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Report: Zynga founder Mark Pincus is raising up to $700 million for an investment fund
Zynga founder Mark Pincus is raising up to $700 million for a new investment fund that will focus on publicly traded tech companies in need of strategic restructuring, according to…
Consolidation is coming to gaming, and Jam City raises $145 million to capitalize on it
A slew of banks are coming together to back a new roll-up strategy for the Los Angeles-based mobile gaming studio Jam City and giving the company $145 million in new funding to…
Zynga to acquire Small Giant Games, the maker of Empires & Puzzles, for $700M
Social game developer Zynga will initially acquire 80 percent of Small Giant Games for $560 million.
Investors say HeadSpin, valued at $500M, is ‘one of the fastest-scaling software companies’ ever
HeadSpin has raised $20 million from GV, ICONIQ Capital, Battery Ventures and more.
In-car commerce startup Cargo raises $22 million led by Founders Fund
Cargo, the startup that helps ridesharing drivers earn money by bringing the convenience store into their vehicles, has raised $22 million in a Series A round led by Founders Fund. Additional…
India’s Hansel raises $4M to bring its app development platform to the US
Hansel, an India-based startup that enables more agile product development inside companies, has pulled in $4 million as it seeks to expand its business to the U.S.. The startup was…
Mercari, the eBay-like service that is Japanese first tech startup unicorn, has filed to go public in an IPO that could raise as much as $1.1 billion. The company is…
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Ripple is going after startups to build an ecosystem around the XRP cryptocurrency
It’s finally happening. Ripple is making a push to expand the use of the XRP cryptocurrency into new verticals and segments beyond the payment and banking space where the company is focused. XRP is the world’s third-largest cryptocurrency behind only bitcoin, the original breakout artist, and Ethereum, the platform that most developers plump for. XRP has a…
As we plunge into our baffling future, it is believed that, at some point, we will be trading in cryptographically secure kittens, monsters, and playing cards. While it is unclear…
Crypto-collectibles and Kitties marketplace Rare Bits raises $6M
Rare Bits wants to be eBay for the blockchain, where you buy, sell and trade non-fungible crypto-goods. After CryptoKitties raised $12 million from Andreessen Horowitz last month for its digital collectibles…
Author Ryan Holiday on “the nature of world-altering success”
It could be said that the first few years of this current tech boom were fueled by mostly harmless, relatively easy products—websites for sharing your photos, for looking up stuff,…
Mobile application testing service HeadSpin launches from stealth
HeadSpin, a mobile application testing service, launched today to give developers a one-stop shop for quality assurance and control for mobile application development. The company’s co-founder and chief executive, Manish Lachwani,…
Google is going all in on universal app campaigns
Two years ago, Google launched universal app campaigns to make it easier for developers to easily promote their iOS and Android apps across its various platforms. This has turned out…
Leanplum raises $29M Series C round for its mobile marketing platform
Leanplum started out as a mobile A/B testing platform but has since built on this foundation to become a fully-fledged mobile marketing platform. The company has now raised a $29…
Zynga plummets 9% in after-hours trading
Social game developer Zynga tumbled 9 percent in after-hours trading following the second quarter 2016 earnings announcement after the bell today. The company reported a net loss of $4.4 million, while…
Meet your Disrupt NY Startup Battlefield final round judges: John Borthwick, Charles Hudson, Alfred Lin, Susan Lyne, Matthew Panzarino and Alan Patricof
Choosing this year’s Disrupt NY Startup Battlefield winners will be a tough job. There is an exceptionally strong and unique group of young companies competing in Startup Battlefield next week…
Zynga Beats Expectations On Earnings, Posts A $3M Profit
Zynga today beat analyst expectations for its third-quarter earnings, bringing in about $176 million in bookings with flat earnings, and revenue of $196 million. Analysts were expecting a loss of…
Zynga Beats Expectations In Q2 With $200M In Revenue, Fails To Stem User Exodus
Zynga today beat analyst expectations for revenue and earnings, but its user numbers continued to decline, sending the stock down about 1 percent in extended trading. Zynga’s daily active user…
Mark Pincus Is Back — And His Vintage Management Style Might Be, Too
About two years ago, Mark Pincus brought on former Xbox executive Don Mattrick to run the company, and he took a step back. This was actually a tremendous surprise to…
Zynga Pops On Q1 Revenue Beat, Plans To Fire Lots Of People
We’ve found the tech company that isn’t hiring. Zynga reported its first-quarter financial performance today following the bell, sending its shares skyrocketing as investors cheered its revenue beat and plans…
The Valley Of The Sith Lords
Twitter just gave the bird to startups, and I am not talking about their logo. By now, you have probably heard that Twitter is going to cut off third-party access…
CrunchWeek: Apple Built A Watch, Zynga Recycles CEOs, And HBO Cuts The Cord
[tc_aol_on code=”518759962″] Welcome to another Friday and another episode of CrunchWeek. This week we had a treat in that two-thirds of our staff’s Sarahs sat down to dig in and rake…
Zynga Drops 8% After Hours On News That Former CEO Mark Pincus Will Return To Lead The Firm
He’s back. Today, following the cessation of trading, Zynga announced that its former CEO Mark Pincus will return to the role. Now-prior CEO Don Mattrick is out of two chairs:…
A Super Angel’s View On Venture Capital In 2015
As the first quarter of 2015 draws to a close, it’s clear that the venture capital industry is evolving. Since 2005, thousands of new millionaires have been minted by the…
Mobile Web Surfers Again Facing Unexpected Redirects To App Store, Native Apps
Remember the early days of web surfing? You’d be happily browsing through your favorite sites, clicking links – then, boom! – your screen was littered with pop-up advertisements! The problem…
Zynga Drops 9% After Its $192M Q4 Revenue And Guidance Disappoint
Zynga reported its fourth quarter financial performance today after the bell, including revenue of $192.5 million and earnings per share of $0.00. Investors had expected the company to earn $0.00 on…
Zynga, Scopely Exec Leaves To Start Mobile Studio MobLabs
Andy Kleinman, who was chief business officer at Los Angeles-based gaming company Scopely and a general manager at Zynga, left the company to start a mobile products-focused studio called MobLabs.…
Ex-Zynga Developers Land $2.5 Million For New Studio JuiceBox Games
Three former Zynga developers have raised $2.5 million to build out their new gaming studio, JuiceBox Games, on the back of the release of their first gaming title HonorBound. With…
Googler, And Former DARPA Director, Regina Dugan Joins Zynga’s Board Of Directors
Zynga is announcing a new addition to its board of directors — Regina E. Dugan, vice president of engineering and head of the Advanced Technology and Projects group at Google.…
