Mentez
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Mentez is a Latin American-focused social network
game publisher based in Miami.
Mentez is significant because the company is the leading social game publisher in Latin America, a rapidly growing social network and gaming area of the world. Paymentez processes more than 45,000 transactions a day.
As of August 2010, the company had 21 games on Orkut
and 7 games on Facebook
, with more than 22 million weekly active players.
Mentez signed a distribution agreement with Zynga
in 2011 be a distributor of Zynga Game Cards and PINS at more than 1 million retail locations and Internet cafes across.
Mentez signed a distribution agreement with Disney-owned Playdom
in 2010 to publish several games in Latin America. These include Tiki Resort and Bola.
Mentez operates an alternative payments network in Brazil called Paymentez. As of August 2010, users could buy Paymentez credits at 25,000 internet cafe
s or 100,000 retail locations across Brazil
.
Mentez received an undisclosed amount of funding in 2010 from Insight Venture Partners
.
Juan F Franco is currently Mentez CEO , Jaime Roldan is Mentez CTO and Juan Roldan is Mentez VP Content. They are the founders of the company and very recognized Internet entrepreneurs in Latin America
Social network
A social network is a social structure made up of individuals called "nodes", which are tied by one or more specific types of interdependency, such as friendship, kinship, common interest, financial exchange, dislike, sexual relationships, or relationships of beliefs, knowledge or prestige.Social...
game publisher based in Miami.
Mentez is significant because the company is the leading social game publisher in Latin America, a rapidly growing social network and gaming area of the world. Paymentez processes more than 45,000 transactions a day.
As of August 2010, the company had 21 games on Orkut
Orkut
Orkut is a social networking website that is owned and operated by Google Inc. The service is designed to help users meet new and old friends and maintain existing relationships...
and 7 games on Facebook
Facebook
Facebook is a social networking service and website launched in February 2004, operated and privately owned by Facebook, Inc. , Facebook has more than 800 million active users. Users must register before using the site, after which they may create a personal profile, add other users as...
, with more than 22 million weekly active players.
Mentez signed a distribution agreement with Zynga
Zynga
Zynga is a social network game developer located in San Francisco, United States. The company develops browser-based games that work both stand-alone and as application widgets on social networking websites such as Facebook and MySpace....
in 2011 be a distributor of Zynga Game Cards and PINS at more than 1 million retail locations and Internet cafes across.
Mentez signed a distribution agreement with Disney-owned Playdom
Playdom
Playdom is an online social network game developer popular on Facebook and on MySpace; it is currently the largest social game developer on MySpace and one of the larger ones on Facebook. The company was founded in the San Francisco Bay Area by University of California, Berkeley graduates Ling Xiao...
in 2010 to publish several games in Latin America. These include Tiki Resort and Bola.
Mentez operates an alternative payments network in Brazil called Paymentez. As of August 2010, users could buy Paymentez credits at 25,000 internet cafe
Internet cafe
An Internet café or cybercafé is a place which provides internet access to the public, usually for a fee. These businesses usually provide snacks and drinks, hence the café in the name...
s or 100,000 retail locations across Brazil
Brazil
Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
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Mentez received an undisclosed amount of funding in 2010 from Insight Venture Partners
Insight Venture Partners
Insight Venture Partners is a New York-based private equity and venture capital firm founded in 1995 by Jeff Horing and Jerry Murdock. The firm focuses exclusively on software and Internet-enabled businesses and currently has a capital base of approximately $5 billion.The firm’s Executive Advisory...
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Juan F Franco is currently Mentez CEO , Jaime Roldan is Mentez CTO and Juan Roldan is Mentez VP Content. They are the founders of the company and very recognized Internet entrepreneurs in Latin America