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

TechCrunch

Allentuck, who previously worked at Hasbro, said there’s widespread interest in the toy and tabletop industry to be more tech-forward, but there’s been a “chicken and egg scenario,” where there’s no market because no one innovates, and no one innovates because there’s no market.

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Memory.ai, the startup behind time-tracking app Timely, raises $14M to build more AI-based productivity apps

TechCrunch

They can variously cover any kind of collaboration management software ranging from Asana and Jira through to Slack and Notion; or software that makes doing an existing work task more efficient than you did it before (e.g. previously. We look forward to supporting Mathias and the team in this exciting new chapter.”.

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This Week in Venture Capital – Episode 2

Both Sides of the Table

He’s behind IdeaLab and has created many interesting companies including innovating in solar energy ( eSolar ) and electric cars ( Aptera ). Message of the week (from Fred Wilson) – “don’t fill cracks&# but innovate in new ways with the platform. But bill is a BIG idea guy. PLUS RELATED FUNDING …. uh, hello!

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15 Business Leaders Share Their Experiences and Insights on Getting Through COVID-19

StartupNation

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.