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Take Five: The Metaverse

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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. Inworld AI (image credit: Techcrunch ). Industry reports. Final thoughts. Why should anyone care about the metaverse? Is it just a dream pipe or a fad?

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Good Times Ahead for VC-backed Tech Companies?

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Strategic investors are looking to consolidate their positions : The top 6 buyers in tech & media account for 27% of all purchases. Another big driver according to Montgomery is that the tech industry has matured and is returning to its vertically integrated roots.

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This Week in VC with Om Malik & Paul Jozefak

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Are “strategic investors&# (e.g. industry investors rather than VCs) a good idea for entrepreneurs. Network of vertical focused sites: BeachMint, BeachMint, WineMint, etc.; first vertical to launch by 2010 Holiday Season. Paul discussed his perspective having been at SAP Ventures.

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What You Need to Know About Austin Startup Week 2019

Austin Startup

They will discuss the startup journey “from startup to scaleup in enterprise software”, lessons learned, the challenges of scaling and why the right strategic investors or partners can be beneficial even at early stages.

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Generative AI: Opportunity or the end of media as we know it?

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One of our strategic investors is using HourOne.ai (disclosure: a Remagine Ventures portfolio compan y) to create synthetic video news around sports. Harnessing Specialised Magazines for Vertical LLM Development Everyone knows that in AI, garbage in (when it comes to data training) means garbage out.