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The top 10 companies investing billions in the Metaverse

VC Cafe

think about the entrepreneurs that started in the early days of the Internet, mobile, crypto, VR and yes… now Metaverse. billion acquisition of Weta Digital, Peter Jackson’s VFX company, gives Unity capabilities in creating hyper realistic virtual environments using RT3D (real-time 3D) technology. Here we go! Epic Games.

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Virtual Data Room Cybersecurity is the Latest Business Opportunity

The Startup Magazine

A VDR is an internet database in which companies’ share and store private information used during financial transactions. During business mergers or acquisitions there’s plenty of research and document reviews. IPOs are difficult company transactions as it requires companies to go public. IP Management.

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Should Startups Focus on Profitability or Not?

Both Sides of the Table

I find it amusing when a journalist writes an article about a prominent startup (either privately held or preparing for an IPO) and decries that, “They’re not even profitable!” Internet scale. If you spent the 3 years perfecting some hugely differentiated technology IP that may also be different.

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Yahoo! vs Facebook: Lame Lawsuit, Good Timing ? AGILEVC

Agile VC

CEO Scott Thompson alluded to their plan a couple weeks ago but the IP lawsuit itself was only official late afternoon yesterday (and now public). ’s claims of IP infringement or offer a litigator’s perspective of Yahoo! And at PayPal we were hit with a couple patent disputes while in the midst of our IPO process.

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Looking Back On Tech, Startups, And VC In 2018

Haystack

More and more angels will be minted as the 2019 IPO class emerges. Governments blocking acquisitions, the curtailment of company expansion, more scrutiny on overseas operations of U.S. companies, more sensitivity around technology IP and security. Hundreds of new micro funds somehow keep getting into the market.

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This Week in VC: Michael Montgomery (President, Montgomery & Co.)

Both Sides of the Table

For entrepreneurs who want to learn about how to work with investment banks, how to position yourself to be acquired and what the IPO markets look like this is the episode to watch. How to investment banks help with the M&A (mergers & acquisitions) process? Should you use investment banks to raise venture capital?

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When Does Zynga Become a Value Stock?

Agile VC

The company’s lost nearly 80% of its value from the peak earlier this year, in the run up to Facebook’s IPO, and currently trades below $3/share… a fraction of it’s IPO price of $10. 71% gross margins are not exceptional for a software/internet company, but they’re not terrible either.

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