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

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Stephanie Zhan walks through the Rec Room pitch deck that won Sequoia’s investment. In a recent episode of TechCrunch Live, Sequoia partner Stephanie Zhan reviewed the earliest pitch deck for social gaming company Rec Room with Nick Fajt, its founder and CEO. Getting the details right in your pitch deck.

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

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Nestcoin raises $6.45M pre-seed to accelerate crypto and web3 adoption in Africa and frontier markets. Nestcoin raises $6.45M pre-seed to accelerate crypto and web3 adoption in Africa and frontier markets. Meanwhile, MVM said it is building a soon-to-launch social gaming app, Hyper.

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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. .