VC Cafe

JULY 21, 2022

billion is attributed to the pending Microsoft acquisition of Activision Blizzard Besides Activision Blizzard, the big deals included Take-Two’s purchase of Zynga, Sony’s acquisition of Bungie, and the ESL and FaceIt acquisition by Savvy Games Group Mobile was the most active segment with 47 deals. million UAWs in Q2.

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Forecast IP Mobile Acquisition 190

Hunter Walker

MAY 13, 2023

Especially in the early days of mobile/iOS engineering, if you hired strong technical talent into your early stage company, you basically created an acquisition outcome floor. Those who do, often believe they can hire from the open market without the hassle of an acquisition. of the time my answer is no f **g way].

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Early Stage Cap Table Acquisition Sales 118

VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 2, 2019

One question that keeps coming up when speaking with early stage entrepreneurs when it comes to funding, is what metrics the company needs to hit to raise seed/series A/B etc: What’s a good conversion rate? cohort retention curves that flatten (stickiness) actives/reg > 25% (validates TAM). Consumer apps and services.

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B2C Technical Review Startup Retention 141

maplebutter.com

JANUARY 8, 2013

Product/Metrics (70%/30% time) * Get your product activation (sign-up + meaningful action) to 60% * then, Get your product retention to 20% weekly. When it comes to early stage investing – it’s all gut. Typically its way more important to build product, and pull in early users to give you that feedback vs. speaking about it.

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Technical Review Startup Cofounder Software Review 44

www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

VC Cafe covers early stage Israeli and European tech & mobile startups. IP Location Tools. great web customer acquisition tutorials. customer retention, churn reduction, lifetime value. Lodestone Innovation Partners (IP) Ltd are spin-out specialists. VC & Startup Resources. Seed Startups. Xtranormal.

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Software Review Technical Review Startup 53