Union Square Venture Funds Social Games Publisher Heyzap for $3m

The online game publishing platform Heyzap has been making strides in the social gaming space, establishing partnerships with platforms and brands to help distribute their games on the social web. To boost their efforts, Heyzap has raised a $3m round of funding, led by Union Square Ventures that it will use to continue to grow their team and increase business development efforts. This is Heyzap’s second funding round after its first round of 650K in 2009 also by Union Square Ventures.