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VC Who LIKE To Play Games via @VentureBeat [Podcast]

VC Who LIKE To Play Games via @VentureBeat [Podcast] | Must Play | Scoop.it
From venturebeat.com - October 17, 2014 9:56 AM
In this week's podcast, we chat with IDG Ventures partner PHil Sanderson about the game industry, where the growth is, and why so many VCs are reluctant to invest in game companies.


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Fascinating and new to me that VC don't like video games. Fascinating because the longer I market stuff on the web the more it feels like video games are the core ideas that make everything go in a social/mobile/connected time.

See my riff on Time Is Money Online on G+ for more thoughts on why video games should influence your web marketing:
https://plus.google.com/+MartinWSmith/posts/RdjAjWoJTHw

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EA Founder Trip Hawkins Raises $6.5m for "If You Can" Learning Games

EA Founder Trip Hawkins Raises $6.5m for "If You Can" Learning Games | Must Play | Scoop.it
From www.theguardian.com - February 28, 2014 12:11 AM

Big-bucks Silicon Valley VC backing for company whose first iPad game, IF, launched earlier in the week. By Stuart Dredge.

Ronald Bannon M.B.A., Adm.A., F.C.M.C.'s insight:

Games industry veteran Trip Hawkins has raised $6.5m of venture capital funding for his latest startup, educational games maker If You Can Company. The firm, whose development team is based in London, released its first iPad game earlier in the week. The game – IF... – aims to teach children social and emotional skills through play.

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Educational mobile games is a MAJOR trend. Won;'t be the last money raised here. Good insight by @Ronald Bannon MBA, C.Adm., FCMC


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Ronald Bannon MBA, C.Adm., FCMC's curator insight, February 26, 2014 7:49 AM

Games industry veteran Trip Hawkins has raised $6.5m of venture capital funding for his latest startup, educational games maker If You Can Company. The firm, whose development team is based in London, released its first iPad game earlier in the week. The game – IF... – aims to teach children social and emotional skills through play.
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