Rovio targets Nasdaq flotation

News Wireless Global 20 MRT 2011
Rovio targets Nasdaq flotation
Rovio, creator of the Angry Birds mobile game, is targeting a flotation in New York. Rovio Mobile CEO Mikael Hed plans to take the company public in "the next few years". "We probably want to be in a marketplace that is as liquid as possible, which would probably mean Nasdaq is our stock exchange of choice", Hed told Bloomberg. Angry Birds was the iPhone's most popular paid software in 2010 and reports over 40 million users.

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