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United States · Computer GamesKihon
Kihon is a game development company creating premium multiplayer mobile games for iOS-operated devices.
PrivateFor profit
Against its peers
Set against 2,324 Computer Games companies in United States. The ring marks the typical peer.
Across all 5.9M companies: larger than 33% of those with a size listed; older than 5% of those with a founding year. 4 people list it on LinkedIn, and 75 follow it.
About Kihon
Kihon is a collection of industry veterans who specialize in micro-transactional games with integrated social features. Kihon has released three iOS titles to date: “Baby Monkey (going backwards on a pig)”, “SketchPhrase”, and “Dojo Danger”. Each title is extremely polished, highly reviewed, and drastically unique. Combined they give a sense of the breadth of our skill-set which ranges from freemium to premium; casual to core; single player to asynchronous multiplayer. Prior to Kihon, the team was making… Read all
Kihon is a collection of industry veterans who specialize in micro-transactional games with integrated social features. Kihon has released three iOS titles to date: “Baby Monkey (going backwards on a pig)”, “SketchPhrase”, and “Dojo Danger”. Each title is extremely polished, highly reviewed, and drastically unique. Combined they give a sense of the breadth of our skill-set which ranges from freemium to premium; casual to core; single player to asynchronous multiplayer. Prior to Kihon, the team was making large-scale micro-transactional Facebook game titles for Sony Online Entertainment. Key members of the team brought the award-winning game “PoxNora” to market.
AndroidiOSMobileSoftwaregamesmobileiOSdevelopment
One of 2,324 Computer Games companies in United States, and of 9,699 in the industry worldwide.
Funding, as listed
What the source datasets report. We have not watched these rounds ourselves.
$2.2M
raised in total across 2 rounds
Last raised May 2014, 12 years ago
- Rounds
- 2
- Latest round
- Seed
- Latest amount
- $660K
- Investors
- 2
Key facts
Who started it and how it trades.
- Founded by
- Mark Grossnickle
- Apps
- 1
Funding filed with regulators
Kihon filed 3 raises, $2.2M in all. Filings say how much was sold and to how many investors; they never name the investors.
- May 2014$385KSEC Form D
- Aug 2013$275KSEC Form D
- Feb 2012$1.5MSEC Form D
Every detail we hold
Everything the source datasets list about Kihon, field by field. Contact details are held but never shown.
The company8 fields
- Name
- Kihon
- Type
- For profit
- Status
- Private
- Founded
- 2011
- Founders
- Mark Grossnickle
- Industry
- Computer Games
- Categories
- Android, iOS, Mobile, Software
- Specialities
- games, mobile, iOS, development
Where4 fields
- City
- Tucson
- Region
- Arizona
- Country
- United States
- Markets
- Western US
Size and reach4 fields
- Staff band
- 11-50
- People on LinkedIn
- 4
- LinkedIn followers
- 75
- Apps
- 1
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Funding, as listed7 fields
- Total
- $2,159,860 USD
- Rounds
- 2
- Latest round
- Seed
- Latest round date
- May 2014
- Latest amount
- 659,860 USD
- Investors
- 2
- Listing status
- private
About this record2 fields
- Sources
- Crunchbase, LinkedIn
- Last imported
- Sept 2026
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