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$40 million - Series C led by: Granite Global Ventures

According to various sources, the MMO game publisher Turbine Inc. raised $40 M in it's third round, bringing the total venture financing to $88 million.

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Amount: 1.5 Million
Round: Series A
Investor:

San Francisco, CA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--GoFish Corporation , a leading online youth entertainment and media network, has completed a $1.5 Million private placement financing.Under the terms of the financing, GoFish sold to certain accredited investors unsecured convertible original issue discount notes due June 8, 2010, with proceeds of $1.5 Million to the Company (prior to the payment of approximately $60,000 in fees related to the transaction) and related warrants to purchase an aggregate of 1,719,309 shares of the company’s common stock.

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