InnoSpark

InnoSpark
Company type	Private
Industry	Mobile games
Founded	2012; 13 years ago
Defunct	November 2017
Headquarters	Seoul, South Korea
Key people	JaeChan Shin (Founder and CEO)
Products	Full list
Website	innospark.com

InnoSpark Inc (Korean: 이노스파크) was a mobile game development company founded in April 2012 by key members of the team who created Rule the Sky, published by JCE.^[1] The company's debut game was Dragon Friends, originally serviced by NHN.^[2] From February 27, 2015, InnoSpark started directly servicing Dragon Friends in South Korea and 175 other countries.^{[citation needed]} It also released Hero Sky: Epic Guild Wars.

In June 2015, InnoSpark raised $6.5 million in a Series B funding round. The funding round was led by venture capital firm Keynote Ventures, SL Investment and Company K Partners.^[3] InnoSpark was expected to use the funding to continue developing games and enter the Chinese market.^[4] The company was absorbed into PUBG Labs after acquisition and closed down in November 2017.^[5]

Games

Dragon Friends: Green Witch (2013) is a social farming game centered on breeding and collecting different cute dragons.^[6] It is currently available on iOS, Android, Kindle, Windows and Facebook.

Hero Sky:Epic Guild Wars (2014) (kor. 히어로스카이 ) is a strategic game somewhat similar to Clash of Clans, but with an additional complex Hero System.^[7] It reached 3 000 000 downloads in 2015.^[8] It is available on iOS, Android, Windows and Facebook.

History

2016

Publishing contract for "Trendy Town" signed on October 20.^[9]

2015

July 8 – Hero Sky: Epic Guild Wars re-opening service in Korea ^[10]
June – $6.5m in a Series B funding round ^[3]
March 19 – Hero Sky: Epic Guild Wars Global Launching in 154 countries^{[citation needed]}
February 27 – Starting Global Service of Dragon Friends

2014

August 8 – Hero Sky (kor. 히어로스카이 ) launching in Korea (with Nexon) ^[11]

2013

December – Dragon Friends Awarded Best New Entry in Korean Apple Appstore 2013 ^[12]
August 22 – Dragon Friends Launching (with NHN) ^[2]
March – ₩2 billion investment.^[13]

2012

June – partnership with NHN ^[14]
April 19 – company foundation day.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Creators of Rule the Sky which earned $40 million start a new company (in Kor.)". 2012-05-16.
^ ^a ^b "NHN Entertainment Announces Start of New SNG: Dragon Friends (in Kor.)". 2013-08-06.
^ ^a ^b "Mobile Developer Innospark Earns 6.5m In Series B Funding". 2015-06-24.
^ "Korean Innospark Receives 40 350 000 Yuan Investment (in Chinese)". 2015-06-25.
^ Seo, Jeonggeun (12 April 2019). "'매출 1조' 펍지, M&A로 개발력 확대 나서". MTN News. Retrieved 20 January 2025.
^ "Dragon Friends: Green Witch Is Like Hay Day With Dragons". 2015-04-03.
^ "Hero Centric Clash Of Clans-Like Hero Sky: Epic Guild Wars". 2015-03-19.
^ "[히어로 스카이] 전세계 300만 돌파, 원조 글로벌 원빌드 SRPG 강림!" [Hero Sky Reaches 3 million Global Downloads, Advent of The Original Global One-build SRPG]. heraldcorp.com (in Korean). 2015-08-07.
^ "넷마블, 모바일 게임 '트렌디타운' 글로벌 퍼블리싱 계약 체결". 디스이즈게임 (in Korean). 2016-10-20. Retrieved 2024-04-26.
^ "Innospark Releases Hero Sky:Epic Guild Wars (in Kor.)". 2015-07-08.
^ "Nexon Mobile Hero Sky Climbing Fast in Google Play Ranking(in Kor.)". 2014-08-12. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-08-25.
^ "Dragon Friends Wins Shiny Best New Entry Reward From Apple Appstore (in Kor.)". 2013-12-23.
^ "Mobile Games Company InnoSpark Gets 2billion Won Investment (in Kor.)". 2013-03-12.
^ "Hangame-Innospark Smartphone Game Publishing Contract (in Kor.)". 2012-06-21.

Links

Official website

[START-1] "Creators of Rule the Sky which earned $40 million start a new company (in Kor.)". 2012-05-16.

[NHN-2] "NHN Entertainment Announces Start of New SNG: Dragon Friends (in Kor.)". 2013-08-06.

[funding-3] "Mobile Developer Innospark Earns 6.5m In Series B Funding". 2015-06-24.

[4] "Korean Innospark Receives 40 350 000 Yuan Investment (in Chinese)". 2015-06-25.

[5] Seo, Jeonggeun (12 April 2019). "'매출 1조' 펍지, M&A로 개발력 확대 나서". MTN News. Retrieved 20 January 2025.

[6] "Dragon Friends: Green Witch Is Like Hay Day With Dragons". 2015-04-03.

[7] "Hero Centric Clash Of Clans-Like Hero Sky: Epic Guild Wars". 2015-03-19.

[8] "[히어로 스카이] 전세계 300만 돌파, 원조 글로벌 원빌드 SRPG 강림!" [Hero Sky Reaches 3 million Global Downloads, Advent of The Original Global One-build SRPG]. heraldcorp.com (in Korean). 2015-08-07.

[9] "넷마블, 모바일 게임 '트렌디타운' 글로벌 퍼블리싱 계약 체결". 디스이즈게임 (in Korean). 2016-10-20. Retrieved 2024-04-26.

[10] "Innospark Releases Hero Sky:Epic Guild Wars (in Kor.)". 2015-07-08.

[11] "Nexon Mobile Hero Sky Climbing Fast in Google Play Ranking(in Kor.)". 2014-08-12. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-08-25.

[12] "Dragon Friends Wins Shiny Best New Entry Reward From Apple Appstore (in Kor.)". 2013-12-23.

[13] "Mobile Games Company InnoSpark Gets 2billion Won Investment (in Kor.)". 2013-03-12.

[14] "Hangame-Innospark Smartphone Game Publishing Contract (in Kor.)". 2012-06-21.

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