With Hit Social Game Happy Farm, Chinese Developer 5 Minutes Raises $3.5 Million from DFJ
It’s not just western social gaming companies that are raising money these days. 5 Minutes, the China-based developer of cross-platform sensation Happy Farm, has closed a $3.5 million first round from venture firm Draper Fisher Jurvetson, according to Chinese media and sources in the country.
This marks the second recent funding of a China-based social game developer. The other was Rekoo, which earlier this week reportedly raised $1.5 million from Infinity Venture Partners.
Happy Farm, a virtual farming game, has been popular on Chinese social networks including Xiaonei, Kaixin,
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