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Requests for Startups in 2024

VC Cafe

Most startups equate the process of fundraising to dating – founders have to typically kiss a lot of frogs until the find the right fit. Climate tech – We have a fair chance of avoiding catastrophic climate change if startups offer commercial solutions to decarbonize society or remove carbon from the atmosphere.

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Is the Lean Startup Dead?

Steve Blank

Reading the NY Times article “ Jeffrey Katzenberg Raises $1 Billion for Short-Form Video Venture, ” I realized it was time for a new startup heuristic: the amount of customer discovery and product-market fit you need to find is inversely proportional to the amount and availability of risk capital. It’s the antithesis of the Lean Startup.

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How Online Video Companies Can Increase Margin and Build Better Businesses

Both Sides of the Table

So why is online video such an attractive market to build a startup? These markets represent about $600 billion of total spend between them, leaving tons of opportunities for startups to disrupt and grow large. The number of channels grew with cable & satellite TV but we still have limitations that makes distributing content high.

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8 Software Small Businesses Should Check Out For Efficiency

The Startup Magazine

With content automation capabilities, businesses can efficiently produce and distribute content aligned with their board-level objectives. Multi-Channel Publishing: Businesses can easily distribute content across various platforms and channels, including websites, social media, email marketing, and mobile applications.

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6 Key Rules To Stay Competitive In The Digital World

Startup Professionals Musings

The old approaches of controlling distribution channels, saturating retail, and methodically scaling your brand awareness don’t protect you anymore. Apple pulled ahead of other mobile phones in its early days largely because it cultivated an ecosystem of software developers who created iPhone apps to meet every consumer niche and need.

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The State of Gaming in 2022

VC Cafe

Mobile gaming is by far the most dominant category. At Remagine Ventures we invested in Sneaky Panda , a mobile gaming studio founded by serial gaming entrepreneurs pioneering a new genre – Luck Puzzler. . Mobile games earned $41.2bn globally during H1 2022. While mobile game revenue was down 6.6% There are 3.07

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Remagine Ventures call for startups

VC Cafe

Calling Israeli startup founders in Interactive Entertainment, AI & Gaming! With the rapid advancement of generative AI, we’re seeing content creation, distribution and monetisation being disrupted faster than ever before. You may have noticed that the fundraising market for startups has slowed down. Not for us.