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$16.8m funding for PlaySpan

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by Ben Parfitt
Friday, November 28th 2008 at 2:26PM GMT

Californian digital payment and micro-transaction firm PlaySpan has secured $16.8 million in series B funding, bringing the total investment in the firm to $24 million.

The funding has come from a number of venture capitalist firms including Easton Capital Group, Menlo Ventures, Novel TMT Ventures and STIC. PlaySpan says it will use the investment to expand its business into Europe and Asia.

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Tags: online , payments , funding , playspan , micro , transactions

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