Comments on: Massive investment into social games and virtual worlds http://www.theequitykicker.com/2008/09/25/massive-investment-into-social-games-and-virtual-worlds/ Nic Brisbourne's view from London on venture capital and exploiting change in technology and media Sat, 11 Feb 2012 20:08:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Free Games http://www.theequitykicker.com/2008/09/25/massive-investment-into-social-games-and-virtual-worlds/#comment-6429 Free Games Sat, 14 Nov 2009 14:01:22 +0000 http://www.theequitykicker.com/2008/09/25/massive-investment-into-social-games-and-virtual-worlds/#comment-6429 The improvement and development in social gaming have evolved into a different kind of level since it first began. So it's not a weird thing if massive investment put into social gaming and virtual world. The improvement and development in social gaming have evolved into a different kind of level since it first began. So it's not a weird thing if massive investment put into social gaming and virtual world.

]]> By: Free Games http://www.theequitykicker.com/2008/09/25/massive-investment-into-social-games-and-virtual-worlds/#comment-6057 Free Games Sat, 14 Nov 2009 07:01:22 +0000 http://www.theequitykicker.com/2008/09/25/massive-investment-into-social-games-and-virtual-worlds/#comment-6057 The improvement and development in social gaming have evolved into a different kind of level since it first began. So it's not a weird thing if massive investment put into social gaming and virtual world. The improvement and development in social gaming have evolved into a different kind of level since it first began. So it's not a weird thing if massive investment put into social gaming and virtual world.

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]]> By: Adam Martin http://www.theequitykicker.com/2008/09/25/massive-investment-into-social-games-and-virtual-worlds/#comment-3521 Adam Martin Thu, 02 Oct 2008 13:03:27 +0000 http://www.theequitykicker.com/2008/09/25/massive-investment-into-social-games-and-virtual-worlds/#comment-3521 Update: for the EU stuff, inspired by Jussi's excellent post, I dug out my detailed info on EU investments I'd been tracking, and wrote it up into the same format - http://t-machine.org/index.php/2008/09/30/over-150m-invested-in-europe-into-social-games-vws-casual-mmos-games/ Enjoy. (we're going to combine this all into one big spreadsheet soon!) Update: for the EU stuff, inspired by Jussi’s excellent post, I dug out my detailed info on EU investments I’d been tracking, and wrote it up into the same format – http://t-machine.org/index.php/2008/09/30/over-150m-invested-in-europe-into-social-games-vws-casual-mmos-games/

Enjoy.

(we’re going to combine this all into one big spreadsheet soon!)

]]> By: Adam Martin http://www.theequitykicker.com/2008/09/25/massive-investment-into-social-games-and-virtual-worlds/#comment-11576 Adam Martin Thu, 02 Oct 2008 13:03:00 +0000 http://www.theequitykicker.com/2008/09/25/massive-investment-into-social-games-and-virtual-worlds/#comment-11576 Update: for the EU stuff, inspired by Jussi's excellent post, I dug out my detailed info on EU investments I'd been tracking, and wrote it up into the same format - http://t-machine.org/index.php/2008/09/30/over-150m-invested-in-europe-into-social-games-vws-casual-mmos-games/ Enjoy. (we're going to combine this all into one big spreadsheet soon!) Update: for the EU stuff, inspired by Jussi’s excellent post, I dug out my detailed info on EU investments I’d been tracking, and wrote it up into the same format – http://t-machine.org/index.php/2008/09/30/over-150m-invested-in-europe-into-social-games-vws-casual-mmos-games/

Enjoy.

(we’re going to combine this all into one big spreadsheet soon!)

