Few areas in tech today are as polarized as the blockchain gaming space. Legacy developers and gamers are calling play-to-earn games Ponzi schemes, while crypto-believers say games that incorporate &#
A startup based out of San Diego and Taipei is quietly nailing fundings and deals from some of the biggest names in electronics. Kneron, which specializes in energy-efficient processors for edge artif
There’s big news for one of India and Southeast Asia’s longest-running early-stage investors after Gree Ventures, the fund attached to Japanese gaming firm Gree, announced the first close
GREE Ventures, the Singapore-based VC firm connected to Japanese games firm GREE, has closed its newest $67 million fund for early stage investments in Asia. AT-II — the firm’s second f
In an effort to foster growth in early-stage virtual reality content companies looking to build momentum, today GREE announced the $12 million GVR Fund. The fund is primarily aimed at VR content comp
Yet more consolidation afoot in the gaming business. Gree International, the global arm of the Japanese gaming giant that focuses on social and mobile gaming, is downsizing in San Francisco by cutting
Last-minute hotel booking app <a target="_blank" href="http://www.hotelquickly.com/">HotelQuickly</a> -- whose founding team includes two ex-Rocket Internet executives -- has raised a further $4.5 mil
It's <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2013/06/03/zynga-global-layoffs/">not only Zynga</a> feeling the pinch in the gaming world these days. <a target="_blank" href="http://www.gree.com">GREE</a>, the
San Francisco-based mobile gaming startup Funzio had just come off making more than $5 million in sales per month when it sold to <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2012/05/01/gree-acquires-mobile-soci
Japanese gaming giant GREE just acquired mid-core, mobile game developer Funzio for $210 million in an all-cash deal that should boost its ability to build games for Western audiences. Funzio is behin
It's no secret that Japanese mobile social gaming company GREE is aggressively pursuing the U.S. markets, especially with the <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2011/06/12/why-japans-gree-overpaid-for-mo
Japanese mobile social gaming giant and <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2011/06/12/why-japans-gree-overpaid-for-mobile-social-gaming-startup-openfeint/">Openfeint owner</a> <a href="http://gree-corp.c
<a href="https://techcrunch.com/tag/gree">GREE</a> and <a href="https://techcrunch.com/tag/mobage/">Mobage</a> are brand names that don't ring a bell with too many people (yet) as far as markets like
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Survival horror video game series <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resident_Evi">Resident Evil</a> has
<img src="https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/gree.png" class="shot2"/>Over the past year, there's been an apparent trend taking place of Japanese gaming companies acquiring U.S. social
<img src="http://tctechcrunch.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/g.jpg" class="shot2">Mobile gaming startup <a href="http://openfeint.com/">OpenFeint,</a> has been acquired by Japanese mobile gaming company
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Big news from Asia's social games industry today: Japanese mobile social gaming juggernaut <a href="http://www.gree.c
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Bad news from Japan's multi-billion dollar social gaming industry earlier this week: Tokyo-based mobile gaming heavyweight <a hr
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The tech IPO is not <em>completely</em> dead. Last Wednesday, Japan’s third largest social network <a href="http://gr