BloggingStocks http://www.bloggingstocks.com BloggingStocks http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/http://www.bloggingstocks.com/media/feedlogo.gif BloggingStocks http://www.bloggingstocks.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/<![CDATA[Challenge gets $4.5 million to play games]]>http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2008/07/11/challenge-gets-4-5-million-to-play-games/http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2008/07/11/challenge-gets-4-5-million-to-play-games/http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2008/07/11/challenge-gets-4-5-million-to-play-games/#commentsFiled under: ,

Andrew Busey has been a part of some key web technologies over the past 15 years, such as Mosaic (the first web browser) and iChat (one of the first IM apps). He also co-founded Pluck.

Yet, Busey's passion is gaming. So, a couple years ago, he started a new company in the space: Challenge Games.

In fact, this week the firm raised $4.5 million from Sequoia Capital (keep in mind that the firm has invested in such break-out companies like Atari, Electronic Arts and nVidia). The venture capitalist on the deal, Roelof Botha, learned about the company while playing its popular title, Duels.

Continue reading Challenge gets $4.5 million to play games

Challenge gets $4.5 million to play games originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Fri, 11 Jul 2008 17:09:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>andrew buseyAndrewBuseybaseball bossBaseballBossChallenge GamesChallengeGamesmajor league baseball advanced mediaMajorLeagueBaseballAdvancedMediaroelof bothaRoelofBothasequoia capitalSequoiaCapitalFri, 11 Jul 2008 17:09:00 EST