Public Founded 2009 Headquarters Asia (: ) Website Garena is a consumer platform provider based in Asia. It was founded in in 2009, by current Chairman and Group CEO, Forrest Li. Garena exclusively distributes game titles on Garena+ in various countries across Southeast Asia and Taiwan, such as the games and, the online game and the first-person shooter games,. In 2014, Garena was valued at $1 billion until the investment of the Ontario Teachers Pension Plan in the company on March 2015 increased its value to $2.5 billion.
In May 2017, Garena rebranded to Sea Ltd, although the Garena name remains attached to its digital entertainment platform. Contents • • • • • • • • History [ ] Garena (a of the phrase 'global arena') was founded in Singapore in 2009. Its first product, launched in 2010 was Garena+, an online game and social platform for people to discover, download and play online games. In November 2011, Garena announced that it had publishing rights for the anticipated team-based shooter game, Firefall, in Southeast Asia and Taiwan. Firefall claims to be the first team-shooter game and was awarded Anticipated MMO of 2012 in TenTonHammer's Readers Choice contest. In December 2011, Garena announced their collaboration with online games developer, Changyou, to publish and operate the popular 3D martial arts game, Duke of Mount Deer, in Taiwan. The game is the first MMORPG game available through Garena+.