Funding: Machinima, DigitalOcean, and General Assembly can now speed-up their growth.
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Machinima (Founded in 2010, West
Hollywood-based online entertainment network), has raised a new $18 million
round led by Warner Bros ,
with participation from earlier investors Google Venture, Redpoint Ventures, and MK Capital. Connectikpeople.co recalls that, Machinima
is a network for gamers. Machinima
has raised nearly $70 million in funding to date.
DigitalOcean (Founded in 2011, New York-based cloud hosting service) has
raised $37 million in a Series A round led by Andreessen Horowitz with participation from previous investors IA Ventures and CrunchFund. This startup provides inexpensive and scalable virtual private servers
for developers, offering walkthroughs and tutorials to simplify the
configuration process. DigitalOcean will
put the new funds toward product development and expanding its user base.
General Assembly (Founded in 2011, New York-based education network), has
raised a $35 million Series C round led by Institutional Venture Partners with participation from GSV Capital, Rethink Education, and Western Technology Investment. With 8 physical campuses, General Assembly is a school for digital
business and teaches skills like coding, design, and marketing to over 100,000
students. General Assembly has
raised nearly $50 million to date and plans to use the new fund to build
additional campuses and develop teaching programs for enterprise.