Amit Chowdhry | January 27, 2011 | 507 views | Add a Comment
Categorized under DAG Ventures, DoCoMo Capital, Focus Ventures, Integral Capital Partners, James Boettcher, Kleiner Perkins, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Matt Murphy, Mobile Internet Capital, Net One Systems Co, Pilot House Ventures, Sequoia Capital, Stoke, Vikash Varma

Stoke Inc. is a mobile broadband solutions company that has raised $17 million in Series E funding. Stoke has raised a total of $92 million thus far. The full press release is below:

Amit Chowdhry | April 30, 2009 | 2,743 views | 1 Comment
Categorized under Booyah, Brian Morrisroe, Keith Lee, Kleiner Perkins, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, KPCB iFund, Matt Murphy, Ngmoco, Sam Christiansen

Booyah is an iPhone application development startup company that is based in Palo Alto, Calif. The company was founded by Keith Lee, Brian Morrisroe and Sam Christiansen, who have all had some sort of gaming experience. Lee was one of the head developers for the Diablo III franchise. Booyah recently announced that they have raised $4.5 million in Series A funding from Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers’s iFund initiative.
“We were immediately compelled by the promise of Booyah and the background of the founders,” stated Kleiner Perkins partner Matt Murphy in a press release. “The iFund was created to help build the most promising and innovative businesses that utilize the discrete capabilities of the iPhone and iPod touch. Booyah is a terrific example.”
Last month Kleiner Perkins invested in Ngmoco, another iPhone gaming company. Booyah has not announced when their product will be launching, but it is expected to revolve around MMO. Booyah currently has beta sign ups on their website.