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The State of Gaming in 2022

VC Cafe

Private financing market continued to see strong deal activity with $3.6B in total financings in Q2, surpassing Q1 total through 169 deals. The merger of Unity and Ironsource (a $4.4 Over half of financing deals in gaming went to blockchain gaming companies in H1 2022. Gaming M&A in H1 2022. as they reached 28.1

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5 Ways Venture Capital Is Shaking Up The Tech Startup Landscape In Asia

YoungUpstarts

Mergers and acquisitions with tech giants and corporates. Instead of expanding further, this group might be considered by corporates for mergers and acquisitions. With the surge in venture capital fundraising, these Asian startups can accelerate growth and face challenges with confidence.

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What is ESG Due Diligence? And Why is it Important to You?

The Startup Magazine

The term, literally meaning “required carefulness” or “reasonable care” has been in use since the fifteenth century and more recently became a legalised term in 1993 under the United States Securities Act. Due diligence can take on many forms, depending on the situation and its purpose.

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Book: King of Capital

Feld Thoughts

While 2011 is only eight years ago, it’s a lifetime in the world of finance, private equity, venture capital, and business. That year private equity firms initiated one of every five mergers globally and even more, 29 percent, in the United States. And then, a year later, the global finance crisis was in full bloom.

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Entrepreneurs, Be Careful to Avoid Penny Stock Scams

The Startup Magazine

Reverse Merger. Although some reverse mergers are legitimate, many are not. Companies that operate outside of the United States do not register the shares that they are selling to investors. The scammers purchase cheap, unregistered offshore shares and then sell them to investors in the United States at an inflated price.

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This Week in VC: Michael Montgomery (President, Montgomery & Co.)

Both Sides of the Table

The Montgomery Conference : one of the top technology events of the annual calendar in the United States and held every March. How to investment banks help with the M&A (mergers & acquisitions) process? Venture Financing. Shame they didn’t like his suggested name for the company: DreamWorks SKG-MM.

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The pioneers of Silicon Valley’s fast culture on how to grow quickly, not recklessly

Reid Hoffman

2018 set yet another all-time record for the number of paper books sold in the United States, as has been repeatedly true during the era of Amazon. In other words, what percentage of sales are available to pay for growth, and to reward investors for financing that growth. The third is high gross margins. Of course not.