In February 2011, the company raised $18 million in series A funding led by venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz and including Anthony Casalena and SV Angel.

[4] Marc Andreessen joined Suli Ali on the company's board of directors as a part of this investment round.

[5][6] In May 2011, the company launched a $5 million investment fund, called the TinyFund, to help support development of mobile games.

The TinyFund provided developers up $500,000 per title, to help create games played on the iPhone, iPad or Android.

This funding round was preceded by layoffs at the company[8] and also signified a new strategy that emphasizes deeper game play and higher budget titles such as Family Guy: The Quest for Stuff.