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 Send to email | Social Gaming Network Raises $15 Million For Facebook, MySpace Games in NWS |  By Silicon
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 Social Gaming Network, which makes games for Facebook, MySpace (NWS) and other networks, has closed a huge $15 million Series A funding round. Chipping in: Greylock Partners, Founders Fund, Columbia Capital, and Novak Biddle Venture Partners.
SGN is the third largest app maker on Facebook (SAI 25 #1) by number of installs, according to Adonomics, which tracks the performance of app companies. SGN's 30 apps, including "Superlatives," "Free Gifts," and "Nicknames" have about 50 million installs, trailing Slide's 90 million (SAI 25 #15) and RockYou's 75 million (SAI 25 #21).
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| Raptr - Social Gaming Network Enters Public Beta [Raptr] | | Sometimes Facebook, Myspace, Bebo, Orkut and OpenSocial just aren't enough. Too much real world stuff, not enough gamerscore bragging. Enter Raptr - a new social network for gamers founded by Dennis 'Thresh' Fong (he had to do something with all tha [..] Read complete article | | Published 04-Sep-2008 by Stuart Houghton in Raptr Culture Live News psn Social Social Networking Steam Thresh WoW Xbla Xfire
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| MySpace Takes A Step Toward Facebook -- Allows App Invites (NWS) |  There's been a lot of griping by MySpace application developers about the limits that the social network puts on the "virality" of applications. Namely, users couldn't automatically suggest that their friends add an application they like.
That's no longer the case. MySpace says that within a few weeks, users will be able to send and receive invites.
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