The Sunday Business Post reports the flock of some Irish games companies to California this week, for the Game Developers Conference 2006. A second article covers the Galway-based Nephin Games raising $1 million in funding.
‘Game on for Irish tech firms’ centres on Demonware, as well as Havok, Torc Interactive, Upstart Games, and Selatra, the article also lists off BitRabbit, Gmedia, Eirplay Games, Meedja, and PopCap.
To make itself seen among the big players, Demonware is hiring a San Francisco cable car on wheels to transport people around San Jose. The company hired a fleet of Hummer limousines for last year’s GDC, but it has been prudent with its cash.
It has raised just over €1million from private investors, Enterprise Ireland and the Dublin Seed Capital Fund since it was founded in 2003. It is now ‘‘looking at various options’’ to fund its growth after a ‘‘fantastic year’’ last year, according to Collins.
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