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Websiteking.com
CategoryGames, Video and Entertainment
Employees
Founded8/03

Offices

People

VP of Business Development
Co-founder & CEO
VP of Advertising Sales
COO

Former People

Co-founder & co-CEO

Funding

Series A, 9/05
Apax Partners
Index Ventures
$43M

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King.com

King.com (http://www.king.com) is a skill games service with a hint of community. The site offers free skill games like Bejeweled 2, Mahjong, and Zuma.

The site also has avatar creation, tournaments with prize money, and a community of skill game enthusiasts. King.com let’s their users put up small stakes on tournaments and games with the winner taking all. King.com is not considered gambling in most countries because skill is involved.

One of their biggest competitors is WorldWinner (http://www.worldwinner.com).

Milestones

  • Matthias Schmidt-Pfitzner, COO added.
    Posted 8/24/09 at 10:03pm
  • Alex Norstrom, VP of Advertising Sales added.
    Posted 6/17/09 at 1:21am
  • Riccardo Zacconi, Co-founder & CEO added.
    Posted 7/26/07 at 9:36pm
  • Robert Norton, VP of Business Development added.
    Posted 7/26/07 at 2:29am
  • Toby Rowland, Co-founder & co-CEO added.
    Posted 7/26/07 at 2:29am
  • King.com — Marcus Whalen, Group General Counsel (10/1/06)
    Posted 11/6/09 at 7:14am
  • Received $43M in Series A funding. (9/1/05)
    Posted 7/26/07 at 9:48pm

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Websiteking.com
StageLive
Launch DateAugust 1, 2003
Tags games
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