Archive for the ‘Companies & M&A’ Category

Tonchidot Secures $12 Million Financing

October 4th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | No Comments »

Japan based augmented reality specialist Tonchidot has closed a $12 million funding round. Funding came from both existing investors as well as KDDI, Recruit, SpiRE and Jafco.

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Former Twistbox Employees Start 2up Mobile

October 4th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | No Comments »

Two former employees of Twistbox have founded a new mobile development unit called 2up Mobile. The new studio will be developing apps and games on a wide number of platforms.

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Google Acquired BlindType

October 4th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | No Comments »

Google’s shopping spree is still far from over. This time, the giant bought BlindType, software that helps consumers get the best from their on-screen keyboard.

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Velti Acquires Mobclix

October 1st, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | No Comments »

Velti has acquired Mobclix to expand its presence in mobile marketing. In addition to expanding its mobile advertising network, it also adds analytics to its pool through Mobclix’ acquisition of heartbeat earlier this year.

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DeNa Invests in Astro Ape

September 27th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | No Comments »

No acquisition this time, but DeNa has announced an investment in Astro Ape, a US mobile games developer. Astro Ape is well known for its Office Heroes game on the iPhone.

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Zynga Acquires Dextrose

September 27th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | No Comments »

Zynga has made a new acquisition. This time, the company acquired Dextrose, an online gaming company based in Frankfurt, Germany. It is the first acquisition in Europe.

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Board Changes & Fresh Cash for Connect2Media

September 21st, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A, People | No Comments »

While we only just reported that Eric Hobson had left Connect2media, we now have received the full press release detailing the changes and the investment into the company.

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Apple Acquires Polar Rose

September 21st, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | No Comments »

According to the Swedish media, Apple has bought mobile app developer Polar Rose. Polar Rose is well known for its facial recognition apps that it released on Android.

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DeNA Acquires Gameview

September 15th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | No Comments »

Social gaming giant DeNA has announced the full acquisition of Gameview, a mobile social game developer based in Mountain View, CA in the United States.

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GlobalFun Enters Into Liquidation

September 14th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | No Comments »

GlobalFun has entered into liquidation as of September 13th 2010. GlobalFun was a publisher from the old days that supplied a broad portfolio of branded and non-branded mobile games and apps for various platforms.