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Todd Hooper

Seattle entrepreneur Todd Hooper raises cash for mysterious new startup Aardvark Labs

Veteran Seattle tech entrepreneur Todd Hooper has raised investment for a stealthy new startup. A new SEC filing reveals that… Read More

Zipline Games rolls dice on new Slots Tycoon app

Slot machine giant International Game Technology last month indicated that it planned to push its newly-acquired Double Down Interactive unit deeper… Read More

Best of Startup Day: Todd Hooper on finding customers

Editor’s Note: We’ve got a fantastic lineup of speakers on tap for GeekWire’s Startup Day, taking place Saturday, Sept. 22nd at… Read More

Zipline Games pulls in new funding, plans launch of casino title Slots Tycoon

Todd Hooper’s Zipline Games has raised a new round of cash from existing investors as well as Ben Goux of Pioneer… Read More

After Kickstarter success game studios turn to Zipline for help

Kickstarter is revolutionizing the way that game companies raise cash as evidenced by the recent success of Harebrained Schemes (Shadowrun… Read More

Generation Gamer: NWCN takes an inside look at the booming video game industry

Valve Software co-founder Gabe Newell, DoubleDown Interactive CEO Greg Enell, ZipLine Games co-founder Todd Hooper and many others from Seattle’s… Read More

Zipline releases WolfToss on iOS, Android and Chrome

The significance of WolfToss isn’t necessarily the game itself — though Zipline Games co-founder Todd Hooper admits that he spent… Read More

Microsoft vets launch Buddy to provide the ‘plumbing’ for mobile app development

About three years ago, Jeffrey MacDuff and Dave McLauchlan designed an iPhone application called Buddy which allowed users to locate running, study… Read More

Zipline names ex-Microsoft gaming vet Shane Kim to board, raises $400,000

Shane Kim has helped put some of the most recognizable gaming titles on the map, including Halo and Gears of… Read More

Android and iPhone game development in a snap: That’s the promise of Zipline

What has Zipline Games co-founder Todd Hooper been building in the basement of Founder’s Co-op over the past few months?… Read More

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