Bit Odd gears up for success after seed round from Index Ventures

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Bit Odd, a new development house from Finland is, well, a bit odd. Headed by one of the minds behind Clash of Clans from Supercell, the new studio has big ambitions. With the help of Index Ventures, the company plans to be the next big thing in mobile gaming.

Index Ventures, a European venture capital firm, has a long history of backing successful mobile gaming groups. With a list of investments that includes King, Supercell, Roblox, and Dream Games, Index seems to be doing something right. Now the firm feels that “something special” from Bit Odd — special enough to lead a round of investment to the tune of €5 million Euros for the new company.

We talked with Lasse Louhento in an online meeting about his new company, working from home, and the creative process.

GamesBeat: Can you give us a little background on your journey as a game developer?

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Lasse Louhento: My childhood dream has always been to have my own game company. I’ve loved games ever since I was introduced to gaming in 1980. England, at the time, was the sort of Mecca of C 64[Commodore 64] games. Then America and Japan. Big fan of Nintendo.

For me, the Japan thing didn’t quite work out. I didn’t go to Japan except some exhibitions, amd landed on different things like PC games and point and click adventure games. After that, I worked eight years on console games for AAA studios. Then