Real money is going into virtual worlds. <br /><br />More than $184 million was funneled to companies that run virtual worlds in the first quarter, according to a new survey. <br /><br />The study by Virtual Worlds Management, an Austin, Texas-based trade show and research company tallied $184.2 million invested worldwide, with more than one-third of the cash infusions going to youth-oriented virtual worlds. <br /><br />By far, the largest investment was a reported $100 million investment into 9you.com, a virtual world run by Shanghai-based Everstar Entertainment. That investment was made by Temasek Holdings, a $110 billion Singapore investment house that owns a majority stake in Global Crossing and whose executive director testified before the House Financial Services Committee in March during an inquiry into foreign investment in U.S. companies. <br /><br />That second largest deal was a $12 million round to Gaia Online from a consortium that included Time Warner. <br /><br />GEM Lifestyle are the next Virtual World Internet Leader, to benefit from this amazing business opportunity visit www.learnthisbusiness.co.uk or www.genopportunityupdates.eu.
