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Requests for Startups in 2024

VC Cafe

I’ve recently come across several of such lists and I thought it could be useful to aggregate them and share them here. Smart Contracts – Powering the internet-native financial system, smart contract networks could generate fees of $450bn in 2030. Verticalized Video Understanding – machine interpreted video.

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Why Online Video Just Took One More Big Step to Legitimacy

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And for the record, that’s per month not total in aggregate! The future of the Internet is video. 10 signs Internet TV is Ready to Disrupt the Industry. This has been a very welcome addition. And this month we announced that Maker Studios, where I am an investor and board member, crossed 3 billion views. hours of TV / day.

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Open Angel Forum San Fran – Team Calacanis Raises the Bar

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They called themselves a “social OS.&# Essentially I see it as two things: 1) an aggregator of social content from multiple places including Twitter, Facebook and soon even Gmail. The idea of aggregation is powerful in a world where your social communications are fragmented and increasingly hard to manage. Team Pip.io

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All Markets Are Not Created Equal: 10 Factors To Consider When Evaluating Digital Marketplaces

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Entrepreneurs accurately recognize that the connective tissue of the Internet provides an opportunity to link the players in a particular market, reducing friction in both the buying and selling experience. Aggregating suppliers is a necessary, but insufficient step on its own. You must also organically aggregate demand.

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The Creator Economy is rising, but challenges abound

VC Cafe

New media platforms are enabling a new creator type: Digitally Native Vertical Creators , Eric Feng. Creators decouple their non-standardised skills from the aggregator and hope to become themselves a brand. New media platforms are enabling a new creator type: Digitally Native Vertical Creator s, Eric Feng. ” Eric Feng.

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Video Hosting Platforms: Which Is Best for Your Business?

ConversionXL

Loom doesn’t require an Internet browser; Soapbox, on the other hand, is a Chrome extension. Display the video in 16:9 format for desktop viewers, then automatically resize to square or vertical for mobile viewers. Brightcove analytics aggregated data effectively across those platforms. Adapt video sizes.

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Get to Know Richard de Silva of Highland Capital

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In the late 90’s he saw the internet boom and helped start IronPlanet.com, a construction equipment marketplace that is nearing an IPO. At the time consumer internet venture capital was still suffering from the collapse of the Tech Bubble. The in invest in IT (Software + Internet + Healthcare). Tell us more about MetaCafe? (37:00-40:30).

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