Yahoo reports that OUYA, the video game startup has raised $15 million in new funding led by Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, along with participation from the Mayfield Fund, NVIDIA, Shasta Ventures, and Occam Partners. KPCB General Partner Bing Gordon will join the company's board of directors, which also includes Julie Uhrman, OUYA founder and CEO, and Roy Bahat, chairman of the Board. . Read More

Alt-rock icon Amanda Palmer rocked TED this week with a passionate talk that begins with her days as a street performer, discusses her highly successful Kickstarter campaign and provides a unique insight on the new relationship between artist and fan. . Read More

OUYA announced today that it is on course to launch its Android-based game console in June, according to the Wall Street Journal. OUYA was created in 2012 by Julie Uhrman, a video game industry veteran. Read More

Here's an interesting article on the rise of Crowdfunding in 2012 led by Kickstarter. The article points out that while the popularity of crowdfunding is on the rise, the majority of projects on Kickstarter do not meet their goals. Read More

Lowercase Capital, Chris Sacca's early-stage venture capital firm, has confirmed that its first partner is Matt Mazzeo, who resigned after seven years with CAA as a digital business development executive. Read More

Ouya, which has raised more than $6.5 million in Kickstarter pledges, today disclosed two additional and very different content partners: game studio U4iA’s 'Offensive Combat' and ClearChannel’s iHeartRadio. Read More

Current Kickstarter headliner Ouya, which recently exceeded $5.5 million in funding, today announced a deal with streaming service OnLive that will let users play hundreds of games via the Rubik’s Cube-sized box. Read More