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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. While mobile game revenue was down 6.6% Private financing market continued to see strong deal activity with $3.6B as they reached 28.1

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[Interview] Patrick Mackaronis, Director Of Business Development At Brabble

YoungUpstarts

And his biggest project to date just might be Brabble, a Disruptive Technology Company that combines social media and eCommerce with valuable patented technology that drives revenue for customers. Brabble also can be used as a standalone technology to drive revenue for large ecommerce retailers via their patented technology called Star Tags.

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How to Have a Smarter VC Strategy

Austin Startup

Convertible debt is best when you don’t yet have revenue or a good sense for your valuation, because it allows you to raise money on the basis that the valuation will be set one to three years in the future, based on execution of the early business model. The right investors can fill two gaps, the money gap and the knowledge gap.

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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. it lets you sell your inventory directly and without any middle man taking fees.

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When Not What

Austin Startup

I’ve in some ventures thought that if I could just stop the overhead and expenses for a couple of months, I’d have no problem getting the revenues up to plan. The overhead won’t stop, but incoming investments and revenue streams may take an unwanted hiatus.

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Deal with Your Elephant in the Room

Both Sides of the Table

You have a “strategic investor&# who wants to invest in your B round as long as a financial investor will lead. Your A round investors are not stepping up. - But they didn’t have any revenue or enough traction to show for it. You raised $1.5 million for a social networking site 18 months ago.

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Big Revenues vs. little revenues

Scalable Startup

Big Revenues vs. little revenues – a strategy question that startups often struggle with. or look for major large chunks of money from partnerships or strategic investors? Almost every company with long term success has used this dual revenue plan, throughout history. little revenues. Big Revenues.

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