VC Cafe

JULY 21, 2022

And a record-breaking $7 billion was invested through venture capitalists and strategic investors in private gaming companies during the first half with 11 large rounds that exceeded $100 million. Private financing market continued to see strong deal activity with $3.6B Source: Minecraft blog.

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Forecast IP Mobile Acquisition 190

VC Cafe

APRIL 15, 2024

With a few exceptions, most media companies struggled to transition into a subscription model and became addicted to clicks, as barriers to entry in media are very low (everyone can write a blog, share his opinion and news on social media) and media is widely available for free, it became a commodity very few are willing to pay for.

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Generative AI Media Artificial Inteligence Vertical 142

Seeing Both Sides

AUGUST 28, 2017

Note: my blog has moved to www.seeingbothsides.com. I wonder, for example, if our portfolio company, Codecademy , would have avoided its latest financing round and instead created “CodeCoin” in order to incent contributors to software development lesson plans and a marketplace for coding content? Fuzzy Governance.

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Early Stage Equity Venture Capital Government 20

Seeing Both Sides

AUGUST 28, 2017

Note: my blog has moved to www.seeingbothsides.com. I wonder, for example, if our portfolio company, Codecademy , would have avoided its latest financing round and instead created “CodeCoin” in order to incent contributors to software development lesson plans and a marketplace for coding content? Fuzzy Governance.

Early Stage 20

Early Stage Equity Venture Capital Government 20

Rob Go

DECEMBER 14, 2016

This is also a risk in financing rounds with investors that are unknown (foreign investors, groups that are starting to do early stage investing for the first time, unusual strategic investors, etc). Second, don’t be too quick to get to the LOI.

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Term Sheet Technical Review Due Diligence Private Equity 28

Business Plan Blog

SEPTEMBER 26, 2013

In addition to the increasing popularity of mobile apps and enterprises deploying mobile apps as a result, M&A activity has helped to make investors bullish in the sector. Notable recent exits that have caught the interest from strategic investors include: Facebook’s $85M acquisition of Parse; and.

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Mobile Developer Venture Capital Strategic Investors 49

VC Adventure

AUGUST 10, 2010

Niel eloquently describes the birth of the idea behind Trada on the company’s blog (worth taking a look at and considering the varied genesis behind businesses). Niel and I hammered out a second financing in similar fashion (again around the Foundry conference table, this time without the need for an angel roadshow).

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Syndicate Syndication Due Diligence SEM 74