]]> By:   Finance,Investments,Uncategorized | * GM announces $370 million investment for new small engine … — Recycle Email http://www.theequitykicker.com/2008/09/25/massive-investment-into-social-games-and-virtual-worlds/#comment-3503   Finance,Investments,Uncategorized | * GM announces $370 million investment for new small engine … — Recycle Email Tue, 30 Sep 2008 02:51:05 +0000 http://www.theequitykicker.com/2008/09/25/massive-investment-into-social-games-and-virtual-worlds/#comment-3503 [...] Massive investment into social games and virtual worlds By nic Jussi Laakkonen of social gaming stealth startup Everyplay has a great post tracking investment in the social games and virtual worlds space. The simple message - there is a whole heap of activity, with roughly $2-5m being invested per … The Equity Kicker - http://www.theequitykicker.com [...] [...] Massive investment into social games and virtual worlds By nic Jussi Laakkonen of social gaming stealth startup Everyplay has a great post tracking investment in the social games and virtual worlds space. The simple message – there is a whole heap of activity, with roughly $2-5m being invested per … The Equity Kicker – http://www.theequitykicker.com [...]

]]> By: Jussi Laakkonen http://www.theequitykicker.com/2008/09/25/massive-investment-into-social-games-and-virtual-worlds/#comment-3484 Jussi Laakkonen Thu, 25 Sep 2008 08:51:29 +0000 http://www.theequitykicker.com/2008/09/25/massive-investment-into-social-games-and-virtual-worlds/#comment-3484 It was an impossible challenge trying to find any comprehensive data about European VC investments in this space - which there just has to be. As an entrepreneur I have to be a betting man ;-), so I'd bet the investment in Europe is around 25% of that in the US. Leaving out the the two big deals, 25% would mean $40 million invested in Europe during 2008 on top of the deals listed in the table. This table really come out a casual discussion with Accel Partner's Heikki Mäkijärvi at the recent SIME Helsinki event. Over lunch I claimed that the VC investment pace was around $2-5 million a week, and I just had to back it with some research. The average turned out to be around $4,5 million a week (when leaving out the two big deals). It was an impossible challenge trying to find any comprehensive data about European VC investments in this space – which there just has to be. As an entrepreneur I have to be a betting man ;-) , so I’d bet the investment in Europe is around 25% of that in the US. Leaving out the the two big deals, 25% would mean $40 million invested in Europe during 2008 on top of the deals listed in the table.

This table really come out a casual discussion with Accel Partner’s Heikki Mäkijärvi at the recent SIME Helsinki event. Over lunch I claimed that the VC investment pace was around $2-5 million a week, and I just had to back it with some research. The average turned out to be around $4,5 million a week (when leaving out the two big deals).

]]> By: Jussi Laakkonen http://www.theequitykicker.com/2008/09/25/massive-investment-into-social-games-and-virtual-worlds/#comment-11575 Jussi Laakkonen Thu, 25 Sep 2008 08:51:00 +0000 http://www.theequitykicker.com/2008/09/25/massive-investment-into-social-games-and-virtual-worlds/#comment-11575 It was an impossible challenge trying to find any comprehensive data about European VC investments in this space - which there just has to be. As an entrepreneur I have to be a betting man ;-), so I'd bet the investment in Europe is around 25% of that in the US. Leaving out the the two big deals, 25% would mean $40 million invested in Europe during 2008 on top of the deals listed in the table. This table really come out a casual discussion with Accel Partner's Heikki Mäkijärvi at the recent SIME Helsinki event. Over lunch I claimed that the VC investment pace was around $2-5 million a week, and I just had to back it with some research. The average turned out to be around $4,5 million a week (when leaving out the two big deals). It was an impossible challenge trying to find any comprehensive data about European VC investments in this space – which there just has to be. As an entrepreneur I have to be a betting man ;-) , so I’d bet the investment in Europe is around 25% of that in the US. Leaving out the the two big deals, 25% would mean $40 million invested in Europe during 2008 on top of the deals listed in the table.

This table really come out a casual discussion with Accel Partner’s Heikki Mäkijärvi at the recent SIME Helsinki event. Over lunch I claimed that the VC investment pace was around $2-5 million a week, and I just had to back it with some research. The average turned out to be around $4,5 million a week (when leaving out the two big deals).

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