For anyone who thinks that social games are not real business, last week proved them so wrong. Between 10th and 17th November nearly every major social games company raised money or was bought, and one or two...

According to a written answer from David Lammy, MP and Minister of State (Higher Education and Intellectual Property), in response to a question from Philip Davies MP (who appears to be wanting to demonstrate his interest in...

Entrepreneur Corner over at Venturebeat is a fabulous site. It offers plain-talking advice from experienced entrepreneurs and angel investors, and nearly every post there is worth reading. Yesterday’s advice came from Jason Cohen, founder of SmartBear Software...

PopCap has raised $22.5 million, the first time it has taken outside investment. The investment in the makers of casual games like Bejewelled was led by Meritech Capital Partners. Typically, investors put money into businesses which have...

The UK government has just released figures showing that the nine Regional Development Agencies have invested nearly £2 million pounds in the development of the games industry in England (and I mean England, the figures don’t cover...

Scoreloop, which bills itself as the “technology leader in mobile social gaming” has secured €2.0m ($2.8m, £1.7m) in further investment. I spoke to CEO Marc Gumpinger about how Scoreloop aims to help iPhone developers grow their business....

Are we really seeing a dearth of venture capital money? There’s still plenty of venture capital firms around, but why aren’t they spending? Most VC funds have a seven-ten year cycle. They raise money from limited partners,...