Vodafone Ventures and a subsidiary of Japan-based conglomerate Softbank join venture consortium investing $18m in PlaySpan's series C round.
PlaySpan, a US-based operator of payments within computer games, has raised $18m in its series C funding from a consortium including two strategic investors. Vodafone Ventures, the corporate venturing division of UK-listed mobile phone operator Vodafone, and a subsidiary of Japan-based conglomerate Softbank co-led the round, and were joined by repeat venture capital investors Menlo Ventures, STIC Investments and Novel TMT Ventures.
Softbank China & India’s Bodhi Investments fund, an early-stage investor in Asia, was the investment division for…