TechCrunch
DECEMBER 19, 2022
Revel , an NFT or “social collectibles” platform, raised $7.8 million in seed financing led by Dragonfly Capital, the startup’s CEO, Adi Sideman, exclusively told TechCrunch. One way to describe Revel is a cross between Instagram and Robinhood, wrapped in social game economics,” Sideman said.
TechCrunch
DECEMBER 20, 2021
On the heels of Roblox hitting it big with its platform for user-created gaming content, another startup has landed a major round of funding to build out its own user-generated platform aimed at immersive experiences. billion valuation. billion valuation. (To There are some 12 million rooms on the platform already, Rec Room said.
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TechCrunch
JANUARY 12, 2021
But despite my privilege, I’m also confident that my Black heritage made it more difficult for me to raise venture capital. Today — and the data proves this — if you are a white male, you have an unfair advantage when looking to raise venture capital. At the time, I didn’t even know that raising venture capital was a possibility.
TechCrunch
SEPTEMBER 5, 2022
In a statement, MVM said the funding will expand its efforts to build “Africa’s largest gaming DAO and provide gamers with access to world-class opportunities.”. Meanwhile, MVM said it is building a soon-to-launch social gaming app, Hyper.
Both Sides of the Table
APRIL 15, 2010
I was on This Week in Venture Capital (TWiVC) again this week with Jason Calacanis. mm in Series A; IdealLab ( Bill Gross ), Index Ventures ( Danny Rimer ), Revolution LLC ( Steve Case ), First Round Capital , BetaWorks , Jason Calcanis. Tags: This Week in Venture Capital VC Industry. He’ll discover the value.
TechCrunch
FEBRUARY 10, 2021
Meet Powder , a French startup that helps you share video clips of your favorite games, follow people with the same interests and interact with them. Powder wants to build the video infrastructure for social gaming. We thought we would create a community first and then a product,” co-founder and CEO Stanislas Coppin told me.
TechCrunch
JANUARY 19, 2022
Carry1st , a South African publisher of social games and interactive content across Africa, has raised a $20 million Series A extension led by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z). A couple of prominent individual investors, including Nas and the founders of Chipper Cash , Sky Mavis and Yield Guild Games, took part.
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