Update, December 9: Bumped up for weekend discussion and sharing!
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just got a major investment of $22 million, the Wall Street Journal[To see links please register here]
but didn't get much notice, since it was listed deep in a roundup of Form D regulatory filings."Investment was led by IDG Capital and new investor Jim Breyer / Breyer Capital," High Fidelity founder and CEO Philip Rosedale just confirmed to me."We'll have more to say as we get farther along with
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!"$22 million is a pretty big cash infusion; in terms of burn rate, you could, say, hire over 200 new employees for a year with that kind of money (or 100 for two). Looks like High Fidelity is aiming for a major push at the mass market now.
Also interesting when you look at what companies this new investor,
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, has in its portfolio:Marvel and the movie developer Legendary (Dark Knight, Interstellar, other massive hit). So also looks like Philip's new investor sees the consumer entertainment appeal to High Fidelity -- not to mention VR.
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