Trion Worlds, Inc, a premier publisher and developer of connected video games, has secured an $85 million round of strategic growth equity financing led by Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan (Ontario Teachers’) with participation from current investor Bertelsmann Digital Media Investments (BDMI), a wholly owned subsidiary of Bertelsmann AG.
Trion Worlds intends to funds to further grow its worldwide premium online games business.
Trion Worlds is headquartered in Redwood Shores, California, with development and technology studios in San Diego, California and Austin, Texas.
Rift™, the company’s award-winning first title, launched last March. Showcasing Trion’s dynamic online platform, Players activated more than one million. Trion said its next two titles will showcase the company’s operational agility and the strength of its technology platform.
Trion also recently announced plans to launch an initiative, code-named Red Door, which comprises both a consumer platform and a full-scale publishing and development platform based on the technology fueling its own games.
Trion’s other investors include The Time Warner Investments group, Comcast Ventures, Rustic Canyon Partners, and Trinity Ventures.
