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November 21, 2006
VC + DVD Player + Remote = Sofatronic Casual Gaming
Germany's Neuhaus Partners just let us know that it has invested an undisclosed amount in Sofatronic, a Hamburg-based developer of casual games that can be played on standard DVD players. It's an original idea and fits with casual gaming trends that see browser games and light-weight mobilephone games catching on.
The tech is enabled by Adobe Flash and there's is no need for a new remote control or embedded software in the DVD hardware.
Sofatronic was founded early this year by a team that previously founded mobilephone games studio Elkware, which was acquired by Infospace for $26M at the end of 2004. The firm's MD is Nils Hammerich and its CTO is Rouven Malecki, along with Elkware co-founder, René Baisch who is in charge of business development.
Neuhaus says this is a very early stage investment and that the startup has potential for international growth, but the German market is first to be targeted. The company is looking to hire some wizards in Flash, testing, and gaming graphics, by the way.
Posted on November 21, 2006 06:32 AM | Posted to Games (PC and other) | News And Updates | Permalink
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