Asmodee readies strategic investment into Exploding Kittens

Asmodee is making a strategic investment into Exploding Kittens.

“Exploding Kittens has been a long-time partner of ours, combining amazing creativity and innovation capabilities and the ability to reach a wide audience,” said Stéphane Carville, CEO of Asmodee.

“We are thrilled to join the co-founders and The Chernin Group as shareholders of the business, which will enable us to strengthen our go-to-market strategy in the US and more closely collaborate on game design.”

With this new strategic partnership, the two companies aim to leverage the Exploding Kittens teams’ creative talents and extensive US footprint with Asmodee’s 21 games studios and global distribution network.

“Since the beginning, Exploding Kittens has aimed to inspire people to put down their screens and connect, laugh, and play in the physical world,” said Elan Lee, Co-Founder and CEO of Exploding Kittens.

“Asmodee shares this vision and this new alliance will allow us to leverage their global market expertise and help to expand their hit games’ presence in the US.”

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