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TechCrunch+ roundup: VCs rate pitch decks, IPO analysis, Techstars’ expansion plans

TechCrunch

No one’s going to tell you when your startup has reached product-market fit — there are no flashing lights, no siren, no balloons falling from the ceiling. As with the other Disrupt recaps, there’s also a complete video of their conversation. Global startups raise $158B in Q3, an all-time record. David Thacker, Greylock.

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What Angel Investing & Florida Condos Have in Common

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It costs less money to start companies so the world should have way more startups.&# I’ve heard the “world is different&# argument in every bubble I’ve ever seen. That would mean that the increased number of new business startups will lead to a “funding gap&# of deals that can’t get financed.

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Turkey’s Spyke raises $55M in a seed round to bring a social twist to casual mobile games

TechCrunch

Istanbul has become a city to watch when it comes to casual gaming startups, boosted by the likes of Peak ( acquired by Zynga for $1.8 Now, a new startup is announcing a major round of funding to make its own mark on the space. For Spyke, the outsized round was raised to match the startup’s ambitions.