Outfit7

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Outfit7
Company type Subsidiary
Industry Video games, Web series distribution
FoundedJuly 2009;15 years ago (2009-07) in Ljubljana, Slovenia
Founder
  • Samo Login
  • Iza Sia Login
Headquarters
Ljubljana
,
Slovenia [1]
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
  • Xinyu Qian (CEO)
Revenue$130 million [2]
Number of employees
400 [3]  (2020)
Parent Zhejiang Jinke Entertainment Culture Co., Ltd. (2017–present)
Website outfit7.com

Outfit7 (formerly Outfit7 Limited) is a Slovenian video game developer, best known as the creator of the Talking Tom & Friends app and media franchise. The company was founded by Samo and Iza Login. The company operates in 7 studios worldwide and almost exclusively focuses on mobile games related to the Talking Tom & Friends franchise. In January 2017, the company was acquired by United Luck Consortium and then sold to Zhejiang Jinke for over $USD 1 billion. The company also owns HyperDot Studios (now Outfit7 Neo) and Moving Eye. [4]

Contents

History

Outfit7

Outfit7 was founded by Samo and Iza Sia Login, who had studied computer science in college and wanted to get into the mobile app business following the debut of the Apple App Store. In 2009, they invested $250,000 (€180,000) with six friends and set up an office in Ljubljana, Slovenia, where they developed some apps. Their first few attempts – a soccer app, a travel guide to Iceland and a "wealth affirmation app" were unsuccessful. After six months of attempts, Iza Sia and Samo developed a children's app called Talking Tom Cat, in which an animated cat named Tom would repeat in a "high-pitched helium squeak whatever is spoken into an iPhone's microphone" along with other reactions to feeding and petting. [1]

Talking Tom & Friends

The Talking Tom & Friends franchise was created with the launch of the Talking Tom Cat app. It focused on anthropomorphic cats and dogs repeating things said to it by the user, before shifting focus to other apps such as endless-runner games, virtual pet games and the like.

The franchise reached 300 million downloads 19 months after its launch. The app franchise then went on to hit one billion downloads in June 2013. [5] Talking Tom & Friends apps have been downloaded over 12 billion times as of April 2020, reaching 18 billion in March 2022. [6] [7]

Products

Talking Tom & Friends

Games

Web series

  • Talking Friends (2012)
  • Talking Tom and Friends (2014–21)
  • Talking Tom Shorts (2014–present)
  • Talking Tom and Friends Minis (2016–18)
  • Talking Tom Heroes (2019–20)
  • Talking Tom & Friends: Pets! (2023–24)
  • Talking Angela in the City (2023–present)
  • Talking Hank's Adventure Guide: Island Living (2024–present)
  • Talking Tom Heroes: Suddenly Super (TBA)

Other apps

Corporate affairs

Offices

Outfit7 operates offices in 6 cities in Europe and Asia. The company currently operates in London, Ljubljana, Barcelona, Limassol, Hong Kong and Beijing. [16]

Acquisition and leadership change

In 2016, Samo and Iza Login hired Goldman Sachs to arrange for a deal to sell their company. [1] On 20 January 2017, it was announced in a press release that Outfit7 was sold to United Luck Holdings Consortium, a China-based group for US$1 billion. [17] However, four days later, another press release indicated that United Luck would sell Outfit7 to a Chinese chemical company, Zhejiang Jinke Peroxide Company, which was renamed to Zhejiang Jinke Entertainment Culture Co. Ltd after it had purchased a Chinese game developer. [1] [18] There was some confusion over who owned Outfit7 given that Jinke had disclosed plans to buy a 10% stake of United Luck. In March 2017, the agreement to sell Outfit7 to Jinke was signed. [19] [20] Samo Login remained on board as company director, and Iza Login remained as an advisor. [21] [17] [22] In July 2018, Xinyu Qian became the CEO. [23]

Logos

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