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This Week in Venture Capital – Episode 2

Both Sides of the Table

I was on This Week in Venture Capital (TWiVC) again this week with Jason Calacanis. That said I worry that V1 of the strategy isn’t a home run. mm in Series A; IdealLab ( Bill Gross ), Index Ventures ( Danny Rimer ), Revolution LLC ( Steve Case ), First Round Capital , BetaWorks , Jason Calcanis. OTHER STUFF.

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Metaverse Magna raises $3.2M at a $30M valuation to build Africa’s largest gaming DAO

TechCrunch

Meanwhile, MVM said it is building a soon-to-launch social gaming app, Hyper. Nine months after its launch last December, the latter has completed a seed sale token round of $3.2 million at a $30M fully diluted valuation. . Nestcoin raises $6.45M pre-seed to accelerate crypto and web3 adoption in Africa and frontier markets.

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This Week in VC with Om Malik & Paul Jozefak

Both Sides of the Table

What a pleasure that I got to spend an hour talking with both Om Malik (whom I’ve always respected his views) and Paul Jozefak , a venture capital partner at Neuhaus Partners in Germany (and formerly the head of Europe for SAP Ventures). The strategy of GigaOm and where they differentiate in the market. OTHER DEALS: 1.

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15 Business Leaders Share Their Experiences and Insights on Getting Through COVID-19

StartupNation

“In times of crisis, it’s imperative for startups to build a solid analytics strategy to understand how their businesses are functioning at a granular level. Nick Quain , VP, venture development, Invest Ottawa . “Go Strategy and messaging will certainly need to correspond to the times. Go on the offensive.

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Role’s video role-playing platform makes a $2.75M charm attempt on the burgeoning tabletop world

TechCrunch

Some platforms, like Roll20 and Fantasy Grounds , have seized on this opportunity to provide online video collaboration platforms for playing games like D&D, strategy titles, and many others of the general tabletop type. “The game lives in the minds of the people, a shared social experience.

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From Agency to Enterprise Software: The Evolution of Buddy Media

This is going to be BIG.

The company reaches more than 8 million internet users each month through some of the top applications on Facebook and other social networks. In addition to operating its own applications, Buddy Media helps large media companies and marketers develop, build, manage, and promote social media applications.

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Overplay’s Wefunder Campaign brings in $1 million from Retail Investors, Funding Social Gaming AI-Powered Tech

American Entrepreneurship

Community Crowdfunding Platform brings multiple benefits to Social Gaming Startup Funding strategy plays an important role in how much and how quickly a startup receives funding. The team has introduced a major innovation to social gaming. ” Prior to the retail raise Overplay raised $1.8