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Proudly Investing in Businesses that *Get Better* as People Use Actually Them, Not Worse

This is going to be BIG.

The types of businesses I like investing in are ones whose economics *get better* at scale, not worse. In turn, they've created more product offerings and enable institutions to get better insight into their investments in this asset class. Remember how much AOL sucked at peak times back in the day?

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Sumutasu secures $10M to digitize Japan’s real estate market

TechCrunch

Sumutasu , a Tokyo-based proptech startup that offers a direct online real estate purchase service, has secured $8.2 Takahiro Sumi (CEO) and Tomoya Ito (COO) co-founded Sumutasu four years ago to streamline the buying and selling of residential real estate. million in equity and $1.6 million in debt.

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The Future of the Workplace is Flexible

Revolution

Convening with CEO and co-founder Ryan Simonetti By Steve Murray and Patrick Conroy , Partners at Revolution Growth Convene’s London location at 22 Bishopsgate In 2018, Revolution Growth led an investment in Convene , an emerging leader in flexible work, meetings and events, and premium venues.

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Why Computer Vision Has Become a Major Investment Theme for Me

Both Sides of the Table

Computer Vison Startup Nanit If you follow me on Snapchat ( msuster ) you might already know that I’ve been looking at and investing in a number of companies in the computer vision space. Today I am so excited to announce our latest investment in the category —  Nanit  — which is a smart baby monitor.

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After seeing 200%+ ARR growth, Occupier raises $10.5M to become the OS for corporate real estate teams

TechCrunch

The COVID-19 pandemic has created all sorts of real estate issues for companies as it forced so many employees to work from home, leaving empty space all over the globe. And while there is no shortage of technology out there for landlords, there are fewer options for commercial real estate tenants and brokers.

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4 Ways Entrepreneurs Can Boost Their Mental Health

StartupNation

Additionally, business owners typically have the bulk of their savings invested in the business; failure could spell financial catastrophe. This is well-known to have a bundle of negative health consequences, including depression. All of this is wrong and can be dangerous to your health. Frequent breaks boost productivity.

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10 Rules of Thumb for Startup Investment Valuation

Gust

This time I’ll use a hypothetical health-care web site company named NewCo as an example to illustrate the points. The founders now need a $1M Angel investment to do the marketing for a national NewCo rollout, build a team to manage the rollout, and maybe even pay themselves a salary.

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