Almedia

We wanted to give an update about our situation since many of our users and partners have been reaching out in the past few days. As many of you are aware, our iOS and Android apps were removed this week from the App Store and Google Play following media coverage that contained a number of inaccurate and misleading claims about our business. We have been working very hard in the last years to build a company that lasts and we are actively working with both Apple and Google to resolve this as we see them as key partners for further growth. I am very grateful for all of the support and encouragement we have received from our partners and the industry. Please find my full statement with all of the details here: https://lnkd.in/d9xTV4TZ

Our Strategic Growth Lead Yan Reizin will be speaking at Singular’s Unify Berlin on April 24. He’ll be sharing the stage with mobile marketing leaders from across the industry at Soho House Berlin. If you’re heading over there, don’t miss his fireside chat: Where Leading UA Teams Go When the Obvious Stops Working. With traditional UA channels stagnating, maximising the use of new inventory such as rewarded is the key to unlocking the next level of performance in the long term. See you there! https://lnkd.in/d4vWZwhQ

Did you catch us in Times Square? We’ve gone from a bootstrapped startup with no venture capital, all the way to Freecash being on a Broadway billboard. If you want to be a part of this growth, check out our open roles. We’re hiring for over 60 positions right now 👇 https://almedia.co/careers

How did SUPERBOX achieve up to 2× higher D30 ROAS and 3× higher retention vs. non-rewarded UA channels? 📈 By partnering with Almedia and leveraging rewarded user acquisition to balance performance and scale. Jade Baeck, Senior Manager at SUPERBOX, shares how they drove stronger ROAS while unlocking long-term retention and sustainable growth: "Almedia proved that rewarded UA can deliver both high ROAS and strong retention - a combination we hadn’t been able to achieve before." Read the full case study here 👉 https://lnkd.in/dzCz4Awq (KR) 파트너 성공사례 👏 슈퍼박스(SUPERBOX)는 한국에 본사를 둔 모바일 게임 개발 및 퍼블리셔로, 다양한 퍼즐 및 매치3 게임을 통해 일상 속 소소한 행복을 전달하며, 모든 이가 쉽게 접근하고 몰입할 수 있는 특별한 경험을 제공하고 있습니다. 슈퍼박스가 어떻게 알미디아와 함께 비보상형 채널 대비 D30 ROAS 최대 2배, 잔존율 3배를 향상하며, 수익성과 성장성을 동시에 확보할 수 있었는지 지금 바로 확인해보세요!

📢 Announcing Almedia Link: our new monetization product that pays publishers for their existing players, without any changes to their core loop. 🖇️ All you have to do is add a pop-up in your game that allows players to link their Freecash account. We’ll give you a magic link, and that’s it. No SDK or anything. You earn a CPA for every verified connection, and players earn real-money rewards for engaging more deeply in your game. Here’s a full breakdown 👇 https://lnkd.in/dHM3efmZ If you’re interested in launching Link, reach out to us at partners@almedia.co.

The best ideas come from great collaboration, and at Almedia we cultivate that both internally and externally. Last week, we hosted Gryphon Games at Almedia HQ for this very purpose. The team spent a day with us for creative brainstorming, idea generation, and collaboration, exactly the energy our space was built for. Being able to support one of Berlin's most promising young studios as they unlock fresh thinking is a real marker of how far we've come. At Almedia, our environment and culture is built for growth. Sharing that with Berlin's startup community, and helping incubate the next generation of gaming entrepreneurs, is a privilege we don't take for granted.

At START Summit 2026 in St. Gallen, Europe’s largest student-run entrepreneurship conference, Almedia took the stage and brought our unique outlook to the next generation of founders. COO Jan Sommerfeld shared Almedia’s story in his fireside chat, Built to Fund Itself - No VC Required, on how we’ve scaled as a fully bootstrapped, profitable company. On day 2, Hakan Zirek and Jannik Thiesbrummel followed up with their interactive workshop, Unf*ck Advertising: Rebuilding the Global Adtech Model, in which we challenged attendees to rethink how digital advertising should work. Thanks to all attendees for the great turnout and conversations, and if you met us there, don’t hesitate to reach out!

Back in December 2025, we looked into the crystal ball for 2026. We predicted that the rewarded UA ecosystem would consolidate, with smaller platforms absorbed as larger companies move to lock in their positions, similar to DSPs and ad networks did in the past. It’s been happening even faster than expected, though. In the past two weeks alone, over $300M has gone into acquiring rewarded platforms. NCSoft picked up 70% of JustPlay for $205M, then Nazara made a $100M deal for a controlling share of Bluetil Games and BestPlay. These aren't adtech companies fighting for dominance. NCSoft and Nazara are huge gaming conglomerates, paying nine figures not to advertise on rewarded platforms, but to own them. Want to know what else we predicted? Check it out here: https://lnkd.in/dzKV6uKy

Freecash enters the Top 3 in Korea 🇰🇷 (KR Below) Almedia’s rewarded product Freecash is currently ranked #3 in the iOS Korea Entertainment charts. This shows the app's sustained success around the world, following our report earlier this year of Freecash hitting #1 in entertainment in the UK, the US, Germany, the Netherlands, France, and more. It's great to see our investment in global growth continue to pay off with this success in Korea, and we're excited to keep building there and across the APAC region with our advertisers and partners. 알미디아(Almedia)의 리워드 플랫폼 '프리캐시(Freecash)'가 오늘 기준 iOS 한국 엔터테인먼트 카테고리 인기 차트 3위에 올랐습니다. 글로벌 뿐만 아니라 한국에서도 프리캐시의 성장세가 이어지고 있으며, 광고주 및 파트너사들과 함께 빠르게 성장하고 있습니다. 프리해? 캐시돼! 프리캐시, 더 자세히 보기: https://lnkd.in/g-SiwU_Q

Over the weekend, we had the opportunity to welcome the Young Founders Network e.V. to our Berlin HQ. With Almedia building the next bootstrapped unicorn, it was a privilege to host Germany’s next generation of founders and incubate an environment where those willing to put the work in can learn the complexities and challenges of entrepreneurship. The YFN brought together chapters from all over Germany, so settled in for a busy weekend. After some intense games of Werewolf and time spent bonding with the Almedia team over burritos on Friday evening, the founders had a schedule filled with workshops, hackathons, and the election of the organisation’s new board. We look forward to hosting the YFN again soon, and will keep track of the projects we caught glimpses of over the weekend!