*A clarification has been made to the original version of this story.

San Francisco - Outspark, a publisher of casual, multiplayer online games, announced on Tuesday that it has raised an undisclosed sum in its first round of financing, led by Altos Ventures and DCM.

San Francisco-based Outspark, which maintains a development studio in Seoul, Korea, is focused on porting Asian games to the U.S. marketplace.

The company will use the funds to develop its distribution platform, and for the publishing and production of online games.

*Clarification: The original version of this story stated that Outspark is a game developer that has managed casual games portals for firms including Yahoo, Nexon and NHN. The company is a game publisher, members of whose management team have previously managed casual games portals for Yahoo and others.

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