Angels shine on virtual world creator Multiverse with $2.4M
Multiverse Network, creator of highly customizable virtual worlds and games, just roped $2.4 million in angel funding to help sustain itself through 2010 (and hopefully the whole of the recession). Its platform, pliable enough to fabricate a digital environment resembling the Titanic for historical education purposes, gives software developers the tools they need to build and launch worlds of their own.
These developers can even monetize their creations (many of them massively multiplayer online games) as… Continue Reading
Multiverse raises $4M for virtual world offering
Multiverse, a Mountain View, Calif. company that provides a tool-kit for develops to build multiplayer online games and virtual worlds and then make money off them if they want, said it has raised $4.175 million in a first round of funding.
The company is co-founded by Bill Turpin, a Web pioneer whose first company helped create the beginnings of what later became JavaScript, and an HTML Web page creator that was built into the early… Continue Reading