Ngmoco, the games developer focused on iPhone platform and venture-backed by the iFund, has gotten some unspecified funding from Google (NSDQ: GOOG) Ventures, TechCrunch reports, citing unidentified sources. The capital comes just several months after the San Francisco company raised a significant $25 million third round.

In a sign of greater consolidation in the mobile gaming space, iPhone gamer ngmoco has acquired Stumptown Game Machine, makers of the pet simulation Touch Pets Dogs. The two companies have worked together in the past and collaborated on TPD for the iPhone and iPod Touch last fall. The acquisition…

‘Tis the season of games: Ngmoco, the SF-based mobile phone games developer focused on iPhone platform, has raised a big $25 million round of funding on its third round. The round was led by Institutional Venture Partners, along with the company’s previous investors, including Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Norwest…

iPhone gaming company ngmoco has acquired Miraphonic, developer of the popular social-mobile MMO Epic Pet Wars. Players create and train their pets, then battle each other over the iPhone, Facebook, as well as the Epic Pet Wars site. ngmoco CEO Neil Young tweeted the news; financials weren’t disclosed (via pocketgamer.biz)…

Jason Oberfest, the SVP of business development at MySpace, has left the social network, and is joining ngmoco, the developer and publisher for iPhone games,  as its VP of social applications, to lead its “expansion into the social web,” as the company puts it. He will be helping the company…

iPhone game developer ngmoco has lured a big name to head up its new publishing division—Sega of America President and COO Simon Jeffery. As chief publishing officer, Jeffery will run the company’s Plus+ Publishing division, which will give third-party game developers access to ngmoco’s established network of games (and satisfied…

Ngmoco, the games publisher dedicated solely to the iPhone, has raised $10 million in a second round of funding, according to venturebeat.com. The funding, led by Norwest Venture Partners, comes just nine months after the start-up was founded, and adds to the first round of $5 million that it raised…

San Francisco-based ngmoco, which is short for “Next-Generation Mobile Company” (we are partial to the name because it also has “moco” in it), has received its first round of funding from Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers (KPCB) with participation from Maples Investments. The amount was not disclosed. Bing Gordon, KPCB…

Less than two weeks ago, Neil Young said he was leaving Electronic Arts (NSDQ: ERTS), and this week, Newsweek and others are reporting that he’s popping up at San Francisco-based ngmoco, which is short for “Next-Generation Mobile Company” (we are partial to the name because it also has “moco” in…