andrew busey posts

Feed

Challenge gets $4.5 million to play games

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

Symbol Lookup
IndexesChangePrice
DJIA-89.2312,801.23
NASDAQ-23.352,903.88
S&P 500-9.311,342.64

Last updated: February 11, 2012: 04:53 PM

Hot Stocks

General Electric

18.875-0.255(-1.33)

Alcoa

10.29-0.35(-3.29)

Apple Inc

493.42+0.25(+0.05)

Google Inc 'A'

605.91-5.55(-0.91)

Bank of America

8.07-0.11(-1.34)

Wal-Mart Stores

61.90-0.06(-0.10)

Exxon Mobil Corp

83.80-1.08(-1.27)

Ford

12.44-0.25(-1.97)

Citigroup

32.925-0.735(-2.18)

IBM

192.42-0.71(-0.37)

Yahoo

16.14+0.14(+0.88)

Starbucks

48.82-0.38(-0.77)

Microsoft

30.495-0.275(-0.89)

Home Depot

45.33+0.06(+0.13)

DailyFinance Headlines

AOL Business News

BioHealth Investor Headlines

Sponsored Links

My Portfolios

Track your stocks here!

Find out why more people track their portfolios on AOL Money & Finance then anywhere else.

BloggingStocks Partners

More from AOL Money & Finance

Page Loaded in 1328997229963 ms.