Machine Zone

Palo Alto, California, United States Technology Acquired

Machine Zone (MZ), originally Addmired, is an American mobile gaming company best known for freemium MMO real-time strategy titles Game of War: Fire Age and Mobile Strike, which both ranked among the top-grossing mobile games globally. It also built a real-time cloud networking platform. Acquired by AppLovin in 2020 for roughly $500 million, MZ was later sold to Tripledot Studios in 2025.

Acquired

Machine Zone has been acquired

Acquired by AppLovin May 19, 2020 $328.6M

This company is no longer available on our private secondary market.

Overview

Company data and valuation marks are estimates and may be incomplete, stale, erroneous, or revised.

Founded

2008

Employees

501–1,000

Total Funding

$258M

4 rounds

Latest Valuation

$5B

2016

Funding

Total raised $258M across 4 rounds

Funding data and valuation marks are estimates and may be incomplete, stale, erroneous, or revised.

Last updated 06-23-2026

Latest Round

Type

Series D

Date

2016

Amount

Not disclosed

Valuation

$5B

Lead Investors

Not disclosed
DateRoundAmount RaisedValuationLead Investors
2016 Series D Not disclosed $5B Not disclosed
July 16, 2014 Series C $250M $3B JPMorgan Chase
March 27, 2012 Series B $8M Menlo Ventures

Funding by Round

Funding data and valuation marks are estimates and may be incomplete, stale, erroneous, or revised.

Valuation Trajectory

Valuation indexed to 1.0× at the selected entry round. Valuation marks are estimates and may contain errors. Hover each dot to compare.

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Entry · Series C

$3B

Jul 2014

Machine Zone today

$5B

Jan 2016 · latest mark

Machine Zone multiple

1.7x

valuation uplift since first round

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Leadership

  • Gabriel Leydon

    Co-Founder & former CEO

  • Halbert Nakagawa

    Co-Founder & Chief Technology Officer

  • Mike Sherrill

    Co-Founder

  • Kristen Dumont

    Chief Executive Officer

  • Dan Nash

    Chief Financial Officer

Competitors

Competitor list is illustrative and may be incomplete, stale, or erroneous.

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  • Zynga

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  • King Digital Entertainment

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