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Requests for Startups in 2024

VC Cafe

Commercial open source companies – being open source is a powerful way to gain developer adoption and sell to enterprises a lot sooner. Digital Wallets – Digital wallets could grow select vertical software platforms’ revenues to $27-$50bn in 2030.

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Is this the crypto inflection point we’ve been waiting for? 

Version One Ventures

The huge ICO run-up in 2017 brought a lot of attention to the vertical. Ethereum now has a very clear use case and a decentralized finance ecosystem is starting to emerge. But the Ethereum platform found a sweet spot in the finance area: low-frequency, high value transactions. . Maker ), lending (e.g. Opyn ), insurance (e.g.

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Generative AI and the future of content creation

VC Cafe

In the last few months we’ve seen a number of advancements in text to image generators, enabling users to create art from text prompts: Open AI’s Dall-e 2 , Midjourney and Stability , an open source solution. Investing in generative AI. They won’t replace humans, at least not right away.

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How TechXLR8 Forges Change Makers from Startups

The Startup Magazine

Fintech and Blockchain are expanded topics this year, as we’ve seen global innovation in all areas of finance. Learn how this revolutionary technology will transform industry verticals. Challenge the Expected. Change the Future. “There’s only one thing more precious than our time and that’s who we spend it on.”

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HOW TO: Build an App for Your Small Business

mashable.com

Here, developers and dev shops are organized by vertical so you can find a shop that has expertise in the kind of app you want to build. Fees for these devs and shops run from under $5,000 to more than $20,000. Another good resource is Appolicious’ directory.

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Flexible VCs With Structures Between Equity and Revenue-Based Investing

David Teten

VI: Revenue-based financing: The next step for private equity and early-stage investment. This is a summary of: Revenue-Based financing: State of the Industry 2020. They have open-sourced their investment structure , now on version 3.0, We are committed to open-sourcing our learnings and materials.

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VCs eating our own dog food: Using technology and analytics to make better investments

David Teten

Some notable metrics are revenue growth rates, free cashflow, leverage ratios, historical financing amounts, returns on marketing spend, customer acquisition costs, lifetime value of customers, customer churn rates, and team social scores. Stanford List of Venture Capital and Private Equity Sources. the Untouched Vertical.