Booyah rakes in $5M for online social game based on real life
Booyah makes a web and iPhone-based game that lets you earn points by achieving things in real life — like going to the gym, learning how to cook more recipes, etc. — and then share this information with your friends and others to keep motivation running high. Today, the Palo Alto company announced that it raised $5 million in a second round of funding, according to a filing with the SEC.
While Booyah did not list… Continue Reading
Booyah to launch cause-oriented iPhone entertainment apps
Booyah is nearing the completion of its first round of cause-oriented apps for the iPhone.
Keith Lee, (pictured below) chief executive of the Palo Alto, Calif.-based company, said the first app will be out this spring and that it will let people do good in the world while fulfilling their own personal dreams.
That may sound lofty, but the ambitions of this team of game industry veterans shouldn’t be taken lightly. This is one of those startups… Continue Reading
iPhone game developers rejoice at Apple’s latest update plans
There were a lot of happy game developers among the 200 or so people who attended Thursday’s iGames Summit in San Francisco, which was devoted to iPhone games.
Speakers at the summit, including game developers such as Tapulous, ngmoco, Booyah, Demiforce, Zynga and Social Gaming Network, were excited about Apple’s announcement that its iPhone 3.0 update, coming this summer, would have a number of game-friendly features: a virtual goods platform, Bluetooth multiplayer, and peer-to-peer connectivity.
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Content provider Booyah scores $4.5M from Kleiner Perkins
Mobile and web content producer Booyah announced today that it received $4.5 million from Kleiner Perkins. The two seem like a good match, considering the company’s job listings for iPhone engineers and the investor’s special iPhone developers fund.
The Silicon Valley-based startup remains in stealth mode, and KP is its only named backer so far. Still, there are reasons to believe they might come out with something special. Its founders — Sam Christiansen, Keith Lee and… Continue Reading