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AppWorks closes third fund with $150M for Taiwan and Southeast Asia startups

TechCrunch

As part of Fund III’s close, AppWorks is recruiting new investment associates and analysts, especially ones who will focus on sourcing deals throughout Southeast Asia. Founded in 2009, AppWorks started its accelerator program before launching a $11 million debut fund in 2012. for the other funds.

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6 Oslo VCs discuss 2021 trends, deal flow and regional opportunities

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Among the trends our survey respondents identified were e-commerce, blockchain and crypto, healthtech, energy, mobility and climate. We are really excited about the blockchain and cryptocurrency space. Our team has been involved and invested in crypto since 2012, so we’ve been excited about the industry for a long time.

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Mistaking performance for competence

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As I mentioned at the time, I had a front-row seat to the original 3D printing gold rush that has colored my view of subsequent hype cycles, including things like blockchain/web3. I wrote about hype recently as it pertains to ChatGPT and its ilk. We had to fight like crazy in Chicago in 2013 to get approval for that.

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Building a Better Middleman

O'Reilly Media - Ideas

No need to interact with a human recruiter. And yes, I expect that blockchain technologies will prove more useful than the curmudgeons want to let on. One day in 2012, an inconsistent software deployment met a branch of old code, which in turn collided with a new order type on the exchange. Or, especially NFTs.).