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Why We Invested in @FerrisApp – A New Kind of Video Sharing App

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I’d love it if you’d take a moment to download the app and tell us what you think. This accelerated after I co-led the seed & A rounds at Maker Studios, which sold 3 years later for $1 billion to Disney. Yes, we’ve only launched on iOS for now. So Why Did We Invest? My 1st on @ProductHunt [link] https://t.co/L1I6RUWYJu.

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Just Released – The World Rankings Report 2021-2022

UBI Global

Download the World Rankings Report 2021-2022 Recognizing Excellence Among Business Incubators and Accelerators from the World Benchmark Study 2021-2022 The UBI Global research team has released the World Rankings Report 2021-2022 of business incubators and accelerators as the result of the World Benchmark Study for 2021-2022.

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Rustic Canyon Speaks out on GaiKai Exit, Changing Nature of VC, LA Tech & More

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He penned a great piece on the LA tech community here in Forbes. We also spent a fair bit of time talking about the changing nature of venture capital and in particular the hand-on practitioner role of early-stage VC led by accelerators such as YC, 500Startups, Betaworks and the like. Not bad, hey? Both companies were in Los Angeles.

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Spolsky on Software on Both Sides of The Table

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Juno used your modem to to download and send email, and it was paid for by placing ads in the email client. The software is not difficult to build and the hosting element has become a commodity; the hard part is building a community. Lesson: Joel had been building a community of readers since 2001. Building Communities.

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Overplay’s Wefunder Campaign brings in $1 million from Retail Investors, Funding Social Gaming AI-Powered Tech

American Entrepreneurship

Community Crowdfunding Platform brings multiple benefits to Social Gaming Startup Funding strategy plays an important role in how much and how quickly a startup receives funding. The capital will be used to expand Overplay’s team and accelerate product development and user acquisition.

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Stability AI, the startup behind Stable Diffusion, raises $101M

TechCrunch

The tranche values the company at $1 billion post-money, according to a Bloomberg source, and comes as the demand for AI-powered content generation accelerates. Nobody has any voting rights except our employees — no billionaires, big funds, governments or anyone else with control of the company or the communities we support.

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Why Better Access to Capital for Minority Entrepreneurs is Key to Unlocking Innovation and Economic Success

StartupNation

Your Guide to the Season’s Hottest Gifts from Dell: Download Now and Save up to 39% Off. As an Asian-American woman and a venture investor myself, I know this to be true — that investing in startups owned by people of color is key to unlocking innovation, elevating underserved communities and fostering long-term economic success.