Let’s party like it’s 2010 (2009?) and let the social gaming venture capital keep on rolling. wooga, easily Read More
wooga raises $24M for casual social gaming
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Kabam closes $85 million, not another Zynga
Social gaming stalwarts Kabam announced this week that it has raised $85 million in a fourth round of Read More
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Sequoia leads $4.5 million in Humble Bundle
Sequoia Capital confirmed Monday its latest early-stage Internet investment in the U.S: Humble Bundle, a distributor of digital Read More
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$1B spent on Twitter ecosystem acquisitions
Twitter last night hosted a developer-centric event in San Francisco called #devnest, and it did a good job Read More
Walmart, the big-box leader of the world, on Friday announced its latest strategic investment in Yihaodian, an Read More
I recently got a chance to chat with Lightbank’s newest addition, Paul Lee, who joins the investment firm Read More
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Buddy Media “closes the loop,” buys Spinback
Social media marketing company Buddy Media announced Thursday that it has acquired Spinback, creator of a social plugin Read More
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Winners & losers in the Microsoft-Skype deal
Now that Microsoft’s $8.5 billion acquisition of Skype is a done deal, it’s time we take a look Read More
Are venture capitalists starting to chase deals? It appears that might be the case as more capital went Read More
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Facebook earnings to top $2 billion in 2011
Nearly halfway into 2011 and seven years after its original founding, Facebook must be thinking more and more Read More
If this isn’t disruptive as hell, then I don’t know what is. SignalSet, a startup based in Seattle, Read More
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Square squeezes in a new investment from Visa
Leading product at Twitter and accepting investments at Square? Business seems a breeze for Jack Dorsey. The serial Read More
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Travel Channel invests $7.5 million in Oyster
Hotel information and search site Oyster.com announced Tuesday that it has received a $7.5 million investment from The Read More
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Pixable picks up $3.6 million for photo apps
Pixable, developer of an application for discovering and categorizing photos, announced Friday that it has closed $3.6 million Read More
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What you need to know – 04/18/11
Concur, provider of integrated travel and expense management solutions, entered into a marketing partnership with and invested $40 Read More