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Headline: Social network for MMORPGs

Website: http://rupture.com/

Blog: http://rupture.com/blogs

Rupture is a new company started by power entrepreneur and investor Shawn Fanning and Ron Conway. After working together with the original Napster and then with music distributor Snocap, the two have begun work on Rupture, a social network for MMORPGs; primarily for World of WarCraft (WOW) gamers.

Rupture was acquired by Electronic Arts for $30mm in May 2008.

Industry: Consumer Internet

Sub-Industry: Entertainment / Game

Ownership: Subsidiary

Parent Company: Electronic Arts

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Date	Type	Capital Amount	Post-Money Valuation	Investors
2006	Seed	Unknown	Unknown	Ron Conway, Joi Ito
2007	Series A	Unknown	Unknown	Edward Kinsey, Michael Hills, The Kinsey Hills Group

Name:	Rupture
Product URL:	http://rupture.com/
Description:	Rupture works through an add on or software download that grabs your information from WOW. Character names, stats, profiles and other information is taken directly from your account and put up on your Rupture profile. Rankings and points are dynamic and change as your game play improves or suffers.
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