Storm8 May Veer Down the Funding Route, But A $1 Billion Valuation Would Be Pricey

It looks like Storm8 may be veering down the funding route instead of pursuing acquisition talks.

TechCrunch is reporting that the company may be raising $300 million at a $1 billion valuation from Accel Partners and Technology Crossover Ventures. Storm8 is a bootstrapped mobile gaming company that has six of the iPhone’s top 50 grossing titles and said it has amassed at least 5 million daily active users.

Two weeks ago, we wrote that the company, which makes top grossing games like Fashion Story and World War, had

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