Disney's corporate venturing division Steamboat Ventures backs $33m series A extension for social gaming company.
Children’s media company Disney’s corporate venturing unit has become the first strategic investor in US-based social gaming company Playdom.
Playdom has raised $33m in its series A round extension from Disney’s Steamboat Ventures, US-based venture capital firm Bessemer Venture Partners and New World Ventures, which invests on behalf of the Pritzker media group.
In November, Playdom raised $43m from New Enterprise Associates, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Norwest Venture Partners and Rick Thompson, one of the existing angel investors and co-founders of…
