Scoreloop is a cross-platform social gaming network for the operating system

Operating system

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s Android, Bada

Bada (operating system)

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, iOS and Windows Phone 7

Windows Phone 7

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History

The company, based in Munich

Munich

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, Germany

Germany

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, raised US$2.8 million to help create the service that they founded in 2008. Early Investors included Earlybird Venture Capital and Target Partners. In March 2010, Scoreloop gave developers that used its service the ability to monetize their apps using the company's services. The network was among the first to add support for Android apps.

During August 2010, Scoreloop revealed that its user base was growing by over 100,000 new users per day.

In 2011, Scoreloop was acquired by Research in Motion.