Posts Tagged ‘Investment’

Smule Raises $ 8 Million

December 23rd, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | No Comments »

Following successful iPhone launches like I Am T-Pain and Leaf Trombone, developers Smule announced to have raised $ 8 Million in its third round of VC funding.

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Soco Soft Raises

November 17th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | No Comments »

Soco Soft, a publisher and developer in China, has raised

Samsung and Handmark Announce Gaming Innovation Fund

October 28th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: Symbian, Platforms: Windows Mobile | No Comments »

In order to drive more traffic to their Samsung Applications Store, Samsung and Handmark have announced a new fund to target innovators in mobile game development.

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Backflip Studios Raises $145K

August 12th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | No Comments »

According to MocoNews, iPhone developer BackFlip Studios has raised %145K in it's first round of funding. The source of the money remains unknown for now.

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Cellufun Raises $1 Million in Financing

July 31st, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | No Comments »

Advertgaming company Cellufun has raised another $ 1 million from Longworth Venture Partners. This investment follows on a $3 million investment from the firm back in 2007.

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Vodafone MobileClicks 2009 Fund

March 31st, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | No Comments »

At MobileMonday in Amsterdam yesterday, Vodafone announced the plans for the 2009 edition of its MobileClicks fund that aims at helping start-ups enter the world of mobile entertainment and services.

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Thumbplay Raises $6 Million

March 30th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | 1 Comment »

In their sixth round of financing, mobile content and gaming D2C publisher Thumbplay has successfully raised $6 million from various shareholders.

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ng:moco Raises another $10 Million

March 23rd, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | No Comments »

iPhone mobile game developer ng:moco managed to raise yet another ten million dollar via it's second round of funding, led by Northwest Venture Partners according to VentureBeat.

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ARM Invests in Ideaworks3D

February 9th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | No Comments »

Around the industry, we all know that 3D games are expensive to produce, hard to port and so, hard to make real money with. Yet companies like Ideaworks3D and Fishlabs keep fighting to stay in the market. Ideaworks3D seems to be succeeding by attracting their latest investor, ARM.