UCirrus gains SK Telecom Ventures as investor at the start of its funding round.

uCirrus, a US-based technology to help social media games developers, has raised $1.7m of an expected $4.4m equity round, according to a filing with the US regulator, the Securities and Exchange Commission.

The software company recently launched a platform for MySpace game developers that brings push technology – a way to more efficiently deliver updated information and functionality – to Flash games.

Rob Trice, senior managing director of SK Telecom Ventures, the corporate venturing division of Korea’s main telecoms…