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1. An apparatus comprising:
a processor; and a tangible computer readable medium in communication with the processor; in which the computer readable medium stores rules providing one or more fund requirements that must be fulfilled by an entity desiring to register create a venture capital fund; in which the computer readable medium stores instructions which, when executed by the processor, direct the processor to run a massive multi player online game that is operable to simultaneously support a plurality of players via a plurality of video game devices,
in which each of the players controls at least one player character, receive from at least one of the player characters, a request to register a fund; determine that the player character requesting to register a fund fulfills one or more fund requirements defined by stored rules; receive funding from the player character; receive from the player character a guarantee of the funding using a credit card account; receive an application for a project to be funded by the fund; determine that the project that is to be funded by the fund qualifies for funding from the fund; register the project and an ownership percentage of the player character in the project; determine that a dividend is due from the project; determine a dividend amount based on performance of the project; determine a real cash value of the dividend amount; and charge the real cash value to the credit card account. |