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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. Private financing market continued to see strong deal activity with $3.6B Time Magazine cover, July 2022.

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Take Five: The Metaverse

VC Cafe

Check out the list of derivate IP from the BAYC collection below. The IP universe of BAYC (Source: Animoca Brands/ FORJ Research). 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. Bored Ape M&Ms.

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Taking Corporate VC: When It Makes Sense

View from Seed

When there are many waves of innovation (AI/ML, voice, IoT, genomics, autonomous vehicles, blockchain, etc) propagating across many industries, it’s natural for corporations to use strategic investment as one way to harness that innovation for their own purposes. 4) Are these investment partners for the long haul?

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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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