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The most important 2021 Predictions in entertainment tech and gaming

VC Cafe

It’s enough to see the rapid adoption of new social platforms from Signal in messaging to Clubhouse’s $1 billion valuation in less than a year. The “creator economy” will prosper in 2021. In 2021, optimism on investing in social media has returned.

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Cliff Notes S-1: Kayak ? AGILEVC

Agile VC

Kayak Software Corporation. 3) ITA Relationship: Much has been made of the fact that Kayak along with OTAs (online travel agents) license data from ITA Software which is now part of Google. Post-money valuation probably no higher than $12M (2). Pre-money valuation was approx. Pre-money valuation was approx.

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Startup IPO Market: A Fickle Mistress ? AGILEVC

Agile VC

In the software an internet space a number of companies obviously had strong public offerings (LinkedIn, Yandex, Pandora, RenRen, et al). The very strongest companies can still likely get out if they really wanted, but may not command the valuations they hoped for in more bullish times. Startup IPO Market: A Fickle Mistress.

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How Private Equity and Venture Capital Investors Are Eating Their Own Dogfood

David Teten

PEVCTech is partnering with Blue Future Partners to run the first large-scale survey of VCs’ technology stack. Johann Kratzer of Blue Future Partners , a fund of funds, observed, “The majority of the hundreds of funds we’ve diligenced rely predominantly on their relationships to source deals. Greylock Partners.

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What Is Venture Debt and How Should Startups Use It?

View from Seed

Use good judgment, talk to your co-founders/investors/lawyers, and partner with a bank that values transparency and relationships such as SVB.]. And it’s that important because all companies will go through good times and tough times, and we’ll want to make sure we’ve got the right partner on the other side.

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The $100M+ Club: A New Universe of Buyers ? AGILEVC

Agile VC

Oracle and IBM have made some acquisitions of SaaS businesses though many of their deals are more old school enterprise software businesses that have matured. My partner @ LeeHower looks back: [link] 5 days ago Search. That’s all starting to change slowly as a cohort of newly-public, but very large companies joins the fray.

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VCs eating our own dog food: Using technology and analytics to make better investments

David Teten

But in business, you want a lot of partners. In the private equity universe, most Partners have primary training as deal-makers, not as managers. See Bessemer Venture Partners’ A comprehensive guide to security for startups. Cobalt for General Partners helps GPs to optimize their fundraising strategy. 1) Manage the firm