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Clan HQ is a messaging app designed for mobile games

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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Eric Schiermeyer had a lot of success as the cofounder of Zynga and the analytics that it brought to gaming. Now he’s got a new startup dubbed Carnivore that is making Clan HQ , a messaging app that gives mobile games a stronger social community.

Schiermeyer and Zynga veteran John Osvald started Carnivore in early 2017 to create a mobile messaging app that was targeted at mobile gamers who play in clans. Their first supported game is Marvel Contest of Champions, a Netmarble game which is a staple of the top 100 grossing games. The company has raised $3 million to date from Sequoia Capital. The app launched in late December.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.