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The State of Gaming in 2022

VC Cafe

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. Where the Internet is headed (Joost van Dreunen). Private financing market continued to see strong deal activity with $3.6B

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Generative AI: Opportunity or the end of media as we know it?

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The internet had a massive impact on the media industry, as the reporting of news became a commodity few are willing to pay for. The creation of content, but especially the sharing of content became a zero cost game. Production costs of content will continue to fall drastically – Case study Video Video is a great case in point.

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Take Five: The Metaverse

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A few takeaways from the podcast: Meta is launching a new hardware VR headset in October this year (currently called “Project Cambria” but it’s likely to be “Quest Pro”) The new device will cost $800 and will help users experience a feeling of “social presence.” The top 15 strategic investors in gaming.

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I Just Invested in @Burstly, a Mobile Ad Management Company

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Evan and I met regularly over a three year period from the time he was running Flux, which he sold to Viacom ( who was his strategic investor ). This is his third company that is in this related space and he was an early investor in Adconion. banner ads on a CPM, CPC or a Cost-Per-Install [CPI] basis).

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This Week in VC with Jim Armstrong of Clearstone

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Investors: Allen Morgan of Mayfield Fund, ff Asset Management, Bobby Yazdani, Nova Spivack of Lucid Ventures, Zelkova Ventures, Paige Craig, Tom McInerney, Michael Yavonditte of Quigo Technologies, Ofer Ronan. Segment Four, “VC Discussion – How Should Entrepreneurs Think about ‘StrategicInvestors?”. Read more: TechCrunch.

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This Week in VC: Michael Montgomery (President, Montgomery & Co.)

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Banks are particularly helpful with raising money from “strategic&# investors, which often means corporate investors such as Intuit, SAP, AMD, Salesforce.com and the like. There are a lot of inherent costs and responsibilities associated with being public that make it not very attractive for entrepreneurs any longer.

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Box launches Box Accelerator as its COO reflects on working with young entrepreneurs

The Next Web

Box Accelerator is available today, at no cost, for all Box business and enterprise customers. Venture Partners, and strategic investors salesforce.com and SAP. One of his older partners said, “What if the US government allowed the Internet to be commercialised?” Check out the video for more details.

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