Comments on: Garena raised $2M seed investment from Toivo Annus http://www.motochan.com/2008/10/23/garena-raised-2m-seed-investment-from-toivo-annus/ Musings on Technology, Venture Capital & Entrepreneurship, Travel, Photography and everything else in between Mon, 18 Jan 2010 17:55:29 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: joseph http://www.motochan.com/2008/10/23/garena-raised-2m-seed-investment-from-toivo-annus/comment-page-1/#comment-5603 joseph Tue, 29 Dec 2009 15:51:24 +0000 http://www.motochan.com/?p=375#comment-5603 Garena? no kidding man, these guys can't hack it. they are just hosting PvPGN...dun see them contributing back to the open-source community in any way. Their website is running off Joomla and really cringe-worthy. Makes one wonder why their coding skills are so bad. These guys are just a bunch of sysadmins, not hackers. Toivo Annus is investing in Garena because of their huge user base. I wonder why the Singapore government is co-investing in the deal. These guys have no IP, the business model is somewhat suspect. Take a look @ PvPGN's predecessor Bnetd which was shut down by Blizzard Gaming (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bnetd). Garena? no kidding man, these guys can’t hack it.

they are just hosting PvPGN…dun see them contributing back to the open-source community in any way.

Their website is running off Joomla and really cringe-worthy. Makes one wonder why their coding skills are so bad.

These guys are just a bunch of sysadmins, not hackers. Toivo Annus is investing in Garena because of their huge user base.

I wonder why the Singapore government is co-investing in the deal. These guys have no IP, the business model is somewhat suspect.

Take a look @ PvPGN’s predecessor Bnetd which was shut down by Blizzard Gaming (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bnetd).

]]> By: A Wish for Smarter Money in Singapore — Master Of The Obvious http://www.motochan.com/2008/10/23/garena-raised-2m-seed-investment-from-toivo-annus/comment-page-1/#comment-859 A Wish for Smarter Money in Singapore — Master Of The Obvious Fri, 15 May 2009 05:36:54 +0000 http://www.motochan.com/?p=375#comment-859 [...] my friend’s start-up, Discoveri.o), Toivo Annus (of Ambient Sound Investments, who btw is an investor in Garena) and Joichi Ito.  After all, experience does matter in early-stage investments.  While VCs rely [...] [...] my friend’s start-up, Discoveri.o), Toivo Annus (of Ambient Sound Investments, who btw is an investor in Garena) and Joichi Ito.  After all, experience does matter in early-stage investments.  While VCs rely [...]

]]> By: J http://www.motochan.com/2008/10/23/garena-raised-2m-seed-investment-from-toivo-annus/comment-page-1/#comment-22 J Thu, 23 Oct 2008 07:03:24 +0000 http://www.motochan.com/?p=375#comment-22 congrats to garena for landing a great investor. although i think the space is a little crowded but i think there is room to grow. would love to know more about the next round of financing requirements. congrats to garena for landing a great investor.
although i think the space is a little crowded but i think there is room to grow.
would love to know more about the next round of financing requirements.

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