Angry Birds sales catapult to $100m
The Finnish startup making Angry Birds games — in which players fire birds at pigs from a slingshot — has been valued by analysts at up to $9bn, just short of that of struggling world No 2 phonemaker Nokia.
Rovio said on Monday its finances were good enough for a listing after revealing a highly profitable 2011 in its first public disclosure of business results and forecasting a bumper year ahead.