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Corporate Venture Capital: Obligatory or Oxymoron?

David Teten

At Virgin Mobile USA, Mari led early initiatives in mobile commerce, social networking and advertising. Corporate venture funds are often referred to as ‘strategic’ investors because of the unique benefits they bring to the table. Mari Holds a B.A. Some corporate funds lead rounds and take board seats, others don’t.

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How to Develop Your Fund Raising Strategy

Both Sides of the Table

And I also now have to raise money myself, but this time from bigger institutions that our industry calls LPs (limited partners). In the era of social networks, LinkedIn, Facebook messaging, Quora and email addresses that are easily guessable, it’s easy to think that maybe you should just approach a VC directly.

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10 challenges investors face in Metaverse and Web3

VC Cafe

McKinsey (and others like JP Morgan, WEF, etc) refer to Metaverse and Web3 as two of the biggest tech trends in 2022. In the panel I moderated on the role of startups in building the new Internet , at Calcalist Mind the Tech 2022, Jay Jubas, a Senior Partner at McKinsey made a clear distinction: Web2 – the Internet as we know it today.

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