Earlybird Venture Capital

Can you guess the number-one thing that draws in venture capitalists? How about the number-two or number-three most important elements? Some might think that it's the product, the founder's track record, or some other factor. But when Christian Nagel, a managing partner at Earlybird Venture...

The open-source virtual currency could be used as a gambling platform on the world's leading social network. That is, assuming Crowdpark Co-Founder and Chief Product Officer Ingo Hinterding has his way. When asked about the possibility of bringing a degree of real gambling to Crowdpark in the form...

The funds will be used to hire new talent and to further development of this “completely new genre.” Crowdpark, the maker of Bet Tycoon and other, soon-to-be-released social betting games, has received $6 million in additional funding from Target Partners and existing investor Earlybird Venture...

And Yoda said, “There is another.” While Zynga is showing the first signs of what is sure to be a soul-crushing demise for the FarmVille maker, there's another social gaming company experiencing serious growth internationally: Peak Games. Dedicated to serving emerging game markets (as opposed to...

Thanks to a $5 million investment from Earlybird Venture Capital, Peak Games is on point to emerge as one of the leading social media companies in emerging markets. Aimed at fostering continued growth in some of the fastest-growing markets in the world – including Turkey and MENA (Middle East...