Stratim Capital (http://www.stratimcapital.com/) buys out a Second Life(tm) (http://www.secondlife.com) investor, to .  Partner in the firm Zach Abrams  states “it doesn’t look like it (Second Life) will need to raise another VC round.”   This seems like a good sign of the stability and maturity of Second Life, amidst a lot of recent naysayers, most of which don’t  choose to use the world anyway.

Via (http://www.pehub.com/42270/stratim-buys-stake-in-linden-lab/)
and
Via (http://www.thestandard.com/news/2009/06/16/investor-virtually-sneaks-second-life-s-equity-pool)

Read more about the predictability of established entities roundly criticizing new technologies in the Metaverse Manifesto !