based Gamerizon announced recently that its closed a $5 million round of financing led by Vanedge Capital and including iNovia Capital. The funds will be used to help the mobile gaming studio expand with additional hires and their scope of operations over the next 24 months.

“We’re extremely proud to be associated with such quality investment firms as Vanedge and iNovia as we scale up operations and leverage our Chop Chop franchise over numerous social and mobile platforms including Facebook, iOS, Android and Windows Mobile. They bring phenomenal gaming expertise and are established leaders in digital investments,” said Alex Sakiz, CEO, Gamerizon.

Montreal has often been referred to as a hot-bed for the gaming industry within Canada. Gamerizon most popular game is Chop Chop which has been downloaded over 15 million times in the span of 16 months and have consistently reached top 5 downloaded applications ranking positions in most countries in the world on the iPhone and iPad platforms.

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Dave “The Connector” Forde has been involved in the marketing, public relations and technology industry across Canada for over 20 years in various sales and marketing roles, he launched The Connected One network of business sites which connects buyers to the right sellers. Profectio and PR In Canada covers news about the marketing and public relations industry each day helping professionals advance their career and businesses. He also serves as an advisor to a number of businesses across the country. Find Dave on LinkedIn and Twitter.


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