Following Rovio’s footsteps, Pixowl raises $1.2 million to expand on its cartoony-cute Grub series

Mobile game company Pixowl announced today it has raised $1.2 million in seed funding from Angel List. Investors in the company now include 500 Startups, Kima Ventures and Pymar Venture. The company had previously received $100,000 in initial funding from serial entrepreneurs Martin Varsavsky and Fabrice Grinda.

Pixowl already has a userbase of 10 million active players — 8 million of which come from its family friendly arcade title Doodle Grub, which was created for the company by popular French cartoonist Laurel.

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