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Leisure Suit Larry in the Land of the Kick Starters

Wednesday, May 2, 2012

Saving the kingdom from peril, defeating zombie pirates, surviving hostile alien worlds… these were the pursuits that defined the games of our youth. Oh, and cruising the sleazy streets in the hopes of getting laid. It’s that last one which we’ve all apparently remained nostalgic for, if the latest successful gaming Kickstarter is any indication: [...]

Here’s the Stori of a Lovely Platform

Wednesday, May 2, 2012

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Years from now, when your mobile app has sold its billionth copy, your friends will say, “Oh, man. That’s awesome, but how did you ever get started? Where did you come up with the money?” And you’ll be all, “It was AppStori.” And then they’ll say, “App Store-y? Like, it was similar to the App [...]

Hunger Games: Your Startup’s Fight to Survive

Friday, March 23, 2012

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Hunger Games: Your Startup’s Fight to Survive

Are you going to see The Hunger Games tonight? You might want to think about it — apparently it’s a pretty epic saga of a young lady who fights almost as hard as you do to get funding and press for your company. I haven’t read the book or seen the movie yet, but TriplePoint’s Ashley [...]

Atari Wants You to Bounce Some Ideas Off of Them

Wednesday, February 29, 2012

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Atari Wants You to Bounce Some Ideas Off of Them

Do you remember when Pong came out? If you do, can you use your senior’s discount to buy me movie tickets? Okay, maybe you’re not quite that old yet, but seeing as Pong is celebrating its 40th anniversary, you’re definitely getting up there. Atari, a TriplePoint client who is also pushing 40, is celebrating the classic console [...]

OneSchool Shows Up at Eight Schools

Tuesday, January 24, 2012

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You can learn a lot at just one school. It would be extremely inconvenient if you had to go to separate institutions for communications, business, gastronomy, and cartography. Thankfully, there’s just OneSchool for all of that. OneSchool, a TriplePoint client you could learn from, just closed a $750,000 seed round and launched the OneSchool app [...]

PerBlue Raises New $800K Round of Funding

Tuesday, September 21, 2010

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PerBlue, a mobile and social gaming company, announced today a new round of funding per the Golden Angels of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. This comes along with additional investment from groups out of Seattle and San Francisco. “PerBlue has differentiated itself by making deeper and more innovative games than many of our competitors,” PerBlue CEO Justin Beck [...]

Digital Chocolate Receives New Round of Funding

Thursday, June 10, 2010

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Digital Chocolate Receives New Round of Funding

Trip Hawkins’ venture Digital Chocolate has received a new multi-million dollar round of funding from Bridge Capital Holdings. Digital Chocolate, founded in 2003, is mainly focused on making mobile and social games. With over 80 titles for mobile phones, Xbox Live and the web, they have really shown they are serious about making quality titles [...]

Students: Apply Now for the Official Penny Arcade Scholarship

Saturday, May 8, 2010

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Students: Apply Now for the Official Penny Arcade Scholarship

Going to school and need some extra cash? Headed into the game industry when you graduate? Apply now for the Official Penny Arcade Scholarship and you could get $10,000 to use on rent, food, books, tuition, you name it. The scholarship is good for the 2010-2011 academic school year and the winner will be announced [...]

Moblyng Files for $1M Round of Funding

Monday, February 22, 2010

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As reported over on VentureBeat, mobile game developer Moblyng has filed SEC paperwork for a $1 million round of funding. The company, which started as FlipTrack in 2007 (an endeavor that saw them porting Flash slideshows to the mobile landscape), is responsible for the games m:poker and m:vampires. There are no specific details available as [...]

Russian Investor DST Takes 5% Stake in Facebook with New Funding

Friday, December 18, 2009

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Russian Investor DST Takes 5% Stake in Facebook with New Funding

Russian tech investor, Digital Sky Technologies (DST) put a cool $180 million into Zynga earlier this week, and has now claimed a 5 percent stake in Facebook after its latest investment. Just a few months ago in May 2009, Digital Sky Technologies put over $200 million into Facebook for 1.96 percent stake in the social [...]

Got Game? Social Dating from Zoosk Gets $30 Million in Funding

Thursday, December 3, 2009

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The world’s fastest growing social dating network, Zoosk today announced a bushel of new funding – to the tune of $30 million. VentureBeat reports that the latest round was led by new Bessemer Venture Partners, but existing investors Canaan Partners and ATA Ventures also participated. David Cowan, a partner at Bessemer, will join Zoosk’s board. [...]

gWallet Pockets $12.5 Million in New Funding

Tuesday, December 1, 2009

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gWallet (a San Francisco-based social games company which launched in August) just announced $12.5 million in its first round of funding from venture firms Adam Street Partners, Trinity Ventures and other investors. gWallet is a “virtual currency platform for social media”. The company works directly with advertising agencies to figure out ads and offers can [...]

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Leisure Suit Larry in the Land of the Kick Starters

Here’s the Stori of a Lovely Platform

Hunger Games: Your Startup’s Fight to Survive

Atari Wants You to Bounce Some Ideas Off of Them

OneSchool Shows Up at Eight Schools

PerBlue Raises New $800K Round of Funding

Digital Chocolate Receives New Round of Funding

Students: Apply Now for the Official Penny Arcade Scholarship

Moblyng Files for $1M Round of Funding

Russian Investor DST Takes 5% Stake in Facebook with New Funding

Got Game? Social Dating from Zoosk Gets $30 Million in Funding

gWallet Pockets $12.5 Million in New Funding

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