Top Game Industry Fundraisers

Electronic Gaming Business, Sept 8, 2004

Fundraising by public interactive entertainment companies, August 2003 - August 2004. Stats are tracked by Commerczone Bank.

Rank : 1

Company : For-Side.com Ltd: Tokyo-based digital content distribution specializing in portals for mobile entertainment. Funds (in $ mills) : $299.70

Share : 21.50%

Rank : 2

Company : Shanda Interactive Entertainment Ltd.: One of the largest operators of online gaming in China, with an average of 1.2 million concurrent users. Funds (in $ mills) : $169.00

Share : 12.10%

Rank : 3

Company : Atari

Funds (in $ mills) : $125.00

Share : 9.00%

Rank : 4

Company : Midway

Funds (in $ mills) : $107.00

Share : 7.70%

Rank : 5

Company : KongZhong Corp.: provider of 2.5G mobile content in china is also the target of a class action lawsuite claiming its IPO prospectus failed to disclose sanctions from China Mobile that would limit its operations. Funds (in $ mills) : $100.00

Share : 7.20%

Rank : 6

Company : Webzen Inc.: Korean MMOG developer that is looking to penetrate the U.S. market with its upcoming SUN: Soul of the Ultimate Nation game Funds (in $ mills) : 97.2

Share : 7.00%

Rank : 7

Company : Index Corp.: Tokyo-based mobile content and services provider Funds (in $ mills) : $87.60

Share : 6.30%

Rank : 8

Company : Linktone Ltd.: Chinese developer/distributor of mobile content and apps.

Funds (in $ mills) : $86.00

Share : 6.20%

Rank : 9

Company : UbiSoft

Funds (in $ mills) : $67.90

Share : 4.90%

Rank : 10

Company : Tecmo Co. Ltd.

Funds (in $ mills) : $28.70

Share : 2.10%

Rank : 11

Company : Faith Inc.: Kyoto-based company that provides the PS2 with its tone generator and also licenses to mobile and Web industries. Funds (in $ mills) : $27.60

Share : 2.00%

Rank : 12

Company : Acclaim

Funds (in $ mills) : $26.50

Share : 1.90%

Rank : 13

Company : JoWood Productions Software AG

Funds (in $ mills) : $24.60

Share : 1.80%

Rank : 14

Company : Majesco

Funds (in $ mills) : $22.50

Share : 1.60%

Rank : 15

Company : Superscape plc: UK/US-based mobile tech provider and maker of the Swerve client for 3D mobile gaming

Funds (in $ mills) : $17.00

Share : 1.20%

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