This tech executive left a steady job at Facebook and switched careers, raising more than $5 million for a gaming startup biprime
Five years on, she has raised more than $5 million and is developing an augmented-reality game that will aim to emulate the success of Niantic's blockbuster hit"Pokémon Go."
The answer to that question is twofold. First, Lannen's role at Facebook sparked a hidden passion for game development. Second, her time at Facebook helped her to see how smaller companies, building titles aimed at more casual gamers, could flourish., supplementing a previous raise of $1.8 million last year.
"There was one client I had at Facebook, an Israeli gaming startup, and their growth really sparked my interest in game development," Lanned said."When I started WarDucks, a lot of [the Israeli company's employees] went on to become the first WarDucks employees."
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