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Wednesday, January 08, 2020 By Eric Eldon

Welcome to Extra Crunch Wednesday

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The future (and past) of mobile gaming

We've seen some amazing firms come out of the mobile gaming space, some with more success than others.

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One Medical's IPO will test the value of tech-enabled startups

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The company, popular in Silicon Valley and known for an investment from Alphabet, intends to debut this year on the Nasdaq under the ticker symbol "ONEM."

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Despite JEDI loss, AWS retains dominant market position

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Even after losing out on a mega deal for building out the nation's Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure, the company remains fully in control of the cloud infrastructure market.

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To break away from D2C crowd, SmileDirectClub announces retail partnership with Walmart

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SmileDirectClub announced a partnership with Walmart to sell a new line of oral care products, including toothbrushes, teeth whitening treatments, a water flosser and more.

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Study associates frequency, quality of monthly reports with startup success

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A VC-endorsed study found that "startups that submit regular, high-quality reports are shown by the statistics to be better investments than other startups."

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Tech-driven change a key priority for new EC president

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European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has made responding to technology-driven change a key priority for her five-year term.

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6 VCs explain why seed investors now favor enterprise startups

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The fact that seed investors cut more checks to enterprise (B2B) startups in 2019 than consumer-oriented companies (B2C) was big news.

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Investors and utilities are seeding carbon markets with new startups

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As the results of climate inaction become more apparent, there appears to be some movement on the regulatory front and concurrent activity from early-stage technology investors to make carbon offsets more of a reality.

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Plex's secret weapon: cross-media integrations

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Plex's expansion beyond a home media organizer to becoming a centralized platform for all your media, gives the company a distinct advantage.

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As ransomware gets craftier, companies must start thinking creatively

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Some say ransomware is in decline. Others say it’s getting craftier.

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What to expect in digital media in 2020

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We spoke to hundreds of entrepreneurs and executives in North America and Europe last year about the shifts underway across everything from vertically-oriented video series to physics engines in games to music royalty payments.

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Tech layoffs rise as cost-cutting comes into vogue

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It seems that some belt tightening is afoot, something that we'll need to keep an eye on as the 2020 IPO cycle begins.

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