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Startup opportunities in the Metaverse

VC Cafe

In a nutshell, we see it a new Internet being built, with the consumer at its centre. Open metaverse: these are the decentralized platforms built on crypto, such as Manticore Games, Sandbox or Decentraland and many others. Crypto gaming can become the biggest onboarding platform to the crypto world and open up that world.

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The Changing Structure of the VC Industry

Both Sides of the Table

15 years ago we were at the peak of Internet hype with the launch of many over-capitalized businesses with a market size & opportunity was limited. 50x more Internet users (2.4 We are in a bubble (with so many private $1bn+ valuations). Where are we today? Online connections that are 180x faster (10.5 2007 was the watershed year.

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The Future of Education

Version One Ventures

Thanks to the Internet, you can find all of the needed resources from a variety of global experts to become world class at almost any subject or skill. A project portfolio that leads to income. For starters, it’s probably NOT more content. Want to learn to code for free? Freecodecamp and Codecademy have proven, thorough curriculums.

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Seed Stage Firms are Dead, Long Live Micro VCs

Genuine VC

The firm is solely focused on capital efficient business sectors, most frequently but certainly not always internet-enabled companies. Portfolio construction favors early-round capital allocation vs. company life-cycle allocation. Initial investment in a company is among the first non-founder capital raised. That’s no secret.

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

David Teten

However, in private markets, there is more room to optimize across all 11 steps of the investing process: firm management , marketing, fundraising , origination , manage relationships, due diligence, negotiation, monitoring, portfolio acceleration , reporting, and. Other VCs use Contently * or Social Native * to create relevant content.

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It’s Morning in Venture Capital

Both Sides of the Table

Cloud computing and the open source movements have brought down the costs of starting a company by more than 90%. The movie, “The Social Network” might have had more of an impact on creating future entrepreneurs than any other event of the past 5 years. By the end of 2011 the Internet population was estimated at 2.3

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How Generative AI is Going to Change Your Life and Mess Everything Up in the Process

This is going to be BIG.

As it is, we know that curated social networks like Instagram can have negative affects on self image. This is where companies like Hidden Door (BBV portfolio co) come in. You can’t train your ML tools on the cesspool that is the whole internet and not expect some potentially dangerous results. Will AI only make it worse?