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Impressions from Pocket Gamer Connects in London

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One trend that was prominent at the conference was the rise of generative AI in gaming. Over $102 billion in M&A deal value with some of the largest ever gaming M&A deals this year (Activision/Microsoft, Zynga/Take-Two, ironSource/Unity) More than $11B was raised in 900+ financing rounds of private companies.

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The first UK Metaverse Startup Landscape

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Together, we mapped 89 companies, that collectively raised over £2 billion in venture capital across consumer experiences, enabling technologies and infrastructure. UK XR startups generated over $1.4 Access to finance and skills remain the key barriers to industry growth. billion in revenue in 2022. Looking ahead.

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How the pre-seed round made a comeback in 2024

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While the answers are somewhat semantic, the pre-seed funding round is making a comeback in 2024 startup financing. Pre-seed tends to be about developing an MVP and generating early traction. Seed is about showing initial product market fit. The post How the pre-seed round made a comeback in 2024 appeared first on VC Cafe.

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Where is the Metaverse headed in 2023?

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From the Money in the Metaverse (crypto and web3 finance) panel. Nathalie Oestmann ( Outlier Ventures ) touched on the infrastructure being built to go from web2 to web3. L eanne Eliott-Young ( Institute of Digital Fashion ) commented on how fashion brands leaning in to engage with younger customers Roblox.

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My LSE lecture on Generative AI

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AI has become the year’s venture capital buzzword. Dan Primack, Axios Earlier this week I joined Dr. Juanita Gonzalez-Uribe at the London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) to give a talk to her Entrepreneurial Finance class. Incredibly, the traffic is purely organic with zero paid in advertising.