| Website | about.wildtangent... |
| Blog | blog.wildtangent.com |
| @PlayWildTangent | |
| Category | Games, Video and Entertainment |
| Phone | 425-497-4500 |
| Employees | |
| Founded | 1998 |
| Description | Online Game Service |
| Total | $84M |
| Series B, 3/00 Madrona Venture Group New Millenium Partners Greylock Partners | $17M |
| Series C, 4/01 Sony Pictures Digital Entertainment Accenture Technology Ventures | $34M |
| Unattributed, 1/06 WPP Granite Ventures Greylock Partners IDG Ventures Advanced Technology Ventures | $13M |
| Debt, 11/07 Hercules Technology Growth Capital | $20M |
WildTangent is a global media and gaming company operating the the fastest growing games service in the world, and the largest online gaming network in the world with an audience of nearly 35 million unique monthly users in the US alone (100mm worldwide).
The company powers the gaming offering for nearly all major PC manufacturers including Hewlett-Packerd, Dell, Toshiba, Gateway, Lenovo and Acer. Our proprietary gaming application (ORB) is an on-demand gaming service pre-installed on 85% of all new consumer PCs sold in North America, giving users access to nearly 1,000 premium titles. Users may pay for games outright, “rent” games on-demand or engage with advertising to play premium games for free.
In addition to advertising around its owned and operated service, they also represent a network of premium online gaming properties including Mochi Media, PopCap, Playfirst, Runescape, Outspark, OMGPOP and SOE’s FreeRealms.
A minority stake of the company is owned by WPP Group plc.
Other investors include Accenture Technology Ventures, CIBC Capital Partners, Greylock Partners, Millennium Technology Ventures, Madrona Venture Group and IDG Ventures.
