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The State of Gaming in 2022

VC Cafe

Investment bank Drake Star Partners published a report on the gaming investment and M&A activity in the first half of 2022. 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.

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

YoungUpstarts

As the years went on, Pat Mackaronis continued to grow his network and partners in a second restaurant as well as a nightclub, he also invested in several small businesses and worked with teams to grow their projections. Patrick Mackaronis: Everyone has different terminology for certain things when it comes to investors.

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Three Startup Financing Myths You Should Avoid

YoungUpstarts

If you are building a startup, you’ll find no shortage of people who are willing to give you advice, particularly when it comes to raising financing. Myth #2: Talk to As Many Investors As You Can. For some entrepreneurs, raising financing can seem like a full time job, particularly in these trying times. Well not, wrong exactly.

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

Both Sides of the Table

Often partners like to bring along an analyst or associate both as a way to help train younger staff (it’s an apprentice business) and also to have somebody to follow up on action items. This can be practical for both parties if this is a senior partner already sitting on 10–12 boards. Strategic Investors ?—?This

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Strategic Investors-the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

BeyondVC

This does not mean that a company looking for funding will get a strategic partnership before a financing. One of the questions I was asked today was how an early stage company can make a strategic investment successful. Show me the revenue-I would rather have an OEM or reseller deal than a strategic investment.

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Strategic Investors-the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

BeyondVC

This does not mean that a company looking for funding will get a strategic partnership before a financing. One of the questions I was asked today was how an early stage company can make a strategic investment successful. Show me the revenue-I would rather have an OEM or reseller deal than a strategic investment.

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Quick Thoughts on Term Sheets and LOIs

Rob Go

In almost all cases, when a term sheet doesn’t result in a deal, it’s because of the investor feels like there was some form of indiscretion on the part of the company, or something catastrophic has happened in the outside world or to the partner or fund itself. M&A is much less of a multi-turn game.