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Requests for Startups in 2024

VC Cafe

Technological Convergence – The global equity market value associated with disruptive innovation could increase to 60% by 2030. Artificial Intelligence – Scaling global intelligence and redefining work: AI training costs should continue to fall 75% per year.

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Technology, Innovation, and Great Power Competition  – 2022 Wrap Up

Steve Blank

General Bucky Butow – Director of the Space Portfolio. Original Problem Statement: How might we implement a ubiquitous secure global access to the internet in order to help circumvent censorship in authoritarian regimes? For Artificial Intelligence, Lt. ” Team 2: Networks.

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Don’t Sleep on Lightning

Version One Ventures

If you want to feel bullish on how Lightning can be used as global payments rails, read this comprehensive essay by Nicolas Burtey of Galoy. TL;DR: The best analogue for Bitcoin itself is a global settlement layer like Fedwire (run by the Federal Reserve for interbank settlements with an average transaction size of $2 million).

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The most important 2021 Predictions in entertainment tech and gaming

VC Cafe

According to the Economist , video game internet traffic, including mobile games, has increased 75% in the U.S. billion gamers worldwide will help the global games market generate revenues of $189.3 Trillion Hours, 218 Billion Downloads – demand for new apps and games still grows globally, up 7% YoY. credit App Annie.

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Startups – Beware The Changing Palo Alto Investment Model

YoungUpstarts

Due to lowering capital costs, global competition that spans industries and continents, quicker market validations, and facilitated iteration, the nature of the investment game has changed. As it happens, in the last 30 years, available capital has tripled to stand at roughly 10 times global GDP. Expanding tech talent.

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Q3 2018 Summary: Portfolio News and Activities

Version One Ventures

We’re particularly proud and excited for this development, as it’s two portfolio companies joining forces! Blockstack is currently hosting a global speaker series, Decentralizing the World , where thought leaders discuss and present on key topics related to decentralization, the new internet, censorship, token economies and more.

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FinTech and Forex – A Match Made in Heaven

The Startup Magazine

With increased flexibility offered by smart mobile devices and wireless Internet connection, traders can achieve today more than they were able to in the past. Traders can now monitor currency prices and changes in pip regardless of their location, as long as they have a decent Internet connection.