VC Cafe

JULY 25, 2017

“Take a moment think who would actually miss you if you deactivate all your social networking accounts, whatsapp, BBM etc”?—? Now bigger than social media, messaging apps are on practically every phone, and only growing in engagement. billion people in 2017, an increase of 15.5% WikiLeaks (@wikileaks) March 7, 2017.

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Austin Startup

APRIL 25, 2017

This begs the question: how much time do users spend in Snapchat today compared to other social networks, and how will that number change over time? Global smartphone revenue is about $420B. To be clear, I can’t forecast the details of how an augmented reality OS should work. People still have to eat, work, etc.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

Global revenue from mobile advertising increased by 92 percent from 2012 to 2013, growing from $10.1 MassMedia has also successfully utilized advertisements targeting mobile users of social networks such as Facebook and Twitter. billion by 2017, more than doubling the $18 billion spending projection for 2014.

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David Teten

SEPTEMBER 23, 2017

Relationship Science makes it easier to understand and map social networks into potential limited partners. As of the beginning of 2017, ffVC spun out Totem into a separate business. Cobalt helps GPs to optimize their fundraising strategy.

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The Next Web

MAY 7, 2013

Viber is quite global. Obviously, we index better in some countries (and worse in others), but it’s pretty much a global phenomenon. Juniper forecasts 1 billion mobile VoIP users by 2017. As for Juniper’s 2017 forecast, that’s quite possible. We see Viber users pretty much everywhere.

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Brandanew

DECEMBER 2, 2015

Other than these platform led initiatives, videos and real time content curation by consumers using brand hashtags is moving forward with a gusto on all social networks. #2 Global mobile data traffic grew 69% in 2014 as per estimates by Cisco. billion towards sponsored content by 2017. exabytes per month by 2019.

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