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Jüsto adds another $5 million in funding to build its online, delivery-only grocery store for Latin America

As it begins expanding beyond its home base in Mexico City, the on-demand, online-only grocery store Jüsto has added another $5 million in early-stage funding. The new money came from Bimbo Ventures,

As the Western US burns, a forest carbon capture monitoring service nabs cash from Amazon & Bill Gates-backed fund

Pachama, the forest carbon sequestration monitoring service that tracks how much carbon dioxide is actually captured in forestry offset projects, has raised $5 million in fresh funding from a clutch o

How Roblox avoided the gaming graveyard and grew into a $2.5B company

There are successful companies that grow fast and garner tons of press. Then there’s Roblox, a company which took at least a decade to hit its stride and has, relative to its current level of succes

Singapore-based game studio Mighty Bear raises $2.5M ahead of debut release

Mighty Bear, a game studio startup that grew out of King.com’s former office in Singapore, has landed new funding as it readies its debut title for smartphones. The startup was founded by four f

Activision Blizzard Closes Its $5.9B Acquisition Of King, Makers Of Candy Crush

Activision Blizzard today announced that it has closed its acquisition of King Digital for $5.9 billion, a deal that it says makes it the largest game network in the world with more than 500 million u

CrunchWeek: Diversity, Candy, And Books Of Faces

Welcome to another episode of CrunchWeek, TechCrunch’s weekly roundup show where we talk the biggest things in tech. This week we’re chatting about Twitter’s issues with diversity, Activisio

Activision Blizzard Acquires Candy Crush Maker King Digital Entertainment For $5.9 Billion

Well here's a blockbuster acquisition for you. Gaming mothership Activision Blizzard has entered into an agreement to acquire King.com, maker of the wildly popular game Candy Crush and probably other

King.com IPO Does Not Crush It: Shares Open At $20.50, Down Nearly 9%, Close At $19

<a target="_blank" href="http://king.com">King Digital</a>, publisher of the popular mobile game Candy Crush Saga, began trading as a public company today on the NYSE not with a pop but with a drop.

With 9B Games Played Each Month, King.com Grabs No.1 Slot On Facebook With Candy Crush Saga And Moves Into Japan And Korea

<a target="_blank" href="http://king.com">King.com</a>, the casual social games maker, today is announcing a couple of milestones in its growth: the company's Candy Crush Saga is now the number-one ov

Social Game Developer King.com Makes A Big Push Onto Mobile With Candy Crush Saga Launch

Mirroring a shift in the rest of the social gaming industry over the past few years, European developer <a target="_blank" href="http://www.king.com/">King.com</a> is making a big push onto mobile pla

Major Steal: King.com Poaches Talent Behind EA’s Sims Social To Lead New London Studio

<a href="http://www.king.com/">King.com</a>, the European-casual-gaming-company-that-could, is cementing its ascendance on the Facebook platform by poaching one of the key producers responsible for EA

King.com Buys Fabrication Games As It Pushes Onto Mobile, Eyes Possible 2013 IPO

<img src="http://www.crunchbase.com/assets/images/resized/0000/3808/3808v4-max-250x250.jpg" alt="" width="250" height="144" align="right" />Swedish gaming company <a href="http://www.king.com">King.co

King.com and RealNetworks Announce Exclusive Partnership

Games provider King.com and RealNetworks will today announce that both companies have entered into an exclusive, multi-year partnership that will integrate gaming content across both companies gaming