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Steamboat Ventures Boosts Playdom

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Burbank-based Steamboat Ventures , the venture capital firm funded by Walt Disney Co., According to Playdom, Steamboat--along with Bessemer Venture Partners and New World Ventures--have invested in the firm as part of a new, $33M venture capital funding round. The firm has now raised $78M in funding.

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Steamboat Ventures Backs Elemental Technologies

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Los Angeles-based Steamboat Ventures , the venture capital arm of the Walt Disney Company, has backed a firm developing massively parallel video processing technology, Elemental Technologies. According to Elemental, which is based in Portland, Steamboat was a new investor in its $7.5M, Series B funding round.

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Sometrics Ships Browser Toolbar

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According to the company, its new GamerBar, which works with Internet Explorer and Firefox, will award its virtual Game Coin currency for everything from searching for products and shopping online at retailers such as Barnes & Noble, Priceline, The Northface, Buy.com, and Best Buy.

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GameSalad Finds New CEO

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GameSalad is venture backed by DFJ Frontier, DFJ Mercury Venture Partners, ff Asset Management, Steamboat Ventures, as well as angels Mark Suster, Tom McInerney, Paige Craig, and others. Founder and former CEO Michael Agustin has become Chief Product Officer of the company. Felter has also served at Warner Bros.

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Passenger Self-Service Community Software

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According to the company, it has expanded its product to allow agencies to build and manage their own communities using its software. The firm is backed by Shelter Capital Partners, StarVest Partners and Steamboat Ventures. Previously, Passenger provided full-service development of those communities. READ MORE>>.

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Passenger Gains $7.5M More

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The round came from Shelter Capital Partners, StarVest Partners, and Steamboat Ventures, all existing investors in the firm. Passenger's private social networking communities are used by companies to gain insight into their brands, get customer feedback, and to help market their products. in an investment. READ MORE>>.

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Steamboat Invests In Celebrity Site

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Los Angeles-based Steamboat Ventures has set its sights on the celebrity web space, and is the lead investor in a new round of funding for Fanzter , which operates the celebrity products site Coolspotters.com. According to Connecticut-based Fanzter, Steamboat's Dan Beldy joins the firm's board of directors.

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