Wazap Game Search Engine Raises $7.9 Million for US Launch
Wazap!, the gaming vertical search engine, just raised $7.9 million to launch in the United States.
An extremely popular search enigne in Japan and Germany amongst gamers, Wazap! is expected to spread like wildfire in the United States.
From Matt Marshall of VentureBeat:
It has just raised $7.9 million in a second round of funding led by Partech International, with participation from Wellington Partners. Wellington led the first round financing of almost $4 million. Wazap’s roots are in Japan and Germany, where it has launched sites. It has launched in China, and launches in the U.S. next month….
Wazap also provides news articles, and tips and tricks about how to play games — for example, a video clip demonstrating how a gamer is able to slay a particular dragon.
The company first launched in game-crazy Japan in 2004. Traffic on the Japan site is far ahead of the German site, in part because the Japanese site let users participate in forums early on.
