{"id":396630,"date":"2022-01-20T14:48:43","date_gmt":"2022-01-20T11:48:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/nas-joins-google-in-20m-gaming-company-investment\/"},"modified":"2022-01-20T14:48:43","modified_gmt":"2022-01-20T11:48:43","slug":"nas-joins-google-in-20m-gaming-company-investment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/nas-joins-google-in-20m-gaming-company-investment\/","title":{"rendered":"#Nas Joins Google In $20M Gaming Company Investment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#Nas Joins Google In $20M Gaming Company Investment<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"image large\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hiphopdx.com\/2022\/01\/nas-google-carry1st-gaming-company-investment-1200x675.jpg\" alt=\"Nas Joins Google In $20M Gaming Company Investment\" class=\"large\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"news-caption\">\n<span>Johnny Nunez\/WireImage<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"body-copy  js-entry-text\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">\nNas has invested in African mobile <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/game\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"7\" title=\"Game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">game<\/a>s publisher Carry1st in a financing round raising $20 million, according to <em><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/business\/business-news\/nas-google-invest-carry1st-africa-mobile-games-1235075147\/\">The Hollywood Reporter.<\/a><\/em> The legendary New York r<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>er joins Google, video game developer Riot Games, venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz and others in the investment, off the back of the company seeing a 96 percent monthly revenue growth.<\/p>\n<div class=\"mobile outerAdHatch\">\n<div class=\"ad-border\">\n<div class=\"innerAdHatch\" inserted=\"shortcode\">\n<div id=\"contentUnit\u201c200\u201d\" class=\"adUnits\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n                        if(isMobile){\n                            CMNUNT.load(\"content-b\", { \n                                containerid: \"contentUnit\u201c200\u201d\",\n                                keywords: \"section_post_inarticle\",\n                                lazyLoad: true\n                            });\n                        }\n                    <\/script><br \/>\nThe money will be used to expand Carry1st\u2019s content portfolio and product\/engineering teams to acquire tens of millions of new users, while also moving into game co-development.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re excited to partner with this world-class group of investors who, in addition to capital, bring expertise across gaming, fintech, and web3,\u201d Carry1st co-founder and CEO Cordel Robbin-Coker said in a statement. \u201cIn 2021, we launched multiple games and digital commerce solutions achieving really strong growth. Together we can accelerate this growth and achieve our goal of becoming the leading consumer internet company in the region.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=f16YN6NRZkg\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=f16YN6NRZkg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Carry1st adds to Nas\u2019 growing list of investments. Through his venture capital firm QueensBridge Venture Partners, founded in 2014, he\u2019s invested in the likes of Dropbox, Lyft, Robinhood and Coinbase. Nas also became the co-owner of Escobar Cigars in August.<\/p>\n<div class=\"mobile outerAdHatch\">\n<div class=\"ad-border\">\n<div class=\"innerAdHatch\" inserted=\"shortcode\">\n<div id=\"contentUnit\u201c300\u201d\" class=\"adUnits\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n                        if(isMobile){\n                            CMNUNT.load(\"content-b\", { \n                                containerid: \"contentUnit\u201c300\u201d\",\n                                keywords: \"section_post_inarticle\",\n                                lazyLoad: true\n                            });\n                        }\n                    <\/script><br \/>\n\u201cWhen I heard the word \u2018investment\u2019 in school, I was hooked,\u201d he told <em><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fastcompany.com\/3038113\/nas-the-investor-the-rap-mogul-talks-about-the-importance-of-supporting-diverse-start-ups\">Fast Company<\/a><\/em> in 2014. \u201cYou invest your time, you can invest money and it was just a matter of time before it all fell into place for me. That\u2019s one of the things that I thought a lot about as a young kid\u2014the guys behind the scenes who make things happen, help build people up, make dreams come true.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is a difficult process, and you have to have the patience for it. You\u2019re the guy who needs the investor or the guy who\u2019s looking for something great to invest in. It takes time to get into the same circle together. And that\u2019s part of the battle, getting everyone in the same circle and educating them on where to find investors.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"mobile outerAdHatch\">\n<div class=\"ad-border\">\n<div class=\"innerAdHatch\" inserted=\"shortcode\">\n<div id=\"contentUnit\u201c400\u201d\" class=\"adUnits\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n                        if(isMobile){\n                            CMNUNT.load(\"content-b\", { \n                                containerid: \"contentUnit\u201c400\u201d\",\n                                keywords: \"section_post_inarticle\",\n                                lazyLoad: true\n                            });\n                        }\n                    <\/script><br \/>\nNas added, \u201cIf I\u2019m a Black man, how do I find other Black men who are businessmen who want to invest, who know something about business. Who not only just invest, but also can consult the company.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"author\" itemprop=\"author\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/Person\">\n<meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Joe Walker\"><br \/>\nby Joe Walker\n<\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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The legendary New York rapper joins Google, video game developer Riot Games, venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz and others in the investment, off the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":396631,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/static.hiphopdx.com\/2022\/01\/nas-google-carry1st-gaming-company-investment-1200x675.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-396630","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-social-mediaa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/396630","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=396630"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/396630\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/396631"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=396630"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=396630"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=396630"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}