| Website | zynga.com |
| Category | Games, Video and Entertainment |
| Employees | 115 |
| Founded | 7/07 |
| Description | Network of gaming applications |
| MyMiniLife, 8/09 | |
| YoVille, 7/08 |
| Total | $219M |
| Angel, 2007 Reid Hoffman | |
| Series A, 1/08 Avalon Ventures Clarium Capital Foundry Group Pilot Group Union Square Ventures Reid Hoffman Peter Thiel Bob Pittman Andy Russell Brad Feld | $10M |
| Series B, 7/08 Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers Union Square Ventures Foundry Group Avalon Ventures | $29M |
| Series C, 12/09 Digital Sky Technologies Andreessen Horowitz Institutional Venture Partners Tiger Global | $180M |
Zynga is a network of gaming applications built off of classic games like Poker, Battleship, and Attack!. The games are found on social networks like Facebook and Bebo.
In addition to making their own games, the company has created a network which allows third party developers to become part of the Zynga network. Zynga claims to be the largest social game network on the web with self published numbers of 1.3 million daily active users and 20 million registered users (as of 7/08).
Among the site’s founders is Tribe founder Mark Pincus.
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Added: 6/1/09| Website | farmville.com |
| Stage | Live |
FarmVille is the hit social game from Zynga that allows users to build better farms, accruing experience and gaining prestige amongst their peers.
Farmville launched as a Facebook platform application and then launched a standalone site that uses Facebook.
| Website | zynga.com/games/index.php?game=t... |
Play poker online from your iPhone. With Live Poker you can play in Zynga’s popular version of the poker game on Facebook and MySpace from your phone.
| Website | zynga.com |
| Stage | Live |
| Tags | games |
Zynga offers a variety of games that live on multiple social networks and websites, including Facebook, Bebo, and meebo. Once a game application is downloaded, a user can begin to invite friends to play and also chat with them while playing. Zynga’s game library includes Texas Hold ‘Em, Blackjack, and Battleship among others.
In February 2008, Zynga opened its network to third-party game publishers and developers. Their initial partners include Sierra Online, Bigpoint and Come2Play.
