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gumi

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gumi Inc., is one of the top game developers on Japan’s leading mobile social gaming network, GREE, having published original titles such as award-winning 任侠道 (Yakuza Wars), 騎士道 (Knight Wars), 海賊道 (Pirate Wars), Duel Summoner, Duel in Wonderland, and 幻獣姫 (Mythical Maidens).

Gumi started out as a mobile social network. The founder Hironao Kunimitsu, previously a tv producer was interested in producing content and began building social games.

Gumi is one of the largest mobile social games developer on Gree a mobile social network based in Japan.

Recent Milestones

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  gumi — When Erick Schonfeld checked in with Gumi a year ago, they had about 120 employees and were on track to do $50 million in revenue. Now they’re at more than 500 employees. While they’re not disclosing revenue growth, the company is eyeing an IPO in Japan, (11/20/12)
  Posted 11/20/12 at 2:04am via techcrunch.com
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  gumi — gumi takes 1st place in Deloitte Technology Fast 50 Japan gumi, a leading developer of mobile social games, has received 1st place in the 10th Deloitte Technology Fast 50 Japan, after achieving growth of 3950.2% over the past three years. (10/17/12)
  Posted 11/6/12 at 7:04pm via mobilesocialhub.com
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  gumi received $26M in Series F funding. (12/5/11)
  Posted 12/3/11 at 11:12pm
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  gumi added Robin Sagacious Ng as Business Development. (8/12/00)
  Posted 10/23/12 at 7:34pm
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  gumi added Hironao Kunimitsu as Founder & President.
  Posted 12/2/11 at 1:36pm

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Screenshots

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Above: gumi Screenshot -- #1
Uploaded: 12/2/11

Sources

1. TechCrunch [edit]
Mobile Social Hub (mobilesocialhub.com) [edit]
Japanese Midcore Developer Gumi Eyes an IPO (techcrunch.com) [edit]