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.
Machine Zone has been acquired
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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
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
| Date | Round | Amount Raised | Valuation | Lead 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 data and valuation marks are estimates and may be incomplete, stale, erroneous, or revised.
Valuation indexed to 1.0× at the selected entry round. Valuation marks are estimates and may contain errors. Hover each dot to compare.
Entry · Series C
$3B
Jul 2014
Machine Zone today
$5B
Jan 2016 · latest mark
Machine Zone multiple
1.7x
valuation uplift since first round
Y-axis is logarithmic. Hollow dots = estimated valuations. Does not represent realized investor returns.
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
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