Tech Company Financing Transactions

Playdom Funding Round

New Enterprise Associates, Lightspeed Venture Partners and Norwest Venture Partners invested in a $43 million Series A funding round for Playdom. The financing round closed on 11/11/2009.

Transaction Overview

Company Information

Company Status

Acquired or Merged

Industry

Digital Media & VR & AR

Mailing Address

100 West Evelyn Avenue 110
Mountain View, CA 94041
USA

Phone

(650) 963-8000

Website

www.playdom.com

Email Address

[email protected]

Overview

We boast the #1 game on MySpace--Mobsters--and three of the top four applications. But it doesn't stop there. Fueled by explosive growth on Facebook and an expanding pipeline of new games and features, we may be the fastest growing social gaming company on the planet. How do we do it? We're obsessed with one thing: our players.

Profile

Social Media

Company News

Facebook

YouTube

Management Team

Title

Name

Email & Social

Chief Executive Officer

John Pleasants

        

Chief Technical Officer

Chris Wang

        

Co-Founder

Rick Thompson

        

Co-Founder

Dan Yue

        

VP - Bus. Development

Sean Phinney

        

VP - Engineering

Ling Xiao

        

VP - Finance

John Pacholski

        

VP - Marketing

Rachel Thomas

        

VP - Operations

Scott Thomas

        

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