8 posts and columns on OMGPOP

OMGPOP Wins a $10 Million Round for Social Games From Rho, Softbank

in Media on January 6, 2011 at 11:17 am PT

Here’s that serious investment money for casual/social games company OMGPOP that I told you about in November. The money will go into development for more games for Facebook, and a move into Android and iPhone, too.

Q&A: VC Alex Ferrara Dishes on the Business of Shopping and Selling Online

in Commerce on December 14, 2010 at 6:00 am PT

With big-ticket e-commerce acquisitions, like Amazon’s $500 million purchase of Diapers.com and Soap.com, and now the failed attempt by Google to purchase Groupon, we decided to chat with Alex Ferrara, a partner at Bessemer Venture Partners, to get a sense of the current state of the market.

Casual Games Start-Up OMGPOP Raising a Serious Funding Round

in Media on November 2, 2010 at 1:55 pm PT

Does the casual games boom have more life in it? Here’s another bet that it does: Investors are pouring more money into OMGPOP, via a round that could bring in more than $10 million for the game site.

OMG + HP + SATC = Yahoo’s Big New Ad

in Media on April 30, 2010 at 2:04 pm PT

Yahoo invents a new way to sell a page of advertising, and gets Hewlett-Packard to try it out, with an assist from Sarah Jessica Parker and friends.

Tumblr Raises Another $5 Million From Spark and Union Square. Now It Wants Your Money.

in Media on April 20, 2010 at 3:00 am PT

Tumblr’s David Karp, seen carpet surfing on the cover of New York Magazine this week, says his hipster blog service is ready to become a real business. Karp’s VC backers seem to believe him.

Don’t Tell a Soul! Media, Tech Moguls Take Manhattan for Semisecret Quadrangle Conference.

in Media on November 3, 2009 at 3:00 am PT

Wouldn’t you like to bump elbows with media moguls and hear from the likes of Eric Schmidt, Biz Stone and James Murdoch? Me too! Alas, Quadrangle’s Foursquare conference is closed to the public and the press. But at least I can tell you whom you won’t be hearing from.
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Game Site OMGPOP Asks Teens to Pay Up

in Media on June 15, 2009 at 5:00 am PT

Earlier this year, casual game site OMGPOP raised $5 million from venture capitalists. Now it’s trying to extract some cash from its users.
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Investors Bet $5 Million on Casual Game Site OMGPOP, Hope Users Start Paying Up

in Media on March 10, 2009 at 4:00 am PT

Web start-ups that plan to make money from advertising are having a rough time raising money. But Web start-ups that say they’ll do it by charging customers something? Still possible. Today’s example: OMGPOP, the casual gaming site formerly known as iminlikewithyou, which has raised a $5 million in a round led by Bessemer Venture Partners.
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