Saturday, August 6, 2011

Social gaming startup diversion raises funding from Eric Schmidt, Michael Eisner, other

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Leakage, Los Angeles based social gaming Studio, backed by Shawn Fanning and Michael Eisner, who are billed as the "founding advisors – has raised an undisclosed amount of seed funding from Google Chairman Eric Schmidt TomorrowVentures, Hearst Corporation and Tornante Eisner in the company.

Marcy Carsey (producer of sitcoms as Roseanne, the Cosby Show, 3rd Rock from the Sun and that 70s Show) and angel investor Bilger art also joined the round.

In addition young company announced that it has landed $ 1 million advertising deal with Sony Pictures, and that it has launched a new social game called A-List on Facebook.

Earlier this year, we reported that the diversion has raised $ 300000 in seed funding from Tornante company, and that it has launched its first game FameTown. According to AppData game currently averages about 480 000 monthly active users, which gives him the title of 480 on the Leaderboard (away from # 1, Zynga in CityVille, which boasts over 80 million monthly users).

A-List, which started on Facebook earlier this month, it's a game where users star in virtual movies get fame, fortune and fame among other industry professionals.

The diversion was founded in 2010 Dayvid Iannaci (Director), Amir Halim (CTO), Chris Bruce (lead developer) and Jason Carlton (Vice President).

The diversion was established in early 2010 with the clear objective to provide the necessary integration between entertainment and the current revival of social gaming. The founders are all very ...

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