Metacore appoints former King executive David Telenius as Merge Mansion General Manager and reports EUR 162 million in revenue

Metacore :

David Telenius, most recently VP, Head of Production for Candy Crush Soda Saga at King, joins Metacore’s growing team. As the General Manager for Merge Mansion, Telenius will focus on developing the hit game’s business operations as Metacore continues to invest in the game’s global growth. In 2023, the mobile game developer made 162 million euros in revenue, growing by 26% from the previous year.

 

Helsinki and Berlin based mobile game developer Metacore has appointed David Telenius as General Manager of its hit puzzle game Merge Mansion. Having previously worked at King in various leadership, production, and business development roles for Candy Crush and Candy Crush Soda Saga, Telenius brings with him over a decade of experience in scaling some of the world’s most popular free-to-play titles. Telenius started in his new role in April 2024 as a part of Metacore’s Leadership Team and is focusing on the product development and global growth of Merge Mansion. 

“Operating a live game is extremely complex – and the more a game grows, the more demanding managing its business operations and growth becomes. We’re thrilled to have David on board and bring his wealth of experience from the design, production, and business management of some of the world’s most popular casual games to the Merge Mansion team. Together with Game Lead Sami Lahtinen and the rest of the game team, David will work on building the next phase of Merge Mansion’s growth story,” says Metacore CEO Mika Tammenkoski. 

“I’m a big Merge Mansion fan and have always been impressed by the quality of the game and the incredibly strong community around it. I was also drawn to Metacore’s culture and in particular their highly autonomous and player-focused way of working. Finding new avenues for growth for one of the top games in the genre is an exciting challenge, and I’m looking forward to working with the team to further build on Merge Mansion’s success,” Telenius adds. 

Metacore currently has one live game and a strong focus on new games development. In 2023, the company brought in 162 million euros in revenue, which is up 26% from the previous year and just a few million euros short of reaching profitability.

“Last year, we began investing more heavily in our long-term growth and structure that will allow us to operate more than one live game. Ultimately, this brings us closer to our mission of one day entertaining hundreds of millions of people with a portfolio of global hit games,” Tammenkoski sums.

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Metacore

Metacore is a mobile games company based in Helsinki and Berlin, building a portfolio of global hit games. Launched in 2020, the studio’s first live game Merge Mansion has over 50 million players. Metacore is a fast-growing game company with EUR 162 million in revenue in 2023 and a team of over 200 professionals. The company has raised EUR 180 million in funding from Supercell and is one of their portfolio companies.
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