http://deals.venturebeat.com/2006/10/30/ogplanet-raises-15m-to-license-virtual-world-games-from-korean-developers/ News About Tech, Money and Innovation Sun, 22 Nov 2009 19:46:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 http://deals.venturebeat.com/2006/10/30/ogplanet-raises-15m-to-license-virtual-world-games-from-korean-developers/comment-page-1/#comment-821503 Korean-to-US online game importer OGPLanet now profitable, gets funding » VentureBeat Thu, 17 Jul 2008 18:19:55 +0000 http://www.venturebeat.com/wire/2006/10/30/ogplanet-raises-15m-to-license-virtual-world-games-from-korean-developers/#comment-821503 [...] OGPlanet raised a first round of venture funding from a number of prominent game and media executive..., including Richard Wolpert, former President of Disney Online and a strategic advisor to RealNetworks and Accel Partners,; Mark Surfas, formerly founder and CEO of GameSpy; Peter Levin, CEO of BellRock Media; and Andrew Wright, former Vice President of RealArcade and currently CEO of SmileBox. Seattle-based RealNetworks is also an investor. Tags: co:ogplanet, inv:dfj-athena, inv:lg venture investments, inv:m ventures SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Korean-to-US online game importer OGPLanet now profitable, gets funding", url: "http://venturebeat.com/2008/07/17/korean-to-us-online-game-importer-ogplanet-now-profitable-gets-funding/" }); Sphere It Digg this story! venturebeat227:http://venturebeat.com/2008/07/17/korean-to-us-online-game-importer-ogplanet-now-profitable-gets-funding/ var disqus_url = 'http://venturebeat.com/2008/07/17/korean-to-us-online-game-importer-ogplanet-now-profitable-gets-funding/ '; var disqus_title = 'Korean-to-US online game importer OGPLanet now profitable, gets funding'; var disqus_message = 'The sale of virtual goods drives revenue for many game companies in Asia but that trend is still getting off the ground in the U.S. OGPLanet is licensing popular games in Korea and modifying them the U.S. market, betting that the trend is going to be big here.%0AThe translated games are graphics-intensive role-playing games, such [...]%0A%0A %0A %0A '; View the entire comment thread. Trackback URL [...] [...] OGPlanet raised a first round of venture funding from a number of prominent game and media executive…, including Richard Wolpert, former President of Disney Online and a strategic advisor to RealNetworks and Accel Partners,; Mark Surfas, formerly founder and CEO of GameSpy; Peter Levin, CEO of BellRock Media; and Andrew Wright, former Vice President of RealArcade and currently CEO of SmileBox. Seattle-based RealNetworks is also an investor. Tags: co:ogplanet, inv:dfj-athena, inv:lg venture investments, inv:m ventures SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: “Korean-to-US online game importer OGPLanet now profitable, gets funding”, url: “http://venturebeat.com/2008/07/17/korean-to-us-online-game-importer-ogplanet-now-profitable-gets-funding/” }); Sphere It Digg this story! venturebeat227:http://venturebeat.com/2008/07/17/korean-to-us-online-game-importer-ogplanet-now-profitable-gets-funding/ var disqus_url = ‘http://venturebeat.com/2008/07/17/korean-to-us-online-game-importer-ogplanet-now-profitable-gets-funding/ ‘; var disqus_title = ‘Korean-to-US online game importer OGPLanet now profitable, gets funding’; var disqus_message = ‘The sale of virtual goods drives revenue for many game companies in Asia but that trend is still getting off the ground in the U.S. OGPLanet is licensing popular games in Korea and modifying them the U.S. market, betting that the trend is going to be big here.%0AThe translated games are graphics-intensive role-playing games, such [...]%0A%0A %0A %0A ‘; View the entire comment thread. Trackback URL [...]

]]> http://deals.venturebeat.com/2006/10/30/ogplanet-raises-15m-to-license-virtual-world-games-from-korean-developers/comment-page-1/#comment-797365 Accel, Venrock, William Morris — and AT&T — launching new media fund » VentureBeat Mon, 03 Mar 2008 05:29:35 +0000 http://www.venturebeat.com/wire/2006/10/30/ogplanet-raises-15m-to-license-virtual-world-games-from-korean-developers/#comment-797365 [...] been actively investing in online game companies since 2006, including gaming site Kongregate, virtual world creator OGPlanet, and multiplayer online game GameLayers. He is also an advisor to [...] [...] been actively investing in online game companies since 2006, including gaming site Kongregate, virtual world creator OGPlanet, and multiplayer online game GameLayers. He is also an advisor to [...]

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