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Goama lets developers integrate a social gaming platform into their apps

TechCrunch

Goama (also known as Go Games) lets developers quickly integrate social games into their apps. Some of Goama’s clients have used it for promotional campaigns, while others rely on the platform, which introduces new games every week, to add a full-fledged gaming function to their app. million unique users.

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Stream raises $38M as its chat and activity feed APIs power communications for 1B users

TechCrunch

A lot of our communication these days with each other is digital, and today one of the companies enabling that — with APIs to build chat experiences into apps — is announcing a round of funding on the back of some very strong growth. That list is a notable indicator of what kinds of startups are also quietly working with Stream.

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Consumer investment fatigue

Tomasz Tunguz

Many of the promising marketing and media innovations of the past six years, daily deals, subscription ecommerce, social gaming and social media, have been struggling. It depends on the incumbents successfully developing new revenue models that can be either syndicated to or replicated by new startups.

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

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Nick Quain , VP, venture development, Invest Ottawa . “Go Use the tools you have already developed, leverage your reputation and make a plan that enables you to react dynamically to the market and builds to an alternative goal. Related: 3 Core Objectives to Help You Lead Your Startup Through the Pandemic. Go on the offensive.

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Reflections on YCombinator Demo Day: How the Seed Market Has Changed

Tomasz Tunguz

enterprise), segment (ecommerce, education, social, gaming, delivery) and by revenue model (subscription, ads, transactional). Platforms-as-a-Service, which enable developers to build and scale applications (Heroku), have also seen a decline in numbers. In 2012, there were 5 PaaS companies while in 2014, I counted 2.

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Infinite Canvas raises $2.8M for a metaverse creator group modeled after esports teams

TechCrunch

Ten different people would probably define the metaverse in 10 different ways, but it’s generally used as shorthand for the web of emerging virtual spaces full of personalized avatars, games and digital goods that are already shaping our world. million subscribers. Shachar asked.

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Extra Crunch roundup: RapidSOS EC-1, how to prep for an M&A exit, inside Genki Forest

TechCrunch

“It’s closed dozens of partnerships and business development deals, and with some of the biggest names in tech. Leveraging China’s robust distribution network, lighting-fast manufacturing capabilities and a vast pool of data that enables holistic digitization, Genki Forest sells more than 30% of its products online.