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Mochi Media Selected to Present at Under the Radar Conference
Mochi Media Will Present at Conference Recognizing Innovative Entertainment and Social Media Startups
| Source: Mochi Media
SAN FRANCISCO, CA--(Marketwire - May 21, 2008) - Mochi Media, the world's largest online games
network, announced today that it will participate in the Under the
Radar Conference on June 3, in Mountain View, Calif. Justin Wong, Mochi
Media's vice president of business development, will present to a panel of
judges evaluating a variety of startups in eight categories. Under The
Radar showcases top early- and growth-stage startup companies, highlighting
innovative technology and emerging trends.
As part of its presentation, Mochi Media will highlight its business model
and unique solutions for the casual and social gaming communities. By
building a robust platform, along with partnerships with gaming publishers,
Mochi Media gives developers worldwide the opportunity to easily build,
distribute and monetize their games across the Web.
"Mochi Media is creating a self-sufficient ecosystem to enable game
developers, publishers and advertisers to interact and do business with one
another. Online games are an opportunity to reach hundreds of millions of
people," Wong said. "Presenting at Under the Radar will allow us to
showcase our technology and unique approach to this rapidly growing
market."
Mochi Media's core product, MochiAds, is an online games ad network which
provides tools and services for game developers, publishers and
advertisers. The network addresses the needs of Flash game developers and
publishers while also offering advertisers a turnkey opportunity to reach
the one in three Internet users who play online games. Launched in October
last year, MochiAds currently reaches over 60 million unique users
worldwide. The company provides developers of Flash games with analytics,
distribution, tools and monetization and supplies publishers with a
high-quality catalog of hundreds of games with which to engage their users.
Under the Radar provides a vehicle for innovative startups to share their
business model with venture capitalists, senior business development
executives and other entrepreneurs with the goal of helping companies
network. The conference will showcase 40 startups in the entertainment and
social media fields with presentations in front of an audience of VCs,
entrepreneurs and senior business development executives from large tech
and media companies. Startups will present in several categories, including
Social Networks, Gaming, Virtual Worlds, Tools, Video, Social Commerce,
Publishing and Community. A winner will be named in each of the eight
categories with two overall winners as voted by the judges' panel and by
the audience.
About Mochi Media
Mochi Media is dedicated to fueling the creativity of the gaming community.
The core product, MochiAds, is the largest online games advertising network
for developers, advertisers and publishers. The network provides game
developers with monetization, distribution and analytics while providing
advertisers with turnkey opportunities to reach the one in three Internet
users playing games online. The thousands of online games available in the
game catalog provide publishers with engaging content to attract, entertain
and retain their users. Mochi Media is headquartered in downtown San
Francisco and funded by Accel Partners.