12 Year Old Gets $6.5M for Gaming Company

Posted by samzenpus on Wednesday September 19, 2007 @09:39PM from the that's-a-lot-of-candy dept.

Bayscribe writes "A Silicon Valley company co-founded by a 12-year-old has just raised $6.5 million in venture capital. PlaySpan, based in Santa Clara, Calif. says it offers game publishers a technology that lets users make payments and shop for other items. It calls itself the first "publisher-sponsored in-game commerce network." Arjun Mehta, a 6th grader, says on his Web site that he is passionate about software that can make the game experience more "rewarding," and that he started the company last year in his garage. He paid for it from earnings made from selling online game items he won."

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Re:dupe by gusmao · 2007-09-19 23:30 · Score: 0, Offtopic

I doubt that a company founded by someone so young that is still a virgin could last for long. Wait, what am I talking about, this is slashdot, everybody is still virgin around here...
Sorry guys!