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Dapper Labs, Flow, and NBA Top Shot

A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

But I am writing again as there is likely to be a bunch of chatter about Dapper, Flow, and NBA Top Shot as the news of a financing round comes out today. Financings don’t really interest me but companies do. Dapper Labs came out of an incubator called Axiom Zen back in 2017. And this is a fascinating company.

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Moonshots, Momentum, and Legislative Tailwinds Beyond Silicon Valley

Revolution

Our findings confirmed a significant shift away from the traditional tech hubs of the Bay Area, New York City, and Boston, with the proportion of seed- and early-stage VC dollars funneling into the Bay Area falling below 30% for the first time in more than a decade. marking its highest level since 2017.

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Microcredentials for the effective VC or private equity investor

David Teten VC

Historically VC has been an apprenticeship business. VC ASSOCIATIONS. Revenue Based Financing Network Group. VCs who care. ACCELERATORS FOR EMERGING VCs. VentureForward (NVCA), includes list of all VC organizations focused on diversity. International Climate Finance Accelerator – based in Luxembourg.

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What Is Going To Happen In 2022

A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

I think the big unlock will be bridging between the existing carbon offset market and the crypto markets where decentralized finance tools can bring massive innovation and demand to this market very quickly. But I think the dominant form of working will return to “in office, with others” by the end of this year. But why not?

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Uganda’s Tugende closes $3.6M Series A extension to meet the demand for its asset finance products

TechCrunch

Ugandan technology-enabled asset finance company Tugende today announced that it has closed $3.6 This brings Tugende’s total Series A financing to $9.9 This brings Tugende’s total Series A financing to $9.9 San Francisco and Paris-based VC firm, Partech led the round. Development Finance Corporation.

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Study finds most big open-source startups outside Bay Area, many European, and avoiding VC

TechCrunch

However, the research shows a possible interesting trend away from the VC-backed startups of the last 10 years. In 2017, Battery Ventures published its own BOSS Index, but the index was abandoned. Admittedly, “ GitHub stars” are not a totally perfect metric to measure the product-market fit of open-source companies.

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Fintech VC keeps getting later, larger and more expensive

TechCrunch

Late-stage deals made Q3 2020 a standout VC quarter for US-based startups. The Exchange previously dug into the fintech VC market , focusing our examination on the payments, insurtech, wealth management and banking verticals. But, as PitchBook notes, “only 414 deals closed during the quarter—the lowest count since Q3 2017.”

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