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DeNA

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Tokyo-based DeNA started in 1999 as an e-commerce company and transformed into a web service provider for PCs and cell phones since then, now employing over 500 people. The company name is a combination of “DNA” and the “e” from e-commerce.

DeNA is engaged in the online advertising and affiliate business, e-commerce (mobile and PC web) and mobile portal services.

The company’s biggest success is called Mobage-town, a combination of a virtual world, social network and gaming platform for cell phones. Currently, Mobage-town has 11 million members in Japan, which makes it the biggest mobile SNS in this country.

DeNA opened a subsidiary, DeNA in San Mateo, California in January 2008, and plans to offer an English version of Mobage-town in the fall of 2008.

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  DeNA added Makoto Haruta as CFO.
  Posted 8/15/08 at 8:10am
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  DeNA added Tomoko Namba as CEO.
  Posted 8/15/08 at 8:10am
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  DeNA invested in Astro Ape. (9/1/10)
  Posted 4/23/11 at 6:41pm via venturebeat.com
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  DeNA invested in Aurora Feint. (10/29/09)
  Posted 10/31/09 at 12:24am via venturebeat.com
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  Went public with stock symbol 1254. (2/16/05)
  Posted 10/8/10 at 6:45am
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  DeNA received $2.73M (¥338M) in Series B funding. (11/30/01)
  Posted 10/8/10 at 7:05am via ne.jp
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  DeNA received $4.55M (¥570M) in Series B funding. (3/30/01)
  Posted 10/8/10 at 7:01am via ne.jp
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  DeNA received $12.1M (¥1.3B) in Series A funding. (3/23/00)
  Posted 10/8/10 at 6:58am via ne.jp
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  DeNA acquired Atakama Labs. (10/4/11)
  Posted 10/4/11 at 2:55am via venturebeat.com
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  DeNA acquired ngmoco for $400M. (10/12/10)
  Posted 10/12/10 at 10:19am via thealarmclock.com
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  DeNA acquired Gameview Studios. (9/14/10)
  Posted 9/14/10 at 10:24pm via techcrunch.com
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  DeNA — Japanese Social Mobile Games Company DeNA To Hit $1.3 Billion In Revenue (2/1/11)
  Posted 2/2/11 at 11:04pm via techcrunch.com
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  DeNA — DeNA acquired Astro Ape Studios, LLC., the firm behind a number of social titles for the iOS devices including its debut Office Heroes. (9/22/10)
  Posted 10/8/10 at 7:11am via develop-online.net
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  DeNA — Japanese Gaming Company DeNA Sets Up $27.5 Million Investment Fund also was very stupid on deleting MobaMingle in which they established in September 2008. MobaMingle was Deleted on October 29th 2010 and the accounts were sent over to BigCafe. Many of th (6/15/10)
  Posted 6/16/10 at 6:25am via techcrunch.com

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1. DeNA buys Chilean mobile game firm Atakama Labs (venturebeat.com) [edit]
2. Coverage Roundup: Japan's DeNa Pays $400M For iPhone Games Ngmoco (thealarmclock.com) [edit]
3. Japanese Company DeNA Buys Mobile Social Gaming Studio Gameview (techcrunch.com) [edit]
4. VentureBeat (venturebeat.com) [edit]
5. Aurora Feint raises funding from big Japanese mobile portal operator (venturebeat.com) [edit]
6. c-direct.ne.jp [edit]
7. c-direct.ne.jp [edit]
8. c-direct.ne.jp [edit]
9. Japanese Gaming Company DeNA Sets Up $27.5 Million Investment Fund (techcrunch.com) [edit]
10. develop-online.net [edit]
11. Japanese Social Mobile Games Company DeNA To Hit $1.3 Billion In Revenue (techcrunch.com) [edit]