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GLU MOBILE

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Global developer and publisher of freemium mobile games

San Francisco, United StatesFounded 2001Consumer Services
Valuation $2.20B Market cap · 2026
Revenue $653M Latest reported FY
EBITDA $111M Latest reported FY

At a glance

Status
Listed
Founded
2001
Headquarters
San Francisco, United States
Listing
IPO 2007
Sector
Consumer Services
Power Law
Unicorn$1–10B valuation tierThoroughbred$100M+ revenue

Knowledge graph

Founder mafia, market maps, research and news connected to this company by Dealroom

Investors

5 investors on the cap table

From Dealroom's funding and investor records, grouped by the round each investor first entered.

Series B and later5 investors entered at this stage

Talent

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Employees mapped 365 incl. 1 AI specialist
Founders Hidden — book a demo/100 quality score
Key operators 27 quality Hidden — book a demo/100
Potential founders Hidden — book a demo likely future founders
Startup mafia 12 alumni-founded startups
Talent movements Hidden — book a demo in · Hidden — book a demo out past 12 months

Source: Dealroom Talent Intelligence.

Alumni founders

5 of 12 startups shown

Former GLU MOBILE employees who went on to found companies, sorted by Dealroom signal score.

Gen.G esportsEst. 2017
Kevin ChouUnited States
Signal score86
NeonEst. 2016
Daniel BenevidesBrazil
Signal score82
CapConnect+Est. 2020
Eric BallUnited States
Signal score76
Pulse Q&AEst. 2018
Anand ThakerUnited States
Signal score74
Ares InteractiveEst. 2024
Niccolo MasiUnited States
Signal score73
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Global footprint

Workforce and web traffic by country
Workforce by country
6 countries with
team presence
🇮🇳 India35.7%
🇺🇸 United States21.4%
🇨🇦 Canada21.4%
🇨🇳 China7.1%
🇸🇪 Sweden7.1%
Top 5 of 6 shown
Web traffic by country
2.2K monthly visits
across markets
🇬🇧 United Kingdom95.5%
🇺🇸 United States4.5%
Top 2 markets shown

Patents

Estimated portfolio value
$7M

11 active patent families included in this estimate.

A patent family groups patent filings for the same invention. Source: Dealroom · PatSnap.

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Investments and acquisitions

Disclosed deals where GLU MOBILE was the backer or acquirer, 2006–2016. Toggle between venture rounds, M&A, or both. The map below is grouped by the target company's sector — the colored pill on each chip is the round type.

Portfolio analysis

9 deals across GLU MOBILE's capital deployment.

Where the deals concentrate by sector, stage, and decade.

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        Where GLU MOBILE deploys vs peers

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        GLU MOBILE's portfolio, mapped.

        Stage
        Period
        9 of 9 deals

        Market sentiment

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        Source: X recent search ranked by engagement (likes + retweets) · Synthesis by Claude · Cached for 1 hour

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