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a16z, Avenir and Google back South African mobile games publisher Carry1st in $20M round

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Carry1st , a South African publisher of social games and interactive content across Africa, has raised a $20 million Series A extension led by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z). Carry1st also received investments from Avenir and Google; it’s the latter’s second check from its Africa Investment Fund.

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Extra Crunch roundup: 2 VC surveys, Tesla’s melt up, The Roblox Gambit, more

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Despite many distractions in our first full week of the new year, we published a full slate of stories exploring different aspects of entrepreneurship, fundraising and investing. 8 investors discuss social gaming’s biggest opportunities. ” 8 investors discuss social gaming’s biggest opportunities.

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African gaming startup Carry1st raises $27M from Bitkraft Ventures and a16z

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Since its launch in 2018, Carry1st, a publisher of social games and interactive content across Africa, has raised funding from investors such as Google via its Africa Investment Fund and Avenir Growth Capital. a16z, Avenir and Google back South African mobile games publisher Carry1st in $20M round. “The

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

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Especially for first-time founders, assessing product-market fit at a stage where it’s mostly anticipation can be as much art as science,” writes News Editor Darrell Etherington, who interviewed three VCs about the topic for TechCrunch Disrupt: Heather Hartnett, Human Ventures. David Thacker, Greylock. Victoria Treyger, Felicis. “In

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Kodland, which teaches kids digital skills, grabs $9M to scale its online coding school

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A bunch of cohort-based learning platforms has also been successful in attracting recent investment — by, similarly, seeking to bridge the gap between edtech and the creator economy. The Kodland team focuses precisely on the practical knowledge and opportunities for children to learn relevant professions in an interactive manner.”

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

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As the company’s CEO and co-founder Shail Mehta explained in a TC Early Stage pitch-off earlier this year, The Last Gameboard is a 16-inch square touchscreen device with a custom OS and a sophisticated method of tracking game pieces and hand movements. ” 8 investors discuss social gaming’s biggest opportunities.

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

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Indeed, the Series B speaks of a moment of opportunity: It is coming only about six months after the startup raised a Series A of $15 million , and in fact Stream wasn’t looking to raise right now. ” That moment of opportunity is not one that Stream is pursuing on its own.

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