VC Cafe

JULY 21, 2022

As pre-seed investors in the world of gaming (both studios and infrastructure) at Remagine Ventures, we stay up to date on the trends and new developments in the world of gaming. The global games and services market is forecast to reach $188 billion in 2022, a 1.2% The merger of Unity and Ironsource (a $4.4

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

It provided an industry-leading graphic development interface, but was not so strong on modeling and simulation. As small companies, neither startup could afford to extend their product alone, but through creative leadership, we were able to negotiate a win-win strategic partnership for a joint product.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 3, 2009

The topic of &# strategic&# investors came up. And I had 2 “strategic&# investors in my first company. What is a “strategic&# investor and why do you keep putting the word “strategic&# in quotes? Strategics can have some negative impacts: 1. it sure is tempting.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 1, 2014

It provided an industry-leading graphic development interface, but was not so strong on modeling and simulation. As small companies, neither startup could afford to extend their product alone, but through creative leadership, we were able to negotiate a win-win strategic partnership for a joint product.

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Non-disclosure Agreement Intellectual Property Startup Non-Compete 257

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 30, 2018

VC firms see thousands of deals and have a refined sense of how the market is valuing deals because they get price signals across all of these deals. Many VCs will have a distribution curve where they’ll do a small number of early-stage deals (say $1.5–3 If you’re raising at $40 million pre then you might be out of their strike zone.

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Valuation Post-Money Valuation Pre-Money Valuation Cofounder 324

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 10, 2010

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. What does the market look like for IPO’s and is this likely to improve? A bank can help you balance fund raising with running your company.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 18, 2010

The strategy of GigaOm and where they differentiate in the market. Are “strategic investors&# (e.g. industry investors rather than VCs) a good idea for entrepreneurs. Reportedly, Softbank and Zynga have discussed jointly distributing games through Softbank’s mobile-phone service in Japan and other countries.

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