Bunchball raises $2M for interactive “flash” games

November 6, 2006 | Matt Marshall | Comments |

bunchball.bmpBunchball, a Redwood City start-up that lets people create Flash-based interactive games for multiple players, and then insert them in blogs and other Web sites, has raised around $2 million in in a first round of funding.

howhot.bmpBackers included Adobe Systems, which makes the Flash technology for these games and Granite Ventures, an SF venture firm that has been affiliated with Adobe in the past.

Bunchball was founded by Rajat Paharia and Sunil Singh. There’s more at the company’s blog, including a list of the games developed so far. They range from the classics like Asteroids to spicy but mindless “How hot?” (click on image at left).

The company had said it has raised money. But PE Week first reported the amount, citing a regulatory filing.

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  • Roupen N.
    "They range from the classics like Asteroids to spicy but mindless “How hot?” (click on image at left)."

    There is nothing to click on the left...
  • Sorry to leaving you hanging. Fixed.
  • Hey Matt -

    We’re currently focused on “social gaming”, providing multi-player casual gaming as a hosted service to social networks, personals sites, and communities of all sizes. We enable site members to quickly and seamlessly start and play games with each other without leaving the host site, increasing retention and stickiness. And we’ve made technical integration a snap.

    So we’re currently a b2b2c company - we provide social gaming services to sites, which they provide to their visitors & members. We’re currently not trying to create our own destination site - http://www.bunchball.com is largely for demo purposes at the moment, and doesn’t showcase the full range of integration options.

    The widgets on our site are largely legacy and for promotional purposes.

    best, - rajat
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