Rovio

Rovio Entertainment is a Finnish game developer based in Espoo and the creator of Angry Birds. It was founded on 8 January 2003 by students of the Helsinki University of Technology, Niklas Hed, Jarno Väkeväinen and Kim Dikert. Angry Birds, released in 2009, made the company known worldwide, and the brand has since spread to dozens of games, an animated series and films.

Features

• The Angry Birds franchise with puzzle, racing and role-playing spin-offs for mobile devices.
• Free-to-play games financed by advertising and in-app purchases.
• Studios in Espoo, Stockholm, Barcelona, Copenhagen and Toronto.
• Licensing of the Angry Birds characters for films, toys and other products.

Ownership and limits

The Japanese company Sega bought Rovio in 2023 for about 706 million euros. Sega acquired 97.7 percent of the shares, and the squeeze-out of the remaining shares followed. Rovio is therefore flagged as having a non-European parent. Its headquarters and development remain in Finland.