During a recent field trip whirlwind startup visiting tour in Berlin, one of the offices I dropped by was those of social gaming juggernaut Wooga. Founded in 2009 by CEO Jens Begemann and CTO Philipp Moeser, Wooga has seen remarkable growth over the past few years. It’s one of those European gaming companies that have managed to grow like gangbusters even when competing against publicly listed powerhouses such as EA and Zynga. The German company’s games – which include hits like Diamond Dash, Bubble Island and Monster World – are being played by over 50 million users on Web and mobile every month. This has made Wooga one of the most successful developers on the Facebook platform (it’s currently ranked fifth, ahead of the likes of Yahoo, Spotify, TripAdvisor and Yelp). What I thought was amazing about Wooga when I visited the company’s offices in Berlin (which, by the way, are stunning as you can probably tell from the photos embedded in this article), is just how international its workforce is – and how Wooga has managed to get this talent from all over the world interested in joining (and sticking with) them. From what I gather, Wooga isn’t keen on opening offices elsewhere. That’s not to say they never will, but the focus of the company right now seems to be on getting the best people to come live and work for Wooga in Berlin instead of launching remote offices. Wooga currently employs 280 people (and counting) with
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