VC Cafe

JANUARY 12, 2022

Additionally, the rise of NFTs (non-fungible tokens), which reached $23 billion in sales in 2021 , acted as a gateway drug for faster adoption of crypto-gaming, virtual goods trading and strong community engagement online. As a venture capital fund, our success is driven by backing companies with large financial outcomes.

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www.geekwire.com

JULY 10, 2012

VENTURE CAPITAL. VIDEO GAMES. You are here: Home / Startups / Bad returns be damned: Venture capital fundraising jumps 31 percent in U.S. Bad returns be damned: Venture capital fundraising jumps 31 percent in U.S. Bad returns be damned: Venture capital fundraising jumps 31 percent in U.S.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

Many observers of the venture capital industry have questioned whether its best days are behind it. Looking ahead at the next decade I am excited by what I believe will be viewed as one of the best and most rational investment periods for venture capital due to seven discrete factors: 1. THAT is disruption.

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Hunter Walker

APRIL 17, 2021

When it comes to my job, after practicing venture capital for seven years under normal circumstances, it was instructive to get thrown into this new scenario, because I don’t think we’ll ever fully “return to normal.” What’s the “turn off video” equivalent for me when being at a large event?

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 22, 2012

He also nails the reason why venture capital is still necessary to grow large businesses quickly in a world where the costs of running startups have fallen dramatically. Fooling us into downloading an app to watch a video and afterward feeling duped. After all, growth equals high valuations and loads of venture capital!

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VC Cafe

AUGUST 2, 2022

“This investment will accelerate our work to build the metaverse and create spaces where players can have fun with friends, brands can build creative and immersive experiences and creators can build a community and thrive.” Animoca Brands is a Hong Kong-based game software company and venture capital company founded 2014 by Yat Siu.

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 24, 2023

“ Video games will move to the center of the entertainment and pop-culture universe next year” Axios, Future of media: Gaming Over the past two days, I had a chance to attend the Pocket Gamer Connects (PGC) London and meet and greet game developers, execs, studios, investors and service providers to the gaming industry.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 25, 2015

How many video companies went through the roof when FB promoted video only to go into a free-fall dive when they don’t promote the app and when core users aren’t addicted to the product. If venture capital is propping up your business performance – good luck when the spigot slows one day.

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 24, 2021

According to the Economist , video game internet traffic, including mobile games, has increased 75% in the U.S. Products that were previously not inherently social, will embrace community, stories and sharing to increase stickiness and drive revenue. These include consumer trends, gaming, entertainment tech, sports and commerce.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

As an advisor to many entrepreneurs, I still hear frequently the irrational exuberance that crowdfunding is the quick alternative for startups that are passed over by overly demanding angels or venture capital investors. In reality, crowdfunding has become a major startup funding vehicle, expected to reach $3.62

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 25, 2017

.” It’s all part of a major paradigm shift in which many businesses are rethinking how they fit into the lives of their customers and leveraging the power of network and community in entirely new ways. The former video rental empire Blockbuster gave way to Netflix, and we haven’t ever looked back. Stitch Fix.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 16, 2017

If you believe that more great firms will be created out of the successes of Riot Games, Maker Studios, Snapchat, Tinder, Dollar Shave Club and all the other wealth creation activities over the past 5 years — then you have to believe that LA Tech is on the rise and LA Venture Capital is well positioned to be a part of that future success story.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 4, 2012

I recently wrote about the 12 tips to building successful startup communities. You can watch the video of us discussing this and other topics here. Failure in startups seems to now be embedded in startup communities like NY and LA. I’m absolutely certain it is critical to any startup community.

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Steve Blank

JANUARY 4, 2011

Venture Capital. Perhaps it was just who I was meeting, but for a country so focused on innovation and startups the lack of venture capitalists was noticeable. video games and film? If you fail, you’ve failed your family, your community and your country. The country needs to build a deeper Venture Capital industry.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 17, 2012

We threw a Launchpad LA dinner to bring the community together as we tend to do 6-10 times a year. Brad wrote up his answer here – you should read it because it’s very instructive for how I believe communities ought to think about naming conventions. ” That always stuck with me. That seems very Brad to me.

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David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

(To see the video above, please click the image, and then click on the Play button.). Private equity and venture capital investors are copying our sisters in the hedge fund world: we’re trying to automate more of our job. . To learn more about this space, I suggest join an online community I co-founded, PEVCTech. .

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 7, 2017

By connecting Austin, Dallas, Houston, San Antonio and the rest of the state into a Texas S tartup Megatropolis we can unlock billions of dollars in capital and unleash thousands of diverse entrepreneurs. The time has come for the Texas startup community to band together to change the world once again.

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VC Cafe

JUNE 30, 2022

Fully digital worlds, not unlike what’s seen in video games, that feel like “places you could live and inhabit.” From tools for content creation, distribution and monetisation, to the ability to transact directly with their community, we’re just getting started. Jonathan Lai, General Partner, A16Z Gaming fund.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 26, 2020

As an advisor to many entrepreneurs, I still hear frequently the irrational exuberance that crowdfunding is the quick alternative for startups that are passed over by overly demanding angels or venture capital investors. He points out that the word crowd precedes funding in crowdfunding.

