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Chinese social media and gaming company Tencent Holding Ltd. took a 29% stake in computer games maker Funcom.With this step, Tencent became Funcom’s largest shareholder and the shares it bought were from KGJ Capital AS.Funcom went through its most profitable year in history and had signed an exclusive partnership with Legendary Entertainment to create a minimum of three Dune games for PC and consoles.Funcom CEO, Rui Casais said:“We are very pleased to see Tencent come in as the largest...

London-based blockchain startup Everledger recently announced of securing a massive $20 million in Series A funding led by Tencent Holdings Ltd. Other major participants to this funding round included Rakuten, Fidelity, Graphene Ventures, Bloomberg Beta and Vickers Venture Partners.Founded in 2015, Everledger uses the blockchain technology to develop an immutable ledger for asset ownership. In addition, Everledger also looks to tap other emerging technologies like AI and IoT to create robust...