Social Game Developer Zynga Raises $29 Million Series B, Acquires YoVille
Zynga Game Network, one of the largest social gaming developers and networks, is announcing this morning that it has closed a whopping $29 million Series B financing round, on top of an already large $10 million Series A round it raised just six months ago. The round is
led by Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and Institutional Venture Partners, and includes funding from previous investors Union Square Ventures, Foundry Group and Avalon Ventures.
As part of the investment, Bing Gordon, who recently left EA for KP, will take an active director role in building the company. Gordon, who was the co-founder and former chief creative officer of Electronic Arts, joins LinkedIn chairman Reid Hoffman, Brad Feld of Foundry Group, and CEO Mark Pincus on the board.
In addition Zynga is announcing the acquisition of Facebook application YoVille, which it claims is the “largest virtual world game” on social networks. YoVille’s rapid growth to 150,000 daily active users has caught the attention of many Facebook application developers recently, and it joins a number of other top (and formerly independent) Facebook game developers that have joined the Zynga fold.
What are Zynga’s plans for its $39 million war chest? “We are doubling down on social gaming, raising the production quality and scaling the infrastructure,” says Pincus. Apparently, Zynga plans to spend a lot more than most small developers have spent creating the first generation of social games.
For more, see Inside Facebook.
July 23rd, 2008 at 2:04 am
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November 7th, 2008 at 8:45 am
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February 10th, 2009 at 1:52 pm
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April 18th, 2009 at 7:42 pm
i think you guys should make another vertual world game but make it way better than yoville……….if you can
May 26th, 2009 at 9:28 am
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June 25th, 2009 at 12:41 am
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July 18th, 2009 at 6:53 am
I think someone should make a virtual game where I can virtually look out my windows, maybe virtually go bike riding, or maybe go virtually shopping at the virtual super market. Maybe have a virtual computer where i can virtually log on, and play a virtual game.
July 24th, 2009 at 4:40 am
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September 19th, 2009 at 4:25 pm
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November 3rd, 2009 at 9:59 pm
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February 11th, 2010 at 8:52 am
[...] studio that has helped Zynga build popular simulation games like FarmVille, the Facebook app YoVille, and GoPets, a pet-caring game builder that appears to have helped work on the company’s [...]
February 11th, 2010 at 8:56 am
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February 11th, 2010 at 10:21 am
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February 13th, 2010 at 3:16 pm
HI I REALLY NEED HELP I APPLIE FOR NYTIMES AND BLOCKBOOSTER OFFERT BY FACEBOOK YOVILLE 3 WEEKS AGO AND I DIDNT RECIVE NATHING I AM SO SAD BECAUSE I PLAY ALOT AND I WANT TO BUY V-DAY STUFF.I ALREDY DO EVERYTHING I CAN DO ANT STILL DONT GET NATHING PLS SOME ONE HELP ME
February 26th, 2010 at 12:58 pm
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March 13th, 2010 at 5:33 pm
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August 10th, 2010 at 12:25 am
ive been scammed 3 times probably lost about 3 to 4k how do i get it back
October 20th, 2010 at 1:11 pm
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