Capital Chaos

WeGame (San Francisco, CA) just reported that they have pulled in $3M in Series A financing for its video based gaming site that allows users to upload screencasts of their favorite in-game moments.  Think of it as a YouTube like interface that lets you brag about your mad gaming skills to others in a video […]

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Jackpot Rewards (Newton, MA) has raised an astounding $16.7M in a Series A led by some pretty big individuals including Jack Connors, founder of Hill Holiday; Peter Lynch of Fidelity Investments, Chuck Clough, former chief investment strategist for Merrill Lynch; and Tom McDonnel, CEO of DST Systems.   These guys are hardcore business leaders and philanthropists […]

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Redpoint Ventures has made two significant investments this week (we just profiled their investment into Seesmic) and the latest is in Sparkplay Media (Mill Valley, CA).  Sparkplay raised $4.25M in this Series A round which also included Prism Ventureworks.  The company which develops its “browser-based massively multiplayer 3D games platform and of its first MMO, […]

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 Dizzywood (Tiburon, CA) just pulled in its first million as reported by TechCrunch.  The company has created a virtual world for kids between the ages of 8-12 that aims to offer the demographic a “web site that inspires a sense of imagination, discovery, exploration, and most of all, fun”.
This Series A Round was led by […]

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