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Riot Games and Konvoy Ventures back games publisher Carry1st in $6M Series A

TechCrunch

CRE Ventures led that round , but this time, the company, which has offices in Cape Town and New York, brought in a blue-chip group of investors spanning gaming, media and fintech. VC firm Konvoy Ventures led the Series A round. The company started as a game studio, developing and launching its own mobile games.

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This Week in Venture Capital – Episode 2

Both Sides of the Table

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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Skate Where the Puck is Going

Both Sides of the Table

Anyone who works in the venture business or frankly just lives in Silicon Valley will be used to hearing a buzz word rise up out of nowhere to capture the technology zeitgeist and find its way into every entrepreneur’s product development plan or every aspiring entrepreneur’s pitch deck. Badges were an innovation.

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This Week in VC with Om Malik & Paul Jozefak

Both Sides of the Table

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). Paul discussed his perspective having been at SAP Ventures. Read more: PaidContent.

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The Big VC Thaw – Why The Market is Moving Again (part 2 of 3)

Both Sides of the Table

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.

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

StartupNation

Nick Quain , VP, venture development, Invest Ottawa . “Go Times are tight, and companies are less inclined to take on the world themselves, nor are they able to innovate internally at every turn. Related: 3 Core Objectives to Help You Lead Your Startup Through the Pandemic. Go on the offensive. ” Key takeaways.

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Overplay’s Wefunder Campaign brings in $1 million from Retail Investors, Funding Social Gaming AI-Powered Tech

American Entrepreneurship

Community Crowdfunding Platform brings multiple benefits to Social Gaming Startup Funding strategy plays an important role in how much and how quickly a startup receives funding. The capital will be used to expand Overplay’s team and accelerate product development and user acquisition.