Devsisters

Devsisters Corporation (stylized as DEVSISTERS) is a South Korean company, focuses on manufacturing and developing mobile entertainment and gaming apps, founded in 2007. Currently, Devsisters is widely known as the developer of Cookie Run, using popular instant messaging platforms, such as KakaoTalk and LINE.

2007 - 2009: Startup as Moblier Corp.
Moblier Corp. was initally founded as a start-up in 2007, by Sejoong Kim and Ji-Hoon Lee.

2009 - 2011: Change to Devsisters
By 2009, the start-up has been renamed to Devsisters and has shifted their focus on iPod Touch and iPhone gaming and application market, saying that "Apple was one of the forerunners to lead a paradigm shift in distribution with its open market platform". By this shift, they started to launch several iPhone-based apps and games, including "OvenBreak" (the predecessor of Cookie Run) in 3 July 2009. The success of OvenBreak have been followed with OvenBreak Infinity (2009) and OvenBreak 2 (2012-2013).

2013 - present: Cookie Run era
After the hit success of Ovenbreak, which has been downloaded 20 million times worldwide, Devsisters decided to modify Ovenbreak to fit the Korean market. They were applying the affiliation with KakaoTalk platform for 6 months before releasing Cookie Run in 2 April 2013. By the end of 2013, Cookie Run grosses KRW 62 billion alone, making Cookie Run the most downloaded app of 2013 in South Korea, and statistically being downloaded by the half of the country's population. The hit popularity of Cookie Run resulted Devsisters expanding the game into international releases, by launching the English version using LINE in January 2014 and later using QQ for Chinese market.

The huge success of Cookie Run have brought the company moved from start-ups into a five-storey building with 70 employees, including three chefs and a Korean physician in the Seoul's Gangnam business district. The success have further brought Devsisters into the Korean Securities Exchange, with its IPO in October 2014.

By the end of 2015, Devsisters has topped the first rank in Technology Fast 500™ Asia Pacific (APAC), compiled by public accounting firm Deloitte, with the Growth Percentage of 8516%.

Products
Devsisters mainly produces mobile apps and games that can be played in iOS and Android devices.

Merchandises
Devsisters also produces various merchandises, mainly Cookie Run themes, such as plushies, school supplies, and home decorations.

Financial
Devsisters is publicly traded in the Korean Securities Exchange (KOSDAQ) under the stock symbol KOSDAQ:194480. The Initial Public Offering was issued on 6 October 2014. However, less than two months after its IPO, stocks has been down by 30%, in which Wall Street Journal says "...reflecting investor skepticism that the company can replicate the initial success of Cookie Run". Kim Jong-heun, the CEO, have replied that the downfall is coming from "selling by institutional investors, not company insiders," and further saying he is "well aware of the challenge of following up one smash success with another — just ask the developers of Farmville, Angry Birds and Candy Crush Saga."