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Nival Raises $6M

Nival, a developer of cross-platform strategy games, has raised $6 milion Series A round of funding. The investment was led by Almaz Capital, with participation from existing investors Sergey Orlovskiy, CEO and founder of Nival, holding the majority stake; Russian software distributor 1C; and Mail.ru Group. The funds will be used to expand into global markets, says the company.

With offices in Hallandale, Florida; Moscow and St. Petersburg, Russia; Kiev, Ukraine and Minsk, Belarus Nival currently has more than 200 employees across four development studios.

[Image courtesy: Nival]

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