Investments

StreamElements raises $100 million in investment funding, plans to speed up development of tools for platforms

StreamElements is one of the leading providers in content creation and streaming engagement and monetization tools, and now, the company has raised $100 million in investment funding as it looks to accelerate development on new production, engagement, and monetization tools.  This round of funding was led by SoftBank Vision Fund Two, with additional new investments from PayPal Ventures, MoreTech, and existing investors such as State of Mind Ventures, Pitango First, and more.  StreamElements initiated its most recent round of funding with plans to develop new tools for streaming and on-demand

Evil Geniuses CEO Nicole LaPointe Jameson is coming to Disrupt

As the opportunities in the gaming world continue to expand aggressively as part of post-COVID shifts to the entertainment sector, esports has found its own opportunities in reaching new audiences. While competitive gaming is still in its early stages, the stakeholders of the industry are some of gaming’s most prominent publishers and organizations, and disrupting how business gets done can be a major challenge for rising leagues and platforms. We’re excited to have Evil Geniuses CEO Nicole LaPointe Jameson join us at TechCrunch Disrupt this week to discuss the business

The best rookies in NBA 2K22

The 2021 rookie class has the potential to be an all-time great draft class. Throughout the first round, there are several players with all-NBA upside and many more that project as excellent role players on playoff teams. Rookies are investments in NBA 2K22. Whether it’s in MyGM or MyTeam, picking up qualities rookies early on could pay dividends several months after the game’s release. A high-quality rookie will progress throughout the season, and good performances in real life will lead to stat boosts in the game. Rookies don’t have excellent

DeFi Land Completes $4.1M Round to Launch Gamified Decentralized Finance Game on Solana

Gamified decentralized finance platform DeFi Land has finalized its initial round of investing valued at $4.1 million, according to an update shared with Crowdfund Insider. Several investors have allocated funds to this initiative, the announcement revealed. The concept of gamifying investment action could potentially make DeFi a lot appealing and more accessible to a wider range of users. As stated in the release, DeFi Land is a multi-chain agriculture simulation web game developed to offer decentralized finance solutions to mainstream consumers. The platform aims to gamify various aspects of traditional

Best Elite Fast TM Pokemon GO: Best Moves and Pokemon to Use

PokémonImage provided by Niantic.Season Eight’s Battle Leagues have come to an end, and players are now receiving their newly-earned Elite TM’s. The decision of who and what to use them on is a difficult decision for players to make, as once you use them, they’re gone. Here are the Best Elite Fast TM’s and their best Pokemon.In Pokemon GO battles, there are two types of moves a Pokemon can use: Fast moves and Charged moves. Fast moves are attacks that are quick, and while they deal good damage, they pale

Cardano DeFi Project Spores Raises $2.3 Million in Funding Round

It was a tough week price-wise in the cryptocurrency market. The total capitalization lost around $100 billion as every single coin from the top 20 is in the red. Some lost more than others, but we’ll get to that later. Kicking it off with Bitcoin. It had a relatively calm week, and even though it’s down about 3% over the period, it’s still not as bad as a lot of the altcoins. BTC was trading at around $34,000 last Friday, and apart from a brief positive spike on Monday, it

Nigeria leads mobile app market growth in Africa as use of gaming apps surge 44% from Q1 2020

The pandemic’s effect on the global app market has not been hard to miss. In the first quarter and first half of this year, consumer spending in mobile apps hit new records at $32 billion and $64.9 billion, respectively. In Africa, it can be tough to call out exact numbers on consumer spending because the continent gets hardly a mention in global app market reports. Yet, other metrics are worth looking at, and a new report from AppsFlyer in collaboration with Google has some important insights into how the African app