Playdom Gets $33M and Continues Pattern of Funding, Growing, Buying

We recently wrote about social gaming companies receiving funding, highlighting SGN’s success in securing $2m in funding from Tomorrow Ventures and Zynga supposedly raising $147m from Japan’s SoftBank amidst a competitive market. As the dust settles, another significant player announcing a round of funding is Playdom who just raised a $44m round from Bessemer, New World and Steamboat Ventures. Playdom has been quite active in the areas of acquisition, ramping up its efforts to position itself as one of the top social game publishers around.