Game Closure is a

Silicon Valley Silicon Valley is a region in Northern California that serves as a global center for high technology and innovation. Located in the southern part of the San Francisco Bay Area, it corresponds roughly to the geographical areas San Mateo Count ...

based technology company which builds post-app store technology.

History

The company was founded in

in 2011 by American technology entrepreneur, Michael Carter, and his partner, Tom Fairfield. It has since raised $33.5m in venture capital funding. In 2014, Carter co-founded the startup "Hello World"—and sold it in less than three months to

Life360 Life360 Inc. is a San Francisco, California–based American information technology company that provides location-based services, including sharing and notifications, to consumers globally. Its main service is called Life360, a family social n ...

for over $1 million.

Company details and products

Game Closure is a partner with

Rakuten () is a Japanese technology conglomerate based in Tokyo, founded by Hiroshi Mikitani in 1997. Centered around Rakuten Ichiba, its businesses include financial services utilizing financial technology, as well as digital content and communicat ...

in a joint venture called Rakuten Games, the Tokyo-based content creator that built the RGames HTML5 gaming platform. Carter also sits on the Board of Directors of Rakuten Games. Game Closure is responsible for creating the game

EverWing ''EverWing'' is a game created by Game Closure (formerly Blackstorm Labs) and released on the Instant Games platform in Facebook Messenger Messenger is a proprietary instant messaging app and platform developed by Meta Platforms. Originally de ...

on Facebook's Instant Games platform, which was named a 2016 Facebook Game of the Year.

References

{{reflist Mobile games Venture capital