The Happiest Team In The Games Industry

Mino has the energy, excitement, and action of a startup – but without the bad bits. We're well organized, well funded, and care deeply about each of our colleagues. We take care of each other

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Our Story

A leadership team that cares

Our leadership cares. Not only do we have a track record of building great games and growing companies - but also taking care of our teams.

Robyn Orsini

VP Of Strategy & Operations

Sash MacKinnon

CEO

Shane Sareli

Chief Product Officer

Darren Pegg

Chief Technology Officer

Daniel Chou

Chief Creative Officer

Alex Samarev

VP Of Engineering

Backed by the best investors in the industry

Mino has raised 23 million and is supported by some of well respected investors in the industry

Our Team

Eden Jung

Game Developer

Nathan Ladd

Game Developer

Violette Lavillat

2D Artist

Michelle Lee

2D Artist

Saychelle Ann

Customer Support Specialist

Jeff Macdonald

Lead Artist

Jad Malek

Game Developer

Anna Maranon

Customer Support Specialist

Meela dos Anjos

UI Artist

Melissa Martin

Junior Lead Artist

Valentina Martorana

2D Artist

Amanda Matumoto

Data Analyst

Our decade-long journey

Early beginnings

Both founders Joshua Buckley and Sasha Mackinnon built and sold gaming companies as teenagers.

Y Combinator

Mino Games is founded and participates in YC Summer 2011.

Raise 2mm Seed Round

Lead by A16Z as our flagship game MinoMonstersis approaching launch.

Launch of MinoMonsters

One of the earliest monster RPGs on the iPhone, over 10mm downloads in the first year.

Launch of
MinoMonsters 2

As a team 10, we built the sequel to MinoMonsters which generated over 2mm in its first month of launch.

Montreal & Series A

We raised a 2mm Series A lead by Sybo, and moved our head office to Montreal to start developing Cat Game!

Cat Game Global Launch

We had a huge launch of Cat Game, which generated over 2mm in revenue the first month and secured $30mm in UA funding.

Cat Life Launch

Partnered with Playco to launch Cat Life - a Facebook messenger version of Cat Game with a fresh new take on social.

Fully remote with 80 employees worldwide!

With the success of our games, we scaled our team to over 80 people and moved to work full remote. We1re now a worldwide company!

Dog Game Launch

Launched Dog Game, the latest installment in our “Collector Franchise”. Dog game is beloved by our existing fans and new players.

$15m Series B

Our hard work paid off - we raised at 15m series B as Cat Game continues to grow and we gear up to create new IP across new platforms & technology.

Early beginnings

Both founders Joshua Buckley and Sasha Mackinnon built and sold gaming companies as teenagers.

Y Combinator

Mino Games is founded and participates in YC Summer 2011.

Raise 2mm
Seed Round

Lead by A16Z as our flagship game MinoMonstersis approaching launch.

Launch of MinoMonsters

One of the earliest monster RPGs on the iPhone, over 10mm downloads in the first year.

Launch of
Mino Monsters 2

As a team 10, we built the sequel to MinoMonsters which generated over 2mm in its first month of launch.

Montreal &
Series A

We raised a 2mm Series A lead by Sybo, and moved our head office to Montreal to start developing Cat Game!

Cat Game
Global Launch

We had a huge launch of Cat Game, which generated over 2mm in revenue the first month and secured $30mm in UA funding.

Cat Life Launch

Partnered with Playco to launch Cat Life - a Facebook messenger version of Cat Game with a fresh new take on social.

Fully remote with 80 employees worldwide!

With the success of our games, we scaled our team to over 80 people and moved to work full remote. We1re now a worldwide company!

Dog Game
Launch

Launched Dog Game, the latest installment in our “Collector Franchise”. Dog game is beloved by our existing fans and new players.


$15m Series B

Our hard work paid off - we raised at 15m series B as Cat Game continues to grow and we gear up to take on exciting new projects in Crypto and on different platforms.

Join our growing team of passionate gamers.

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