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Online Gamer Riot Games Lands $8 Million Funding, Partners With Tencent

Sep 9, 2009 1:11 PM

Riot Games has raised $8 million in funding from Benchmark Capital, FirstMark Capital, and Chinese online media company Tencent. Tencent is a new investor; it recently signed a deal to distribute Riot Games’ forthcoming multi-player online game, League of Legends, in China. Benchmark and FirstMark backed the L.A.-based startup with…

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