In case you missed the first one, here is a more complete list. Virtual worlds are increasingly going to play a bigger role in media, replacing flagging TV, dwindling newspapers, and silent radio. If you are still paying for hefty fees for TV or Newspapers, you really need to question why your ads are in-effective.
Date | Company | Invested | Type | Series | Country | Lead investor |
Sep-08 | Challenge Games | $10,0 | Social games | Series B | USA | Globespan Capital Partners |
Sep-08 | Hollywood Interactive | $5,0 | Social games | Unknown | USA | BlueRun Ventures |
Aug-08 | Nonoba | 1,3 € | Casual games | Series A | DK | Mangrove Capital Partners |
Aug-08 | Webcarrz | $4,0 | Social games | Series A | USA | Meakem Becker Venture Capital |
Aug-08 | Dizzywood | $1,0 | Virtual World | Series B | USA | European Founders Fund |
Jul-08 | Zynga | $29,0 | Social games | Series B | USA | Kleiner Perkins |
Jul-08 | Gaia Interactive | $11,0 | Casual MMO | Series C | USA | Institutional Venture Partners |
Jul-08 | Social Gaming Network | $3,0 | Social games | Unknown | USA | Jeff Bezos Expeditions |
Jul-08 | 8D World | $1,0 | Casual MMO | Series A | USA | Spark Capital |
May-08 | Social Gaming Network | $15,0 | Social games | Series A | USA | Greylock Partners |
Apr-08 | Kongregate | $3,0 | Casual games | Series B | USA | Jeff Bezos Expeditions |
?.2008 | Playfish | $3,0 | Social games | Seed | UK | Accel Partners |
?.2008 | Hangout Industries | $6,0 | Virtual World | Series A | USA | Polaris Venture Partners &Highland Capital Partners |
Q1/2008 | Chapatiz | $0,5 | Virtual World | Seed | French | Angel Investors |
Q1/2008 | EveryScape | $7,0 | Mirror World | Series B | USA | Dace Ventures |
Q1/2008 | Handipoints | $0,8 | Virtual World | Seed | USA | Charles River Ventures |
Q1/2008 | Numedeon | $1,0 | Portfolio of Virtual Worlds | Series B | USA | BankInter’s Venture Capitol Group |
Mar-08 | Alamofire | $2,0 | Social games | Series A | USA | Founder’s fund |
Feb-08 | Flowplay | $3,7 | Hybrid MMO / casual games | Series A | USA | Intel Capital |
Jan-08 | Zynga | $10,0 | Social games | Series A | USA | Union Square Ventures |
Dec-07 | Playfirst | $16,5 | Casual games | Series C | USA | DCM |
Nov-07 | Apaja Online | 1,7 € | Casual games | Series A | Finland | Martinson Trigon Venture Partners |
Sep-07 | Watercooler | $4,0 | Social games | Series A | USA | Canaan partners |
Aug-07 | Kongregate | $5,0 | Casual games | Series A | USA | Greylock Partners |
Aug-07 | Conduit Labs | $5,5 | Social games | Series A | USA | Charles River Ventures &Prism VentureWorks |
Mar-07 | Flowplay | $0,5 | Hybrid MMO / casual games | Seed | USA | Angels |
Jan-05 | Big Fish Games | $8,7 | Casual games | Angels | USA | Multiple angels, two rounds |