VC Cafe

JULY 21, 2022

The global games and services market is forecast to reach $188 billion in 2022, a 1.2% And a record-breaking $7 billion was invested through venture capitalists and strategic investors in private gaming companies during the first half with 11 large rounds that exceeded $100 million. The merger of Unity and Ironsource (a $4.4

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Forecast IP Mobile Acquisition 190

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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. Yeah, I know. But this is benign.

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Strategic Investors Venture Capital Due Diligence Early Stage 279

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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 Strategics (ie industry investors vs. VCs).

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Valuation Post-Money Valuation Pre-Money Valuation Cofounder 324

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JUNE 18, 2010

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). The strategy of GigaOm and where they differentiate in the market. Are “strategic investors&# (e.g.

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Venture Capital Non-Compete Vertical Europe 225

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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. 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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IPO Venture Capital Private Placement Cofounder 242

The Next Web

NOVEMBER 20, 2013

The region’s power players can be integral in accelerating your company’s growth in Asia – more so than investors in the U.S. which will help with recruiting employees, finding the best partners, fast-tracking distribution in key countries, and landing marquee customers. The region as a whole is the hottest market in Asia right now.

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Asia Silicon Valley India China 123