Hipster Whale uses part of its Crossy Road millions to fund Halfbrick vets’ studio

Crossy Road makers hop over Down Under to Prettygreat with a $500,000 seed round.

Hipster Whale, the creators of popular mobile game Crossy Road, have backed Australian mobile games startup Prettygreat in an early round of funding. Prettygreat is made up of top players from mobile studio Halfbrick, best known for hits such as Jetpack Joyride and Fruit Ninja. Hipster Whale’s two members, Matt Hall and Andy Sum, will become shareholders and advisers to the company. The group will benefit from the expertise of Hall and Sum — the Australian duo guided its Frogger-like game Crossy Road to see 90 million downloads in six months.