VC Cafe

JANUARY 24, 2023

One trend that was prominent at the conference was the rise of generative AI in gaming. With the increasing competition in the mobile gaming market, developers are recognising the need to keep players engaged and invested in their games for longer periods of time in order to drive monetisation and retention. billion in 2022.

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VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Taking stock of the venture capital market in 2023, it’s clear to see that we’re in a transition point. In today’s market, I believe small is beautiful, and that specialisation matters. Seed and pre-Seed investment levels and valuations remain healthy, there’s more talent in the market and less competition.

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Hunter Walker

MAY 17, 2024

That premise turned out to be true, as we’re all seeing play out today with the rise of AI APIs that many applications are rushing to adopt. Textio brought this vision to market with our first product, designed to help people write job posts that attracted diverse and qualified candidates. The first one is simply focus.

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VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Pre-seed rounds accounted for 14% of all seed stage deals in 2023, up from just 5% in 2020 according to Pitchbook data and I predict it will be even higher in 2024. Seed is about showing initial product market fit. While the answers are somewhat semantic, the pre-seed funding round is making a comeback in 2024 startup financing.

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VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

I believe that the Creative AI landscape is ripe for disruption and will advance leaps and bounds in the next five years. In this post I cover a non-exhaustive list of content categories that are being re-invented with AI. GPT-3, a complex algorithm for AI text generation, is making text automation broadly available.

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 13, 2023

You can find the previous editions from Q3-Q4 2022 , Q1-Q2 2022 , July 2021 , July 2020 and May 2019. The Israeli Generative AI landscape. I published my first list of Israeli startups in Generative AI in Calcaslist back in October 2022. The Israeli startups building the Metaverse (updated Jan 2023).

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VC Cafe

AUGUST 3, 2023

I recently attended the Meta Marketing Summit in Tel Aviv, which shined a spotlight on Israeli B2C tech. So much so, that Meta recently launched a program to educate Israeli VC funds on the opportunities in the consumer market. Israeli B2C – Let’s start with the high level picture. Much has changed since then.

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