Here’s the most important thing to remember: Startups are not mini-corporations. A corporation exists to execute on a business model; a startup exists to find a business model.

I missed this announcement last week, but I think it’s important enough to bring up now. Emergent Game Technologies, creator of the Gamebryo middleware, has raised $12.5 million to strengthen the product. Hopewell Ventures led the round,...

MindCandy, perhaps best known amongst the gaming community for its pioneering Alternative Reality Game Perplexcity, has been very active recently, according to TechCrunch. MindCandy is now the home of Moshi Monsters, an educational virtual world aimed at...

Despite the financial gloom, Balderton has raised $430 million (£282 million) to invest in the media and technology sectors. Balderton is a cheerleader for the games and online entertainment sectors. Their investments include casual games portal Big...

Big Fish, the casual games company, today announced that it had raised $83 million from top tier investors including Balderton, General Catalyst and Salmon River. Balderton, of course, owns 100% of Codemasters, a stake in Habbo Hotel...

Playfish, the social games company, has raised an additional $1 million from Accel Partners. Playfish is a new breed of Internet games company. Unlike traditional web games businesses, you can’t play games on their site: their games...