entertainment social gaming founded 2011 founder vicen mart carlos blanco carles pons daniel garc a bl zquez jos vicente pons alva house capital jaime ferr headquarters barcelona spain ; valencia spain number of employees 60 website http www.akamon.com akamon entertainment is a developer and operator of social network games focused on the latin american and south european markets . the company offers multi platform multiplayer casino and traditional games with via portals facebook and mobile devices . contents 1 history 2 funding 3 games 4 offices 5 references 6 external links history edit akamon was founded in july 2011 on the basis of mundijuegos.com a spanish portal of traditional and casino games with more than 6 million users at that moment growing to 23 million users and expanding to 8 countries in 2 years and a half . citation needed the company started its expansion across latin america and the south of europe in 2012 . in january 2012 akamon entered the brazilian market with the local portal ludijogos.com . in march 2012 the company started operating in france 1 through the local portal mundijeux.fr . in april 2012 akamon announced an agreement with the argentinean portal taringa 2 making akamon the exclusive provider of online social games on its platform . since its founding the company has kept growing organically via local portals and white label agreements with international partners such as spilgames uol terra etc. in italy france brazil venezuela and argentina . citation needed following its multi platform strategy since the first launch in facebook 3 in may 2014 the company has launched 21 facebook and 2 mobile apps aimed at offering a complete multi device experience to its users . in july 2012 akamon won top prize in who s got the game 4 competition for best startup in online games . the company s growth in its first complete year received recognition in the egr operator awards 2012 5 where akamon was awarded rising star and best social bingo product of the year . in december 2012 akamon was ranked 7th in the list of best workplaces smes spain 6 compiled by the research institute great place to work . for three consecutive years 2011 2012 and 2013 akamon has been included in the sci power 25 ranking by social casino intelligence magazine 7 including the top players of the social casino industry . in october 2013 akamon was included among europe s 100 hottest startups 8 by wired uk magazine . in october 2013 akamon joined the social games association isga 9 the industry body that acts as the voice for the global gaming industry . in april 2014 akamon was recognized as one of the fastest growing tech companies in europe by the next web at tech5 ranking 10 funding edit in may 2013 akamon closed its first round of investment at 3.6 million 11 with which bonsai venture capital and axon partners group became shareholders joining the founders of the startup . games edit akamon s portfolio of games consists of 41 multiplayer casino and traditional games all of them with social features and can be played on multiple platforms portal mobile and facebook . akamon s games chinch n parch s buraco domino pool tarot belote tute mus brisca roulette empires blackjack cities poker bingo rider offices edit head office in barcelona spain development in valencia spain slot games in tel aviv israel references edit akamon exporte en france son mod le online de jeux sociaux traditionnels . ulitzer . taringa partnership . yahoo finance . retrieved 12 april 2012 . chinch n on facebook . el economista . who s got the game prize . venturebeat . egr operator awards 2012 . egr magazine . akamon 7th best workplace smes spain . sci power 25 ranking . social casino intelligence . europe s 100 hottest startups . wired uk magazine nov 2013 issue . akamon joins the international social games association isga . igaming business . europe s 7 fastest growing tech companies . the next web . first round of investment . the next web . external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title akamon entertainment & oldid 694196371 categories video game companies of spaincompanies based in barcelonahidden categories all articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from july 2015 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 7 december 2015 at 18 37 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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