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Steve Blank

MAY 17, 2022

Machine Learning is most advanced and widely applied today in processing text (through Natural Language Processing) followed by understanding images and videos (through Computer Vision) and analytics and anomaly detection. Recognize and Understand Images and video streams. Example GitHub Copilot , Wordtune. It can even identify faces.

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Steve Blank

DECEMBER 11, 2023

They’ll make much more sense if you watch the video or read some of the earlier posts for context. For the next decade ERA would continue to deliver a stream of special-purpose code breaking electronic systems and subsystems for the Navy cryptologic community. This post is the latest in the “ Secret History Series.”

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Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 10, 2014

According to the Angel Capital Association: Angels (private money) invest in 55,000 startups each year versus 1,500 companies by VC (venture capital) funding. Add video if delivering electronically (try Animoto ) and keep it under one minute. Look for community supporters and ask around about space.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 12, 2011

I think you’ll really enjoy this video , but as always I have summary notes for those with less time. These notes graciously provided by Adam Besvinick , who is a summer associate at ff ventures run by the affable John Frankel , who will also be on the show soon. Such that during that time, Chris “learned how to learn.”.

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VC Cafe

AUGUST 3, 2023

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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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 8, 2014

Given how efficient markets are when a large market like LA starts to blossom it attracts capital pretty quickly. billion in venture capital to LA’s technology startups and 2014 will shatter that figure. In the last full year where we have data LA attracted $1.5 Where do all of these engineers end up?

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David Teten

FEBRUARY 2, 2012

Like virtually the entire tech industry, I am particularly in favor of Startup Visa , which has the goal of stimulating our domestic startup community through acts to keep our foreign-born entrepreneurs in the United States. However, no one systematically provides notes/videos of these events. Image by Getty Images via @daylife).

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VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

Let’s start with a short definition: [the creator economy] is defined as the class of businesses built by over 50 million independent content creators, curators, and community builders including social media influencers, bloggers, and videographers, plus the software and finance tools designed to help them with growth and monetization.

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David Teten

JANUARY 10, 2012

Mr. Lindzon has more than 20 years experience in the financial community acting in both an entrepreneurial and investing capacity. He created Wallstrip, and more than 400 original web video shows, which was purchased by CBS Corp. He has lectured and consulted extensively for industry, academia, military, and intelligence communities.

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Hearpreneur

MARCH 17, 2024

98% of venture capital funding goes to male-founded start-ups, leaving less than 2% for female-founded startups. I wanted to turn my passion into a successful business & make a difference in the photography community. I aim to help businesses produce videos that communicate their intricate messages.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

The book has been shepherded and edited by a great Japanese VC at Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Venture Capital, Takashi Tsutsumi, with help from Masato Iino. faster than Ethernet and ran data but plus voice and video. The Japanese edition of The Startup Owner’s Manual hit the bookstores in Japan this week.

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David Teten

JANUARY 28, 2019

My former Partner John Frankel of ff Venture Capital observes that 20 years ago, the defining movie of the generation was “Wall Street”. Along with some friends from Yale (my alma mater), I recently brainstormed some ideas to accelerate a university’s campus tech community. “CEO is the new Analyst.”.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 22, 2010

The labels said he could do live streaming himself but they didn’t want him to stream any music or videos since ustream wasn’t paying them. Reminds me of how the networks today announced they were blocking their video content from being shown on Google TV. The future of the world is in the palm of the tech community.&#.

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VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 15, 2017

Don’t take my word for it – in the roundup of venture capital predictions for 2017 , I found it to be the top recurring theme. Venture Capital investments in AI, Europe 2016 (Source: Dealroom ). Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning will be eating the world. Some examples: AI will be the new mobile.

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David Teten

DECEMBER 12, 2017

In his white paper How Private Equity and Venture Capital Investors Are Eating Their Own Dogfood , PEVCTECH.com founder David Teten explored how private equity and venture capital investors are trying to automate more of their job. However, 87% of our respondents don’t actively participate in any such community.

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David Teten

AUGUST 19, 2019

I’ve been a traditional equity VC for 8 years, and I’m now researching new business models in venture capital. I believe that Revenue-Based Investing (“RBI”) VCs are on the forefront of what will become a major segment of the venture ecosystem. Earnest Capital Shared Earnings Agreement (“SEAL”). Inflection Community.

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mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

Top Stories Photo & Video Galleries Top Lists Trending Topics Twitter YouTube Facebook iPhone Google Video More Topics. If you’re working with an open source project, for example, it’s important that you have a definitive business model to drive revenue — though not at the cost of alienating your community of core contributors.

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Transformify

MARCH 14, 2020

Startup hubs like Berlin, London, New York, Los Angeles, Bangalore, Hong Kong and Singapore offered access to venture capital and vibrant start ecosystems thus attracting the brightest founders. Participating in video calls from the comfort of their homes reduces stress and increases the chances of successful integration with the team.

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