[Editors' note: what now follows is the decision letter after the authors submitted for further consideration.] We thank the reviewers for their insightful comments in this and the previous round of review.
[Editors' note: the author responses to the previous round of peer review follow.] Thank you for the very constructive comments on our previous submission.
[Editors' note: the author responses to the previous round of peer review follow.] We thank the editors and reviewers for their constructive comments and suggestions that have improved this manuscript significantly.
[Editors' note: the author responses to the previous round of peer review follow.] As suggested in your decision letter, we have carefully considered the reviewers' comments and would be very grateful if you would consider this new submission.
A previous round of talks last June collapsed.
Previous round of funding valued it at $600m.
If Rantala's comments and the narrower corporate focus sound familiar, that's because they mirror the announcement of Rovio's previous round of redundancies by his predecessor, Mikael Hed.
The company's previous round of funding was a $17 Million Series D round in December 2011.
The previous round of negotiations had stalled in mid-2012.
(Previous backers include Naspers, which led its previous round of $25 million).
