Flirtomatic Secures $9m

Flirtomatic has raised $9m in Series C funding from Nauta Capital and existing investors Doughty Hanson, Seraphim Capital and Chairman Avi Azulai. It will use the funds to further its growth across Europe and the US, expanding its co-marketing efforts with partners including AT&T, MetroPCS, Virgin Mobile, T-Mobile, and another unnamed “multinational operator” with whom it signed a recent distribution deal, launching Flirtomatic across an initial eight countries, under a single payment and billing system.

Earlier this year,  Flirtomatic, which has more than 2.5m users in the US and the UK, launched apps for iPhone, iPod Touch and Android, and is also launching apps for Blackberry and Nokia devices over the summer.

“Flirtomatic’s success is built upon ground-breaking monetisation techniques, coupled with a multi-channel distribution strategy. This new investment will allow us to accelerate development in international markets, to continue to drive innovation, and build on our position as one of the most viewed mobile sites according to the GSMA and comScore,” says Flirtomatic CEO and co-founder, Mark Curtis.