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Stephanie Zhan walks through the Rec Room pitch deck that won Sequoia’s investment

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Sequoia is one of the most sought-after VC firms in the world, and predictably, it sees plenty of startups competing for its attention. Sequoia, alongside almost every other VC firm, prizes one factor when deciding to investing in a consumer-facing company: User love. Love is the answer.

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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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Why you have to pay attention to the Indian startup scene

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Back in August during Y Combinator’s two-day demo extravaganza , TechCrunch noted a number of startups from India that stood out from the batch. Seeing so many India-focused startups in the mix wasn’t a fluke. 2019 was the country’s biggest ever in terms of venture dollars invested, with Bain counting $10 billion during the year.

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What Angel Investing & Florida Condos Have in Common

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They have marked-up paper gains propped up by an over excited venture capital market that has validated their investments. Logic tells me the following: It is hard to make money angel investing. I have called it a “mug’s game&# and I mostly try to avoid it. It was an investment management class.

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

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In my previous post, The VC Ice Age is Thawing (for now) I wrote about the reasons why the VC market came to a screeching halt in September 2008 and remained largely shut until at least April 2009. There are now signs the VC market has gathered pace meaning it’s a great time to be fund raising.

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Daily Crunch: Electric rail vehicle startup Parallel Systems raises a $49.55M Series A

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What a news roundup we have for you today: China’s changing venture landscape, the power of passwords, no-code startups, and why women are still raising paltry sums compared to men. China’s corporate venture landscape hits regulatory wall : Chinese tech giant ByteDance dissolved its strategic investment team, it became known today.

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

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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.