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This Week in VC with Farb Nivi, Founder of Grockit

Both Sides of the Table

Mobile gifting service. Founded in 2009 in Los Angeles by Michelle Crames. Provides electronic book services for content publishers; services include digital scanning and conversion, distribution to leading e-book retailers, monetization and royalty management. Total raised: $1.0mm – Read more: TechCrunch.

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This Week in VC with Om Malik & Paul Jozefak

Both Sides of the Table

-Self-reported 60mm daily unique as of Dec 2009, games played by 250mm people a month (AppData). Reportedly, Softbank and Zynga have discussed jointly distributing games through Softbank’s mobile-phone service in Japan and other countries. .; Current round: $5.0mm in Series A by NEA and Anthem Venture Partners.