Deutsche Telekom invests $2.63M in Germany’s Flaregames (exclusive)

Germany’s Flaregames, a mobile game startup headed by Gameforge founder Klaas Kersting, has raised $2.63 million (2 million euros) from Deutsche Telekom’s investment arm.

T-Venture Investment will take a stake in Karlsruhe, Germany-based Flaregames, which is making free-to-play games for …

Flaregames raises $7.9M from Accel for free-to-play mobile games (exclusive)

Flaregames has raised 6 million euros, or $7.9 million, in a funding round led by Accel Partners. The money will help beef up the company founded by Klaas Kersting, who also founded Germany’s Gameforge.

Kersting’s Karlsruhe, Germany-based Flaregames is focused …

Gameforge hits 300M worldwide users for online games

Gameforge said today that it has hit 300 million registered users for its downloadable online games. That milestone establishes Gameforge, a pioneer in free-to-play online games, as one of the biggest online game companies in the world.

The growth shows …

Gameforge founder creates Flaregames gaming startup (exclusive)

Klaas Kersting, the founder of the highly successful Gameforge online game firm in Europe, is back with a new gaming startup called Flaregames, VentureBeat has learned.

The Karlsruhe, Germany-based company is focused on mobile reality games that mesh the real …