Overview
Location
United States, California, San Francisco
Employees
11-50
Total raised
$5M
Founded date
2006
Funding Rounds 1
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Mentions in press and media 22
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| Aug 31, 2010 | Google buys mobile-gamer SocialDeck | Search giant makes another move into social media arena with a social-gaming company Google continues to buy up talent in the social-gaming space. The search giant just acquired SocialDeck, the producer of games, such as Pet Hero, Color Con... |
| Aug 17, 2010 | Cray Inks $25M DofD Grant, G5 Nabs $15M, Google Acquires Jambool, & More Seattle Area Deals New | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints There were, surprisingly, quite a few Seattle-area technology deals this week, breaking the typically slow summer deals trend we’ve seen recently. In the last week we’ve seen ... |
| Aug 16, 2010 | Google Buys Jambool | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints Continuing its push into online social gaming, Google has acquired Jambool, the San Francisco- and Seattle-based maker of the Social Gold platform for managing virtual currenc... |
| Aug 13, 2010 | Google confirms acquisition of virtual currency firm Jambool | Confirming earlier rumors, Google has announced the acquisition of virtual-currency startup Jambool for an undisclosed price. Jambool confirmed the deal in a letter on its website today. TechCrunch had previously reported that Google was bu... |
| Aug 13, 2010 | Google's Jambool Acquisition Confirmed | Earlier this week we broke the news that Jambool and their Social Gold virtual currency platform had been acquired by Google. Jambool founders Vikas Gupta and Reza Hussien have just confirmed the deal on their company blog. While the founde... |
| Aug 9, 2010 | Google expands social arsenal with Jambool | It looks like Google isn’t done acquiring companies to bolster its rumored social networking product Google Me. The search giant announced that it had acquired social application startup Slide last week, and now TechCrunch reports that it’s... |
| Aug 9, 2010 | Another Piece To Google's Social Puzzle: To Acquire Jambool For $70 Million | Google continues to gobble up companies that will form the backbone of its new social strategy and the upcoming war with Facebook. Last week it was Slide. And they are now buying Jambool and their Social Gold payment product, we’ve heard fr... |
| Apr 23, 2010 | Social Gold takes a blast at the tyranny of Facebook Credits | Facebook announced this week that it will be launching its Facebook Credits virtual currency in June so that people can spend real money on virtual goods in games and other apps on the social network. That doesn’t sit well with other provid... |
| Apr 23, 2010 | Social Gold takes a blast at the tyranny of Facebook Credits | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more. Facebook announced this week that it will be launching its Facebook Credits virtual currency in June so that people can spend real mone... |
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FAQ about Jambool
When was Jambool founded?
Jambool was founded in 2006.
How much funding has Jambool raised?
Jambool has raised $5M in total across 1 funding round.
What has the press written about Jambool?
Parsers VC has collected 22 articles mentioning Jambool, among them “Google buys mobile-gamer SocialDeck” (Aug 31, 2010) and “Cray Inks $25M DofD Grant, G5 Nabs $15M, Google Acquires Jambool, & More Seattle Area Deals New” (Aug 17, 2010).
Is Jambool still active?
Yes, Jambool is active; its latest activity on Parsers VC dates from Mar 1, 2011.