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The most important 2021 Predictions in entertainment tech and gaming

VC Cafe

2020… where to start? If you look at the prediction lists of 2020, none (or at least very few), would have foreseen the chain reaction of Covid-19 to both enterprise and consumer trends. According to the Economist , video game internet traffic, including mobile games, has increased 75% in the U.S. Twitch stats in 2020.

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The State of Consumer Tech in Israel in 2023

VC Cafe

As previously highlighted on VC Cafe (based on research by Sapphire Ventures) , while many funds avoid B2C investments, consumer startups can create extremely lucrative power-law returns for venture capital investors. B2C Venture Capital Investments in Israel To the most part, Israeli VCs shy away from B2C startup investments.

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“Focus is everything” - Melio's Matan Bar

Cracking the Code

The growth was incredible; we rode the wave with the PayPal brand and the different products we’d built as consumers shifted from cash to mobile payments. You raised four rounds within 18 months, waiting until your third round before coming out of stealth mode. It became a new standard for paying friends and family.

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