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How Twitter’s Funding Stacks Up Against The Biggest Deals Of 2010

Dec 15, 2010 8:14 PM

Here’s a sign of how the market for companies seeking funding has loosened up over the last year. When Twitter last raised a round of venture funding in September 2009, it was only the second U.S.-based digital media company to raise $100 million-plus in a year and a half; one…

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Game Publisher ZeniMax Media Raises $150 Million

Oct 6, 2010 3:04 PM

ZeniMax Media, the video game publisher behind titles including Doom and Fallout, has raised a huge $150 million round. The cash comes from Providence Equity Partners, which had already put $300 million into the company three years ago.

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Posted In: Entertainment, Games, Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Venture Capital, Social Media, Video, providence equity partners, zenimax media

ZeniMax Raised $105 Million To Buy Id Software

Jul 7, 2009 12:24 PM

Financial details about ZeniMax Media’s acquisition of Quake-developer id Software were kept under wraps—but a new SEC filing reveals that ZeniMax raised $105 million in debt financing to facilitate the deal. We’re working on confirmation regarding where the funds came from.

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Posted In: Entertainment, Games, Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Venture Capital, id software, zenimax media

Video Game Creator Zenimax Media Gets $300 Million Investment; To Go Towards MMOGs, Acquisitions

Oct 25, 2007 1:17 PM

Privately held video game maker Zenimax Media has received a big $300 million investment from Providence Equity Partners through a convertible stock offering (via Gamasutra). Founded in 1999, the company will use the funds to increase game development, hunt for acquisitions and finance the creation of multi-player online games. The…

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Posted In: Entertainment, Games, providence equity partners, zenimax media

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