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

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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. banner ads on a CPM, CPC or a Cost-Per-Install [CPI] basis).

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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 in total financings in Q2, surpassing Q1 total through 169 deals.

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Should You Allow “Board Observers” on Your Startup Board?

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Strategic Investors ?—?This In some instances strategic investors prefer not to take board seats as it might be their corporate policy. In other situations they might be writing smaller checks but want to be present at board meetings for strategic rationale. I personally think you should avoid this at all costs?—?even

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How to Have a Smarter VC Strategy

Austin Startup

Either way, if you know you’re going to fail, it’s much better to do so with your own money on the line than money that also costs you in dilution, perpetuity or more. The right investors can fill two gaps, the money gap and the knowledge gap. I speak from experience. even Steve Jobs didn’t know everything.

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This Week in VC with Jim Armstrong of Clearstone

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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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Take Five: The Metaverse

VC Cafe

A few takeaways from the podcast: Meta is launching a new hardware VR headset in October this year (currently called “Project Cambria” but it’s likely to be “Quest Pro”) The new device will cost $800 and will help users experience a feeling of “social presence.” The top 15 strategic investors in gaming.

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More Tech Startups are LLCs

Austin Startup

The main drivers, from our viewpoint, are: Many tech entrepreneurs no longer view venture capital as an inevitability in their growth path, and have grown skeptical of the traditional “growth at all costs” mindset found in many startup circles; and An increasing number of VCs are growing comfortable with LLCs.