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Bezos Gets His Game On

With an undisclosed investment in Social Gaming Network by his personal fund, Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos is proving Om right. Back in May, when Bezos invested in Kongregate, another casual gami… more »

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Bezos Gets His Game On — 4 comments

Stacey Higginbotham wrote 1 week ago: With an undisclosed investment in Social Gaming Network by his personal fund, Amazon founder and CEO … more »

Tags: startups, Web, Amazon, AMZN, bezos expeditions, facebook, Greylock, Hi5!, "Jeff Bezos"

VC Industry Hits Headwinds: Creative Capital Gets Nod in San Jose Mercury News

Spencer Ante wrote 2 months ago: The venture capital industry is clearly in transition. The old school business model of raising mode … more »

Tags: ARD, 406 Ventures, John Doerr, kleiner perkins, Levensohn Venture Partners, Mike Mortiz, National Venture Capital Association, O’Reilly AlphaTech, Pascal Levensohn

Why Social Gaming Network Got $15M in Funding — 5 comments

Wagner James Au wrote 2 months ago: What began last March with Warbook, a no-frills Facebook fantasy strategy game first conceived by an … more »

Tags: startups, Online Games, facebook, RockYou, zynga, Social Gaming Network, Greylock, freewebs

Booting up — 21 comments

Boris Mann wrote 6 months ago: Hi, welcome to Bootup Labs! Who: Boris Mann and Danny Robinson What: an incubator, a company that h … more »

Tags: News, Vancouver, Y Combinator, Canada, David Crow, mark evans, foundersandfunders

Founders Fund Has $220 MM To Invest

Om Malik wrote 7 months ago: The Founders Fund has a raised a new $220 million fund, their second. They will invest in 15-to-20 … more »

Tags: Shorts, facebook, geni, Peter Thiel, Powerset, # Quantcast, Sean Parker, Slide