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Web videogame maker Iminlikewithyou is close to earning revenues -- about three months away -- and closer to landing more funding, we hear. When Jason Calacanis was in town earlier this year, Iminlikewithyou founder Charles Forman told him he planned to make money by selling gamers avatar and in-game upgrades. [...] [ Valleywag ] - Via Orglex

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Giant Realm, the entertainment portal geared towards men, has received $2 million in funding from SoftBank Capital. The funds come in addition to the $3.5 million contributed by Comcast Interactive Capital and Edison Venture Fund last month, bringing the total Series A funding to $5.5 million. Go to Article from [...] [ NYT Dealbook ] - Via Orglex

Giant Realm, the entertainment portal geared towards men, has received $2 million in funding from SoftBank Capital. The funds come in addition to the $3.5 million contributed by Comcast Interactive Capital and Edison Venture Fund last month, bringing the total Series A funding to $5.5 million. Giant Realm is an [...] [ TechCrunch ] - Via Orglex

New York-based Giant Realm, which runs sites for male gamer geeks and their ilk, just landed $2 million in financing from VC firm Softbank Capital. That rounds off a $5.5 Series A round. Last month, the company got $3.5 million in backing from Comcast Interactive Capital, Edison Venture Fund and [...] [ Venture Capital Network ] - Via Orglex

Business News: Web publisher secures $2 million in financing -- Giant Realm, publisher of an entertainment portal and other websites, has secured $2 million in financing from SoftBank Capital.[...] [ Variety ] - Via Orglex

Led by Softbank Capital, with participation from European Founders Fund, GreyCroft Partners, and angel investors including Ron Conway, who have put in about $6.5 Million into BuddyMedia which is gearing up to offer a new social network that it thinks will fly.[...] [ Startup News ] - Via Orglex

Buddy Media, a New York-based company that operates a number of social-media developer platform applications including Pirates vs. Ninjas, Zombies vs. Werewolves, Pub Darts, and a Sudoku game, announced Tuesday that it has raised $6.5 million in Series B funding in a round led by Softbank Capital. A number of [...] [ NYT Dealbook ] - Via Orglex

The company responsible for putting Pirates vs. Ninjas all over your Facebook news feed raises funding from Softbank Capital with contributions from Ron Conway, the European Founders Fund, and others.[...] [ CNET ] - Via Orglex

After its recent shopping of Bebo, is AOL buying the white-lable social software company KickApps is the question. KickApps, based in New York, has raised $17 million from Softbank Capital, Prism VentureWorks and Spark Capital.[...] [ Startup News ] - Via Orglex

Tim Armstrong will remain an investor in Associated Content but is no longer chairman and no longer on the board, the company said late Friday. Board member Michael Perlis is the new chairman; Perlis is a partner at Softbank Capital and previously was president and CEO of Ziff Davis Publishing.No [...] [ PaidContent.org ] - Via Orglex

Mobile multimedia content portal Thumbplay raised $18 million in its Series E funding round, according to a regulatory filing reported by peHUB. Listed shareholders include Softbank Capital, i-Hatch Ventures and Verizon Investments. Thumbplay previously raised in excess of $35 million, including an unannounced $17 million Series D round completed last [...] [ Fierce Mobile Content ] - Via Orglex

Thumbplay, the NYC-based ringtone distributor, has raised $18 million, PaidContent reports. Funders include Verizon Investments (new to the company) and Softbank Capital, i-Hatch Ventures (who have already invested). Rafat Ali doesn't suggest a valuation, but last November we were told that Thumbplay was on track to do $100 million a [...] [ Venture Capital Network ] - Via Orglex

Thumbplay sells ringtones, videos, games and graphic for your cellular phone and claims to have over 43,000 downloadable items. Using a credit-based system, Thumbplay keeps transactions simple. For example, all ringtones are simply one credit. The company also offers the option of monthly memberships that allocate credits to users every [...] [ VentureBeat ] - Via Orglex

Danger Inc., a Palo Alto, Calif.-based provider of software and services for mobile handsets, has withdrawn its registration for a $100 million IPO. The move is related to Microsoft's recent agreement to acquire Danger for approximately $500 million. Danger has raised around $142 million in total VC funding since 2000, including [...] [ PE Hub ] - Via Orglex