DotBlu snags $2M for gaming social network
Online gaming community DotBlu has raised $2 million in first-round funding from D.E. Shaw and Maple Investments. The San Francisco-based site lets users play aracade and betting games, earn and spend “BluBucks” on virtual cars, houses and gifts, and create and take quizzes. Players create profiles and avatars that they can then trick out also using BluBucks.
The year-old startup initially launched as a betting site called BluBet. It received $225,000 in seed funding from investors… Continue Reading
Circle of Moms gets circle of traffic
Save the drama for your mama, or at least take it online. Circle of Moms, a new parenting website launched in October 2008, can now celebrate its 850,000 registered users. Only two months after crashing the parenthood site party, it’s now the second largest community of mothers after CafeMom with its public launch today.
Circle of Moms is a community where mothers befriend each other, keep friends and family updated on their kids’ lives, and join… Continue Reading