London, UK-based gaming firm King priced its shares at $22.50 for its initial public offering (IPO) in New York, US, which values that company at over $7 billion.
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Indian startup Edsix uses games to improve children's cognitive skills
Chennai, India-based education startup Edsix Brain Lab wants to make it easy for children to improve their cognitive skills using their carefully researched and designed online and offline games under the brand Skill Angels.
American mobile gaming startup Industrial Toys scores $5M in Series A round
Pasadena, US-based tablet mobile and gaming startup Industrial Toys scored $5 million in a Series A funding round from Accel Partners to launch a beta version of new title Midnight Star and add more content and titles to its portfolio.
US content and rights manager FilmTrack acquires Jaguar Consulting
Studio City, California-based content and rights management firm FilmTrack acquired Pasadena-based IP rights, royalty, and contract management software provider Jaguar Consulting for an undisclosed amount.
California real-money gambling platform Gamblit takes home $12M in venture round
Glendale, US-based real-money gambling platform Gamblit Gaming took home $12 million in a venture round from private equity firm American Capital to fuel its platform development and future launches.
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Texas, US-based crowdfunding company Junction Investments will begin operating on Wednesday to allow wealthy individuals to invest online in fully-funded Hollywood movies, starting with Tom Hanks' "A Hologram for the King."
Glebe, Australia-based business-to-business (B2B) publishing firm The Intermedia Group added beer and cider consumer publication Beer & Brewer Magazine for an undisclosed sum to beef up its liquor title portfolio.
Social media giant Facebook acquired California, US-based virtual reality headset maker Oculus VR in a deal valued at $2 billion to help the startup expand beyond non-gaming applications of its technology.
California-based YouTube online video content network Maker Studios has been acquired by The Walt Disney Studios in a deal valued at $500 million, TechCrunch reported.
In its first foray outside of North America for its premium video syndication platform, New York, US-based multinational mass media firm AOL Inc launched the AOL On Nework in the UK.
Philadelphia, US-based matchmaking startup Mixter helps make blind dates for undergraduate and graduate students easier and more comfortable by turning it into a social gathering for two groups.
Hermosa Beach, US-based payments firm Oink found a way to let parents monitor and control their kids' in-app purchases by linking a credit card to their accounts and letting them set a purchase limit for a specified length of time.
Warren Buffet emerged as the winner on the bet he made on a Quicken Loans Inc contest that no individual would be able to correctly predict the winner of each game in the NCAA men's basketball tourney, Bloomberg reported.
The One World Doll Project, a subsidiary of One World Holdings Inc, secured a capital infusion of $500,000 from a New Mexico-based private equity investor, a statement about the funding said.
