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This Week in VC with Om Malik & Paul Jozefak

Both Sides of the Table

To see the video of This Week in VC click on this link. We spent the first 45 minutes or so talking about industry trends (in this order): The history and background of True Ventures, one of my favorite early-stage VC’s (and the one with whom Om is a venture partner). We talked about Facebook. But it’s a real phenomenon.

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

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. “They see the digital crossover is going to happen — people are playing online board games now. If you can be part of that new trend at the very beginning, it gives you a big opportunity,” he said. The round was led by TheVentureCity, with participation from SOSV, Riot Games, Conscience VC, Corner3 VC and others.

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Equal access to capital and entrepreneurship is the final civil rights movement

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As a nation we know the benefits of encouraging entrepreneurship across backgrounds: Entrepreneurs create jobs, spark innovation and allow us to maintain our position as the most competitive nation on the planet. I began to realize that venture capital is a bit of a social game — and I was about to play it for two years.

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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. 6 investors on 2021’s mobile gaming trends and opportunities.

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Spolsky on Software on Both Sides of The Table

Both Sides of the Table

I asked him if he’d be willing to allow me to interview him for This Week in VC and we filmed it in the offices of Stack Overflow – his new company. They didn’t focus on building for the web and they lost a great opportunity to win the transition to browser based applications. How did MSFT lose the API war?