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The State of Gaming in 2022

VC Cafe

At Remagine Ventures we invested in Sneaky Panda , a mobile gaming studio founded by serial gaming entrepreneurs pioneering a new genre – Luck Puzzler. billion in Q2 2022 with over half of total amount raised by early-stage companies. Game creation, distribution and monetisation supply chain ( Newzoo ).

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Is Strategic Money an Oxymoron?

Both Sides of the Table

Yesterday I had lunch with a really interesting and capable serial entrepreneur who is raising his A round. The topic of &# strategic&# investors came up. And I had 2 “strategic&# investors in my first company. Many serial entrepreneurs who have been burned would use something less kind than quotes.

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How to Talk About Valuation When a VC Asks

Both Sides of the Table

One of the hardest things about the fund-raising process for entrepreneurs is that you’re trying to raise money from people who have “asymmetric information.” As an entrepreneur it can feel as intimidating as going to buy a car where the dealer knows the price of every make & model of a car and you’re guessing at how much to pay.

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This Week in VC with Om Malik & Paul Jozefak

Both Sides of the Table

We spent the first 45 minutes or so talking about industry trends (in this order): The history and background of True Ventures, one of my favorite early-stage VC’s (and the one with whom Om is a venture partner). Are “strategic investors&# (e.g. Paul discussed his perspective having been at SAP Ventures.

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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. You have to be selected to present and it is typically reserved for companies that have already raised early-stage capital and are well into revenue growth.

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Everything you should know before working with investors across Asia

The Next Web

Entrepreneurs with businesses in Asia know that fundraising here can be a daunting task. With this in mind, I would like to use my experience as an entrepreneur, having closed several sizable rounds of investment around Asia over the last six years, to help explain the landscape as it currently stands.

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