Female founders in game companies got 12.1% of game VC deals in 2024 | The DeanBeat (updated) Posted byby Dean Takahashi March 7, 2025 6 min In the male-dominated landscape of game startups, women were only 6.96% of the game VC deal value in 2024, worse when compared to 13.17%... Continue Reading 6 min
Clip raises $1.5M to fund Square-like mobile payments in Mexico Posted byby Dean Takahashi May 28, 2013 3 min Clip hopes to tailor its payment solution to Spanish-speaking consumers. Continue Reading 3 min
IMVU continues to retain engaged fans for its virtual chat rooms Posted byby Dean Takahashi April 8, 2013 2 min The online social-entertainment service has 3.3M monthly participants and a $55 million revenue run rate. Continue Reading 2 min
Verizon launches games portal using PlayPhone technology Posted byby Dean Takahashi March 26, 2013 2 min PlayPhone makes it easy to find friends and play games with them on Verizon's new portal. Continue Reading 2 min
PlayPhone signs up more developers for its mobile social gaming network Posted byby Dean Takahashi January 30, 2013 2 min The company has millions of users playing its games on mobile devices. Continue Reading 2 min
PlayPhone adds 20 games to its mobile social gaming network Posted byby Dean Takahashi December 5, 2012 1 min PlayPhone is shooting to fill the void left by the shutdown of OpenFeint. Continue Reading 1 min
PlayPhone enables instant multiplayer across Android and iOS devices (exclusive) Posted byby Dean Takahashi March 20, 2012 3 min PlayPhone is announcing a technology today that will enable instant multiplayer gaming across iOS and Android devices. The technology will be part of the... Continue Reading 3 min
17 reasons to attend GamesBeat 2011 Posted byby Dean Takahashi July 7, 2011 5 min We’ve been writing a lot of posts about our speakers at GamesBeat 2011. But here’s a summary of why we think this will be... Continue Reading 5 min