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The Last Gameboard raises $4M to ship its digital tabletop gaming platform

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As the company’s CEO and co-founder Shail Mehta explained in a TC Early Stage pitch-off earlier this year, The Last Gameboard is a 16-inch square touchscreen device with a custom OS and a sophisticated method of tracking game pieces and hand movements. ” 8 investors discuss social gaming’s biggest opportunities.

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Equal access to capital and entrepreneurship is the final civil rights movement

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I began to realize that venture capital is a bit of a social game — and I was about to play it for two years. But when going to pitch meetings and VC events, I got the same feeling that I would get when you go to a high-end country club or a luxury store on Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills. .” Image Credits: Supplied.