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TechCrunch+ roundup: VCs rate pitch decks, IPO analysis, Techstars’ expansion plans

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Don’t be afraid to just go for the teeth of the dragon, so to speak,” said Berdichevsky, who led the development of the Tesla Roadster’s battery pack. Stephanie Zhan walks through the Rec Room pitch deck that won Sequoia’s investment. Stephanie Zhan walks through the Rec Room pitch deck that won Sequoia’s investment.

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Metaverse Magna raises $3.2M at a $30M valuation to build Africa’s largest gaming DAO

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Emerging markets, including Africa, account for 30% of this number; platforms like MVM see games as one way to introduce these millions of users to web3. The gaming DAO publishes mobile games in frontier markets and creates developer tools for game creators to utilize emerging business models in Web3 gaming.

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Kodland, which teaches kids digital skills, grabs $9M to scale its online coding school

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And with a nod towards the creator economy, it’s established its own “accelerator” — called Out of the Box — where it offers (extra) support to the most talented students to help them monetize their digital creations by turning them into “real-life” products.