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Social Games Firm Zynga, Softbank Form Joint Venture in Japan
San Francisco - Social games publisher Zynga announced on
Thursday that it has formed a joint venture with Japan's Softbank to accelerate
development of the social...
Google Ventures, CIA's In-Q-Tel Back Recorded Future
San Francisco - The CIA's In-Q-Tel investment arm and Google (NASD: GOOG)
Ventures invested in a real-time Web monitoring firm called Recorded Future,
Wired.com reports.
The investments were...
Reports: Facebook to Acquire Hot Potato
Palo Alto, Calif. - Facebook will acquire Hot Potato, a
start-up focused on chat applications for live events, for between $10 million
and $15 million, people...
Business Insider Gets $3 Million for Online Publishing
New York - Business Insider, a publisher of online business
news and commentary, announced on Wednesday that it has raised about $3 million
in new financing.
Investors...
Envivio Gets $15 Million for Internet Video Delivery
South San Francisco - Envivio, a provider of Internet video
delivery services, announced on Wednesday that it has secured $15 million in
new financing, and named...
Philo Receives Funding for Social TV Application
New York - Philo, the developer of a social television
platform, announced on Wednesday that it has raised an undisclosed sum of
financing, from investors including...
Disney Buys Social Games Publisher Playdom for Up to $763.2M
Burbank, Calif. - The Walt Disney Company (NYSE: DIS) announced on
Tuesday that it has acquired Playdom, a publisher of online social games, in a
deal...
GameStop to Acquire Online Games Publisher Kongregate
Grapevine, Texas - Video game retail store chain GameStop
announced on Tuesday that it will acquire online game publisher Kongregate.
Financial terms of the transaction were...
Knewco Secures $1.2 Million for In-Text Ad Platform
Bethesda, Md. - Knewco, a developer of in-text advertising
technology aimed at helping advertisers more accurately target potential
clients, has raised $1.2 million in a new...
Triangulate Gets $750K for 'Wings' Facebook Dating App
Palo Alto, Calif. - Triangulate, the developer of a social
dating application for Facebook called Wings, has raised $750,000 in new
funding from Trinity Ventures and...
