Voodoo

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Updated Aug 5, 2026

Overview

Voodoo SAS is a Paris-based private global technology company that develops and publishes mobile games and consumer apps. It has evolved from hyper-casual publishing toward longer-lived casual/hybrid-casual franchises and social apps; Voodoo reported 8 billion lifetime downloads, 150–169 million monthly active users, about 800 employees, and $778 million 2025 revenue.

Primary product

A portfolio of free-to-play mobile games and consumer apps, including Mob Control, Paper.io, Block Jam 3D, Hole.io, BeReal, Wizz and Blitz; monetization combines in-app advertising, in-app purchases and consumer-app advertising.

Founded

2013

Headquarters

Paris, France

Team size

700–800 (approximately 800 reported in 2026)

Work style

Hybrid

Industry

Entertainment software / mobile technology

Sub-industry

Mobile games, casual and hybrid-casual game publishing, consumer social apps

Offices

Paris, France

Montpellier, France

Strasbourg, France

Berlin, Germany

Istanbul, Turkey

Montreal, Canada

Singapore

Tokyo, Japan

Business model

Free-to-play mobile games monetized by advertising

In-app purchases and subscriptions in games/apps

Mobile-app advertising

Game publishing and growth services for external studios

Consumer social apps

Acquisition and operation of digital products

Funding

Stage

Private, late-stage / growth company; revenue-generating

Total raised

$812M

Latest round

Later-stage venture / growth financing · Jul 2024

Latest amount

$386M

Bank and institutional refinancing facility

May 2025

$175M

Later-stage venture / growth financing

Jul 2024

$386M

Corporate / growth round

Aug 2021 · Groupe Bruxelles Lambert

$315.9M

Corporate / strategic round

Aug 2020 · Tencent

Debt financing

Apr 2019 · Tikehau Capital

Growth / later-stage venture financing

May 2018 · Goldman Sachs

$200M

Seed round

Oct 2015

$1.1M

Seed / angel financing

Jul 2014

$459K

People & investors

Leadership

Alexandre Yazdi

Co-founder and CEO

Laurent Ritter

Co-founder

Damien Dessagne

Co-founder; former CTO / game developer

Gabriel Rivaud

VP, Games

Paul Todorov

VP Engineering & Data / VP Engineering & Product

Aymeric Roffé

CEO, BeReal; CEO of Wizz before the BeReal transition

Investors

Goldman Sachs

Groupe Bruxelles Lambert

Work & culture

Voodoo describes a fast-paced, learning-oriented environment focused on rapid adaptation, ownership, product impact, innovation and pragmatic execution. Engineering works in small squads and uses data, growth experimentation and machine learning to scale products.

Work style

Hybrid

Compensation

Public job postings generally state competitive, experience-based compensation but do not provide a consistent salary range. Benefits and remote-Friday/location-independent-salary signals are public for some roles; sponsorship is not established.

Benefits

Competitive salary based on experience

Swile lunch vouchers / company meals

Gymlib, fully covered

Premium healthcare coverage, fully covered for employee and family

Wellness budget and Paris-office wellness activities

Remote Fridays

Location-independent salary signal in some job listings

Product & market

Pricing

Primarily free-to-play: advertising plus in-app purchases; consumer social apps use advertising and other app monetization. No public single-company subscription price was found.

Differentiators

—Large global distribution and publishing/growth engine
—Scale of downloads and monthly active users
—Data-driven rapid testing and user-acquisition expertise
—Shift toward durable casual/hybrid-casual franchises rather than only hyper-casual hits
—Portfolio diversification into social and consumer apps
—Ability to combine internal products with external studio publishing

Technology

Unity

TypeScript

Node.js

NestJS

PostgreSQL

AWS

Kubernetes

Terraform

CDK

Helm

OpenTelemetry

Grafana

Golang

Python

Java

Kotlin

Redis

Kafka/SNS/SQS

Docker

Jenkins

Customers

Consumers and players worldwide

Advertisers on BeReal and other consumer apps

External game studios and creators using Voodoo publishing/growth capabilities

Competitors

Zynga / Take-Two

Rollic / Zynga

Supersonic Studios / Unity

Kwalee

Homa Games

CrazyGames

King

Playrix

SayGames

Tactile Games

Scale & contact

Estimated revenue

$750M–$800M annually; company-reported 2025 revenue was $778M

Signals & risks

Acquisition

Jun 2024

Voodoo acquired BeReal for €500 million, taking on a large consumer-social integration and monetization project.

Source

Layoff

Jun 2024

Business Insider reported that a significant portion of BeReal staff would be laid off shortly after the acquisition.

Source

Layoff

Jul 2024

GamesIndustry.biz reported that 28 BeReal employees in engineering, QA and marketing were affected in a refocus on France/Europe-based talent.

Source

Other

The company faces structural risk from hyper-casual commoditization, dependence on successful game franchises, and the challenge of monetizing newer apps such as BeReal and Jamble.

Source

Latest news

2025: a year of growth and transformation for Voodoo

Voodoo · Mar 2026

Voodoo reported $778M 2025 revenue, 169M MAU and continued transition toward durable casual franchises; BeReal generated €30M and was targeting profitability by 2027.

Voodoo Reports 20% Growth and Strong Profitability in 2024

Voodoo · May 2025

The company reported strong 2024 growth and profitability after the BeReal acquisition.

BeReal owner Voodoo reports another year of profitability

Sifted · May 2025

Sifted reported €623M 2024 revenue, €135M EBITDA, BeReal cost-cutting and break-even progress, plus a €175M refinancing facility.

BeReal hit with layoffs following Voodoo acquisition

GamesIndustry.biz · Jul 2024

Reported 28 BeReal layoffs across engineering, QA and marketing after the acquisition.

Voodoo acquires BeReal to take authentic social network to new heights

Voodoo · Jun 2024

Voodoo announced the €500M acquisition of BeReal, then reporting more than 40M active users.

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Jobs and careers at Voodoo

105 jobs at Voodoo

Game Designer - Castle Busters

On-site

Gaming

Paris; Paris, Île-de-France, France

2d ago

On-site

Full-time