Zooba is one of Wildlife Studios' big hits.
Zooba is one of Wildlife Studios' big hits.
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Wildlife Studios raises $120 million for casual mobile games at $3 billion valuation

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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Brazil’s Wildlife Studios has raised $120 million in a new round of funding for its casual games across multiple genres.

Wildlife Studio‘s mobile game hits include titles such as Zooba, Tennis Clash, and Castle Crush. They’re among a half-dozen successes out of more than 60 games that the company has released since Victor and Arthur Lazarte founded it in Sao Pãolo in 2011. To date, their games have more than 2 billion downloads.

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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.