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Gaikai Powers Game Site

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Los Angeles-based Gaikai , the cloud-based game streaming service backed by Benchmark Capital, TriplePoint Capital, Rustic Canyon Partners, Limelight Networks and Intel Capital, said Thursday that it is powering a game site, "The Escapist". Financial impact of the win were not disclosed.

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Video Game Maker Pulls In More Than $1.9M On Kickstarter

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A Newport Beach-based videogame publishing firm, inXile , has just raised $1.9M (and counting) in funding on the crowdfunding site Kickstarter, for their new game, Torment: Tides of Numenera. Think you need to find a venture capitalist or angel investor to help you fund your great new idea for a videogame? Think again.

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Startup Grind Turns the Tables on Mark Suster

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So then when I wanted to go into venture capital, they said, “You can’t do that, you need to be in EIR.” So when I got into venture capital, I thought, “Well, what can I do that’s different?” But I feel pretty good about how we’re doing, I feel good about our chances of raising more capital.

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