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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. The backend services to enable scrolling, click-and-watch, scroll forward with minimal buffering, etc.

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Candy Crush: Leadership Lessons from a Downloadable App

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Kim Ades is an Accelerator participant from Toronto and the president and founder of Frame of Mind Coaching , helping clients reach new levels of success in both their professional and personal lives. The post Candy Crush: Leadership Lessons from a Downloadable App appeared first on THE BLOG.

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

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They were mostly a B2B platform enabling game publishers to deliver via Internet streaming their traditional games built for game consoles. You can watch on YouTube or download the podcast (for the gym!) I’d hate to frame Nate’s answer into a key phrase so it’s better to watch that section of the video.

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This Week in VC with Farb Nivi, Founder of Grockit

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We had Farb Nivi , who is the founder & CEO of Grockit , a website that enables online group learning. Estimated 15mm downloads to date. Current round: $3mm in Series B by betaworks (lead)(largest investor in company), Ron Conway, Danny Rimer, Accelerator Group, Roger Ehrenberg, Howard Lindzon.

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Epic Games acquires Sketchfab, a 3D-model sharing platform

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Sketchfab has been building a platform to upload, download, view, share, sell and buy 3D assets. Joining Epic will enable us to accelerate the development of Sketchfab and our powerful online toolset, all while providing an even greater experience for creators. Essentially, it is the leading repository for 3D files on the web.

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Tiger Global backs Nacelle with $50M for its e-commerce infrastructure

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More people shopping on their mobile devices creates friction due to downloading an app for each brand. Now, maturing consumer behaviors and expectations are accelerating the current phase. Nacelle gives organizations a future-proof way to accelerate their innovation, leverage existing investments and do so with material ROI.”.

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

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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. We plan to use our compute to accelerate open source, foundational AI.”. London- and San Francisco–based Stability AI is the brainchild of CEO Emad Mostaque.

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