InnoSpark

InnoSpark
InnoSpark
Type	Private
Industry	Mobile games
Founded	2012; 14 years ago
Defunct	November 2017
Headquarters	Seoul, South Korea
Key people	JaeChan Shin (Founder and CEO)
Products	Full list
Website	innospark.com

InnoSpark Inc (Korean: 이노스파크) was a mobile game development company founded in April 2012 by key members of the team who created Rule the Sky, published by JCE. The company's debut game was Dragon Friends, originally serviced by NHN. From February 27, 2015, InnoSpark started directly servicing Dragon Friends in South Korea and 175 other countries.^{[citation needed]} It also released Hero Sky: Epic Guild Wars.

In June 2015, InnoSpark raised $6.5 million in a Series B funding round. The funding round was led by venture capital firm Keynote Ventures, SL Investment and Company K Partners. InnoSpark was expected to use the funding to continue developing games and enter the Chinese market. The company was absorbed into PUBG Labs after acquisition and closed down in November 2017.

Games

Dragon Friends: Green Witch (2013) is a social farming game centered on breeding and collecting different cute dragons. It is currently available on iOS, Android, Kindle, Windows and Facebook.
Hero Sky:Epic Guild Wars (2014) (kor. 히어로스카이) is a strategic game somewhat similar to Clash of Clans, but with an additional complex Hero System. It reached 3 000 000 downloads in 2015. It is available on iOS, Android, Windows and Facebook.

History

2016

Publishing contract for "Trendy Town" signed on October 20.

2015

July 8 – Hero Sky: Epic Guild Wars re-opening service in Korea
June – $6.5m in a Series B funding round
March 19 – Hero Sky: Epic Guild Wars Global Launching in 154 countries^{[citation needed]}
February 27 – Starting Global Service of Dragon Friends

2014

August 8 – Hero Sky (kor. 히어로스카이) launching in Korea (with Nexon)

2013

December – Dragon Friends Awarded Best New Entry in Korean Apple Appstore 2013
August 22 – Dragon Friends Launching (with NHN)
March – ₩2 billion investment.

2012

June – partnership with NHN
April 19 – company foundation day.

References

1 2 3 4 "Creators of Rule the Sky which earned $40 million start a new company (in Kor.)". 2012-05-16.
1 2 "NHN Entertainment Announces Start of New SNG: Dragon Friends (in Kor.)". 2013-08-06.
1 2 "Mobile Developer Innospark Earns 6.5m In Series B Funding". 2015-06-24.
↑ "Korean Innospark Receives 40 350 000 Yuan Investment (in Chinese)". 2015-06-25.
↑ Seo, Jeonggeun (12 April 2019). "'매출 1조' 펍지, M&A로 개발력 확대 나서". MTN News. Retrieved 20 January 2025.
↑ "Dragon Friends: Green Witch Is Like Hay Day With Dragons". 2015-04-03.
↑ "Hero Centric Clash Of Clans-Like Hero Sky: Epic Guild Wars". 2015-03-19.
↑ "[히어로 스카이] 전세계 300만 돌파, 원조 글로벌 원빌드 SRPG 강림!" [Hero Sky Reaches 3 million Global Downloads, Advent of The Original Global One-build SRPG]. heraldcorp.com (in Korean). 2015-08-07.
↑ "넷마블, 모바일 게임 '트렌디타운' 글로벌 퍼블리싱 계약 체결". 디스이즈게임 (in Korean). 2016-10-20. Retrieved 2024-04-26.
↑ "Innospark Releases Hero Sky:Epic Guild Wars (in Kor.)". 2015-07-08.
↑ "트라이톤, 전략게임 '히어로스카이' 국내 및 글로벌 서비스 시작". 20 July 2017. Retrieved 10 August 2025.
↑ "Dragon Friends Wins Shiny Best New Entry Reward From Apple Appstore (in Kor.)". 2013-12-23.
↑ "Mobile Games Company InnoSpark Gets 2billion Won Investment (in Kor.)". 2013-03-12.
↑ "Hangame-Innospark Smartphone Game Publishing Contract (in Kor.)". 2012-06-21.

Links

Official website

[START-1] 1 2 3 4 "Creators of Rule the Sky which earned $40 million start a new company (in Kor.)". 2012-05-16.

[NHN-2] 1 2 "NHN Entertainment Announces Start of New SNG: Dragon Friends (in Kor.)". 2013-08-06.

[funding-3] 1 2 "Mobile Developer Innospark Earns 6.5m In Series B Funding". 2015-06-24.

[4] "Korean Innospark Receives 40 350 000 Yuan Investment (in Chinese)". 2015-06-25.

[5] Seo, Jeonggeun (12 April 2019). "'매출 1조' 펍지, M&A로 개발력 확대 나서". MTN News. Retrieved 20 January 2025.

[6] "Dragon Friends: Green Witch Is Like Hay Day With Dragons". 2015-04-03.

[7] "Hero Centric Clash Of Clans-Like Hero Sky: Epic Guild Wars". 2015-03-19.

[8] "[히어로 스카이] 전세계 300만 돌파, 원조 글로벌 원빌드 SRPG 강림!" [Hero Sky Reaches 3 million Global Downloads, Advent of The Original Global One-build SRPG]. heraldcorp.com (in Korean). 2015-08-07.

[9] "넷마블, 모바일 게임 '트렌디타운' 글로벌 퍼블리싱 계약 체결". 디스이즈게임 (in Korean). 2016-10-20. Retrieved 2024-04-26.

[10] "Innospark Releases Hero Sky:Epic Guild Wars (in Kor.)". 2015-07-08.

[11] "트라이톤, 전략게임 '히어로스카이' 국내 및 글로벌 서비스 시작". 20 July 2017. Retrieved 10 August 2025.

[12] "Dragon Friends Wins Shiny Best New Entry Reward From Apple Appstore (in Kor.)". 2013-12-23.

[13] "Mobile Games Company InnoSpark Gets 2billion Won Investment (in Kor.)". 2013-03-12.

[14] "Hangame-Innospark Smartphone Game Publishing Contract (in Kor.)". 2012-06-21.