Storm8

Redwood City, California, United States Consumer Internet Acquired

Storm8 is a mobile social game developer founded in 2009 by former Zynga and Facebook employees in Redwood Shores, California. The company built one of the largest mobile social gaming networks, publishing more than 50 free-to-play casual titles including the Restaurant Story, Dragon Story, Castle Story, Bubble Mania and Home Design Makeover franchises. Storm8's games achieved over 1 billion cumulative downloads and surpassed 1 billion USD in cumulative gross revenue, notably built without raising venture capital funding. In 2020 Storm8 was acquired by Stockholm-based Stillfront Group and operates as one of its gaming studios.

Acquired

Storm8 has been acquired

Acquired by Stillfront Group AB Feb 28, 2020 $300M upfront (plus up to $100M earn-out)

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

Overview

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Founded

2009

Funding

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Rounds in grey italics are unconfirmed.

Last updated 10-07-2026

DateRoundAmount RaisedValuationLead Investors
Aug 3, 2011 Series A (reported, never completed) TechCrunch $300M $1B Not disclosed

Leadership

  • Perry Tam

    Co-Founder & CEO

  • William Siu

    Co-Founder

  • Chak Ming Li

    Co-Founder

  • Laura Yip

    Co-Founder

  • Garrett J. Remes

    Co-Founder

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