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Poparazzi hits 5M+ downloads a year after launch, confirms its $15M Series A

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million global downloads, according to app intelligence firm Sensor Tower. million downloads for Poparazzi, which is largely in line with the startup’s claims, as these estimates aren’t an exact science.). . Alex says the round was actually a $15 million Series A, and confirmed Tavel joined its board.

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How to Move Beyond Resolutions to Sustainable New Habits

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Over the years, I have developed several best practices for setting annual goals and wanted to share them: Don’t Be Busy : Make 2024 the year you stop answering every “how are you?” The past few years, I have developed a one-page plan of three or four high level goals for the year that are most important. with “busy”.

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Homa raises another $100 million for its data-driven mobile gaming tools

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In other words, Homa builds tools that help third-party developers build games. The reason for that is that it has become incredibly challenging to stand out when you build a hypercasual, casual or board game with a small dev team. Since 2018, Homa has published 80 games and attracted one billion downloads.

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5 metrics Series A investors look for at dev-tools startups

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Rak Garg is a principal at Bain Capital Ventures where he leads early-stage investments in developer tools, data infrastructure, cybersecurity and enterprise software. The average Series A price for dev-tools companies is falling, and valuations are down across the board. Contributor. Share on Twitter. But it’s not impossible.

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Mobile gaming startup Homa Games raises $50 million

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In particular, back in February 2021, the company said it managed to generate 250 million downloads. Homa Games specializes in hypercasual, casual and board games, a segment of the mobile gaming industry that requires a methodical, technology-driven approach. Game developers can build a prototype with Unity and submit it to Homa Games.

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Why Has Seed Investing Declined? And What Does this Mean for the Future?

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if you want to download the deck it’s here on SlideShare ) Why Did The Seed Market Emerge in the First Place? If you want to download the full deck it is here. why the hell has seed financing declined so much in the past 3 years?? So What Impact Did the Drop in Tech Founding Costs Have on VC? thus the rise of “pre seed” investing).

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Accounting platform Synder raises $2M to automate e-commerce bookkeeping

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It was originally founded as CloudBusiness in 2016 and developed accounting automation and management of business finances for small and mid-size businesses. The company is already working with 4,000 clients, and will now be fast-tracking their expansion, but will need the right people on board to help the company grow, Astreiko said.

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