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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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Take Five: The Metaverse

VC Cafe

The H1 2022 gaming activity report by Investgame shows who are the top 15 strategic investors in the gaming space. The top 15 strategic investors in gaming. There will continue to be major consolidation in the space, with EA (until recently rumoured to be acquired by Amazon) and perhaps Ubisoft probably next.

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

Both Sides of the Table

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. This means that changes are afoot.

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This Week in VC with Jim Armstrong of Clearstone

Both Sides of the Table

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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Strategic $5 Million B Round for Jinni for Video Discovery

VC Cafe

A s TV’s gradually get connected to the Internet, there is an increasing appetite for smart content recommendation. The round B investors are leading innovators in creating the next-generation entertainment experience, across platforms and devices.

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

Both Sides of the Table

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. A bank can help you balance fund raising with running your company. They have relationships that are hard for entrepreneurs to build.

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

The Next Web

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?” Back then I could imagine working at a company like Box, the internet and the services it enables, including what we now call the cloud.

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