Tim DraperFounder and Managing Partne, Draper Associate · I back the ideas that look crazy first

Turning past profits into future innovation! 💡

5 Feb 2025 · 1 min

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A former Google Search employee built Cut the Rope, a profitable mobile game that still generates cash. He and a co-founder are launching a new venture while keeping the old one running, and he promises they won't abandon existing investors to chase new funding.

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So I used to work at Google Search, and Misha here, he built a huge gaming studio actually before. If some of you like mobile games, he built a game called Cut the Rope with over 2 billion downloads. Actually, this is our second company together. What happened to the first company? It's running, we're earning cash, but we decided to focus on this.
But who's steering the ship?
Which ship?
Yeah, I mean, what's happening to that company? The company is still running. It's earning cash. I mean, if we fund you, are you going to abandon this company too?
No, that's not at all what happens. I will always pursue the largest opportunity that will bring the most money for my investors. But you didn't do that the first time. We did.
Oh, are those shareholders along for the ride? Of course.
We would not leave our investors behind. Oh, so you had an old business. It's profitable.
You're using that as a cash cow for this. That's exactly what happened. Oh, much better. Okay. Great.