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.
Both Sides of the Table
APRIL 15, 2010
I was on This Week in Venture Capital (TWiVC) again this week with Jason Calacanis. He’s behind IdeaLab and has created many interesting companies including innovating in solar energy ( eSolar ) and electric cars ( Aptera ). It’s sort of Jack FM meets Total Request Live meets UCG/Social Gaming (at least in the future).
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Both Sides of the Table
JUNE 18, 2010
What a pleasure that I got to spend an hour talking with both Om Malik (whom I’ve always respected his views) and Paul Jozefak , a venture capital partner at Neuhaus Partners in Germany (and formerly the head of Europe for SAP Ventures). Competitors: Playdom , Social Gaming Network. Are “strategic investors&# (e.g.
TechCrunch
MAY 4, 2021
The firm is known for its investment in the video gaming industry’s infrastructure, technology, tools and platforms. Riot Games (developer of League of Legends), Tokyo’s Akatsuki Entertainment Technology Fund (the company behind Dragon Ball Z), Raine Ventures and fintech VC TTV Capital participated.
Both Sides of the Table
OCTOBER 1, 2009
So what is driving the new energy in the remaining venture capital firms when we kept hearing how much the whole industry was “against the ropes?&# … 1. With the iPhone, Apple finally broke the hegemony that the telecom carriers had over mobile applications and that has stifled innovation for too many years.
Both Sides of the Table
NOVEMBER 14, 2010
They have marked-up paper gains propped up by an over excited venture capital market that has validated their investments. I have called it a “mug’s game&# and I mostly try to avoid it. Argument two says, “big companies can’t innovate anymore so Google, Apple, Microsoft, etc. Many may simply hit the wall.
StartupNation
DECEMBER 19, 2020
Times are tight, and companies are less inclined to take on the world themselves, nor are they able to innovate internally at every turn. We have seen KPIs jump more than 50 percent in the last month because people are stuck at home and have more time to spend with social gaming and shopping communities. ” Key takeaways.
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