OUYA Is First Kickstarter Project to Raise Significant VC Funds

OUYA, the open, $99 Android game console, raised $15 million in new funding. Those funds more than double the company's resources, after the mega-successful Kickstarter that raised $8.6 million last summer

OUYA founder and CEO Julie Uhrman said the funding will help support the growth of the game developer community, along with the impending launch in retail stores

That launch has been pushed from June 4 to June 25, Uhrman said, to accommodate a larger demand from retailers and so the company could first satisfy all of OUYA's Kickstarter backers and pre-orders. OUYAs are currently shipping to the 40,000 who pre-ordered via Kickstarter, with some yet to receive their console. Read more...

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