Gaming community site GuildCafe Entertainment, has raised an undisclosed amount of first round funding from IDG Ventures Boston. Most players on the Cambridge, MA.-based company’s site participate in massively multi-player online role-playing games such as World of Warcraft, Guild Wars and Lord of the Rings Online. GuildCafe sees its purpose as helping gamers find friends, discover game content through social net tools. It plans to use the funding to build out its management team and expand the site’s offerings. Earlier this month, Sanya Weathers, who most recently directed online community at Electronic Arts Mythic, joined GuildCafe in an unspecified role. Release
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