The 1M1M Deal Radar 2010: Fantage

Fantage (short for “Fantastic Age”) is a virtual world created specifically for young computer users from about age 6 to age 14 but is accessible to everyone. Developed as a flash game, this virtual playground requires no download. The site offers “towns” to explore through a user’s avatar, games to play, and ways to chat

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Deal Radar 2010: PressOK Entertainment

In 2008, as readers will recall, the field of mobile games publishing underwent a dramatic change following the launch of the iPhone and its App Store, which disrupted the relationships between large, entrenched publishers and mobile operators and OEMs. Since that time, operators have launched their own versions app store, opening up their platforms to

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Deal Radar 2009: Outspark

Deal Radar returns to social gaming with Outspark, a casual games publisher that has developed a virtual playground where online gaming and portals merge to create a new market called 3P, in which a company must be a games Publisher, operate a Portal and own and operate a Platform. Outspark.com is a “freemium” games portal combining

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Deal Radar 2009: Zynga

We continue our focus on gaming applications for social networks with San Francisco-based Zynga. Founded in January 2007 by Mark Pincus, Zynga marries Pincus’s knowledge of social networks with his desire to create the next mass market video game phenomenon. Through his experience with Tribe Networks, which he founded in 2003, Pincus saw that the

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Deal Radar 2009: Social Gaming Network

Deal Radar continues to present bootstrapped companies in the growing online gaming segment. Founded in 2007 Social Gaming Network (SGN) offers gaming applications exclusively for social networks. The company was spun off from Webs (formerly known as Freewebs) by founder Shervin Pishevar, who was also the founding president and COO of Webs. The idea for SGN

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Deal Radar 2009: Mytopia

You read my Recession Entrepreneurship column on Friday focusing on business ideas that required little or no investment to build up. In this installment of the Deal Radar, we profile a company that has been able to build a $1 million-plus revenue stream in the field of social gaming without raising much financing.

Deal Radar 2008: GameDuell

GameDuell was launched in 2003 and offers skill games to be played against real opponents for real money. The site has around 20 popular games like Solitaire, Roll 5, Freecell and Roll 5.

Deal Radar 2008: Challenge Games

Challenge Games creates short, online games for both serious and casual gamers that are exciting and easy to play. These games are browser-based and can be played from any computer. Most of the games are multiplayer, and take only 3-10 minutes per game. They provide instant entertainment, unlike other popular games such as World of

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