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As Tech Commoditizes, Expect More VC-Funded Digital Media Plays

We’ve heard the trends:

- cheap hardware
- open source software
- APIs
- quick exits…

In other words, the propensity to invest in technology goes down as technology projects see barriers to entry fall, in turn, digital media rises in value and its propensity to get VC investment goes up.

Today Canaan invested in one digital media company. Something we wrote about some time ago in VCs get on Digital Media Bandwagon. Also touched on Is Digital Content the new software?

Tags: Canaan, Financing, Internet & Web|
Posted By: Ashkan Karbasfrooshan | Aug 1st

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