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The most important 2021 Predictions in entertainment tech and gaming

VC Cafe

According to Gamesbeat , the streaming wars will spill over to the cloud gaming wars, with media companies, streaming companies and telcos looking to include gaming packages in their offerings. Disclaimer: we have three portfolio companies in the consumer mobile space, still in stealth). social media. credit App Annie.

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These 8 Disciplines Define A Fundable Entrepreneur

Startup Professionals Musings

Find a partner and core team early to supplement your expertise. A large portion of your competitive advantage and your potential value to investors is the size of your intellectual property portfolio. Even before you build a product, you should be interacting with potential customers in person, and through social media.

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boldstart in 2017, enterprise tech inĀ 2018

BeyondVC

2017 was another year of growing, learning, investing and partnering with amazing founders. We were first check leads in 8 founding teams including Wallaroo Labs , MState (fka hyperfab ), blockdaemon , and 5 in stealth. Our partners include IBM and one unannounced Fortune 50. 2017 Recap.

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Nobody Announces Their Seed Round Anymore and Thatā€™s a Mistake

View from Seed

And seed VCs, especially as new firms were being established, were eager to encourage their portfolio startups to plant that flag in the ground publicly. Inbound partners. But in my experience, it rarely fails that press coverage attracts the attention of a potential customer or possible new partner.

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Corporate Venture Capital: Obligatory or Oxymoron?

David Teten

She had so much insight to share that we broke the interview into two parts, 1) Corporate Venture Capital and more broadly, 2) How the Fortune 500 Can Buy, Invest and Partner with the Innovation Economy (coming soon). . Mari is now building a new venture in human-machine interaction within the Samsung accelerator, currently in stealth mode.

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Accidental VC: When Should Startups Announce Seed Funding?

View from Seed

And given my marketing background (Google, Dailybreak Media, HubSpot), I often get this question directly: When should startups announce seed funding? . Be sure you have an honest and direct discussion with your lawyers, who should be viewed as true partners who understand these things. You get the idea.

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boldstart ventures in 2014 – our ethos

BeyondVC

Our founding team has led first rounds in market leading enterprises such as LivePerson (LPSN), GoToMeeting (sold to Citrix), Greenplum (sold to EMC), and 24/7 Media (TFSM). While this sounds simple, there is a ton of work that goes into helping our portfolio companies get to a successful Series A.