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The State of Gaming in 2022

VC Cafe

Private financing market continued to see strong deal activity with $3.6B in total financings in Q2, surpassing Q1 total through 169 deals. The merger of Unity and Ironsource (a $4.4 Over half of financing deals in gaming went to blockchain gaming companies in H1 2022. Gaming M&A in H1 2022.

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5 Strategies For Business Growth Many People Forget

Startup Professionals Musings

For example, Facebook added WhatsApp as a cross-platform messaging and Voice over IP (VoIP) service to enhance the self-sustaining growth their social media platform before any downturn. Further, acquisition offers other advantages such as easier financing, instant economies of scale, and new market penetration.

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3 Ways to Grow Your Startup

The Startup Magazine

If you own the IP on a particular technology or information product, then you can create licensing agreements for other businesses to sell your product for you. 3 Mergers, Partnerships and Acquisitions. However, many banking institutions refuse to finance small business operations because of their risk profile. Wrapping Up.

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Venture Capitalists, Super Angels and the State of Startup Funding

mashable.com

More and more VCs have deals in their portfolios that have long outlasted their investment value, and more and more VCs are seeking to unload these deals, at a loss, as reverse merger vehicles. SCVNGR Makes Major Enhancements to iP. Companies like GrowPublic, Inc. 49% of Small Business Owners Use Smar.

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Venture Capitalists, Super Angels and the State of Startup Funding

mashable.com

More and more VCs have deals in their portfolios that have long outlasted their investment value, and more and more VCs are seeking to unload these deals, at a loss, as reverse merger vehicles. SCVNGR Makes Major Enhancements to iP. Companies like GrowPublic, Inc. 49% of Small Business Owners Use Smar.

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Acquihires 101: Tips for Founders

Scott Edward Walker

We had a busy 2018, including closing several significant M&A transactions and financings. The deal is typically structured as an asset purchase (as opposed to a stock purchase or merger) — though the acquirer often does not actually want the startup’s IP and/or other assets. How is the Deal Structured?

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

Both Sides of the Table

How to investment banks help with the M&A (mergers & acquisitions) process? He said that there remains a very healthy market for “data oriented&# software companies because the world is moving more toward measurability and software companies with differentiated IP often get a premium in the market. Venture Financing.

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