TechCrunch

JANUARY 25, 2021

The line between social networking and gaming is increasingly blurring , and internet incumbents are taking notice. IMVU has raised more than $77 million from five rounds since it was co-founded by “The Lean Startup” author Eric Ries back in 2004. The company declined to disclose its post-money valuation.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 14, 2011

During the 2004 election he was accused of having made up material facts from his service in the Vietnam War in an election against somebody who didn’t serve in a war. That, or incumbents. Have a PR Strategy. Think John Kerry and the “swift boat&# scandal. He’s verbose, often off message and wooden.

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Tomasz Tunguz

JULY 28, 2016

The second largest, Jasper, is an internet of things software company founded in 2004, which Cisco acquired for $1.2B. This new behavior is a shift in strategy for private equity firms. The 2016 software buying spree hasn’t benefitted private startups or unicorns yet, and that reflects the different strategies of the buyers.

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Andreessen Horowitz

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Unity, founded in 2004, took nearly 5 years of bootstrapping to launch the engine, cultivate a cult following of Mac hobbyist developers, raise venture funding and ascend the curve of relevancy such that studios with real budgets were willing to bet their projects on Unity. Even Unity grew out of a failed game called Gooball.

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