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<h2>Headline Developments</h2>Not the best week for Facebook (FB) !  Firstly, the entire company’s ecosystem (FB, Instagram, WhatsApp and Messenger) ground to a halt for several hours.  This is an extraordinary occurrence for a company of this size.  Trying to keep this as simple as possible, this was an internal problem.

Headline DevelopmentsNot the best week for Facebook (FB) !  Firstly, the entire company’s ecosystem (FB, Instagram, WhatsApp and Messenger) ground to a halt for several hours.  This is an extraordinary occurrence for a company of this size.  Trying to keep this as simple as possible, this was an internal problem.

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San Francisco-based <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/amplitude-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:34148:1" rel="noopener">Amplitude (AMPL US)</a> , best-in-class product analytics and digital optimization technology unicorn, filed for a direct listing and expects their Class A common stock to begin trading on September 28, 2021. The company has registered up to ~35.4M shares to sell in the direct listing with the reference price to be announced. Amplitude plans to list their Class A shares on the Nasdaq Capital Market under the symbol “AMPL”. Direct listing means that there will be no book building process and none of the existing shareholders will be subject to 180-day contractual lock-up agreement. Morgan Stanley, Bank of America, Citigroup, KeyBanc Capital Markets, Baird, UBS and William Blair will serve as financial advisors.

San Francisco-based Amplitude (AMPL US) , best-in-class product analytics and digital optimization technology unicorn, filed for a direct listing and expects their Class A common stock to begin trading on September 28, 2021. The company has registered up to ~35.4M shares to sell in the direct listing with the reference price to be announced. Amplitude plans to list their Class A shares on the Nasdaq Capital Market under the symbol “AMPL”. Direct listing means that there will be no book building process and none of the existing shareholders will be subject to 180-day contractual lock-up agreement. Morgan Stanley, Bank of America, Citigroup, KeyBanc Capital Markets, Baird, UBS and William Blair will serve as financial advisors.

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Headline Developments As has been widely expected, China has moved to greatly reduce the time under-18s spend playing computer games.  Under the new rule, younger gamers will be restricted to one hour (8 pm - 9 pm) of online games on Fridays, weekends and holidays, with online gaming companies barred from providing gaming services to minors in any form outside of those hours.

Headline Developments As has been widely expected, China has moved to greatly reduce the time under-18s spend playing computer games.  Under the new rule, younger gamers will be restricted to one hour (8 pm - 9 pm) of online games on Fridays, weekends and holidays, with online gaming companies barred from providing gaming services to minors in any form outside of those hours.

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The economy is booming and everyone should enjoy it. The American economy is benefitting from tremendous amounts of pent-up demand and in some of the hardest-hit industries' activity is beginning to tick back up above 2019 levels. Along with that boom, there are clear signs of inflation and concerns about overheating. Even Janet Yellen seemed concerned for a few hours last week.

The economy is booming and everyone should enjoy it. The American economy is benefitting from tremendous amounts of pent-up demand and in some of the hardest-hit industries' activity is beginning to tick back up above 2019 levels. Along with that boom, there are clear signs of inflation and concerns about overheating. Even Janet Yellen seemed concerned for a few hours last week.

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Cyber Security Cloud Inc / Equity Bottom-Up

<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/cyber-security-cloud-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:29137:1" rel="noopener">Cyber Security Cloud Inc (4493 JP)</a>  (CSC) a fast-growing web security company that provides B2B Web Application FireWall (WAF) security, primarily to Japanese companies. The company uses AI to help detect and respond to threats, delivered through its three product offerings: Shadankun, WAF Charm, and AWS Managed Service.  This note looks at the Q3 results, where sales rose 44% YoY.  
For a more detailed view of the company, market, moat and management, please take a quick look at the following:  <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/small-cap-growth-cyber-security-cloud-4493-japan-s-security-patch" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="insights:43624" rel="noopener">Small Cap Growth: Cyber Security Cloud (4493) – Japan's Security Patch</a>

Cyber Security Cloud Inc (4493 JP)  (CSC) a fast-growing web security company that provides B2B Web Application FireWall (WAF) security, primarily to Japanese companies. The company uses AI to help detect and respond to threats, delivered through its three product offerings: Shadankun, WAF Charm, and AWS Managed Service.   This note looks at the Q3 results, where sales rose 44% YoY.  
For a more detailed view of the company, market, moat and management, please take a quick look at the following:  Small Cap Growth: Cyber Security Cloud (4493) – Japan's Security Patch 

Small Cap Growth: Cyber Security Cloud (4493) –Another Strong Quarter

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Cloudflare, Inc. designs and develops software solutions. The Company offers platform for load balancing, video streaming, security, analysis, and domain registration. Cloudflare serves customers worldwide.

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Weekly Innovation Review (WIRE) #52

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Founder-Led Unicorn And Leader In Product Analytics

Amplitude, the growth engine for digital products, will go public via direct listing and we think its fully SaaS, cloud-native product with...

Andrei Zakharov

Weekly Innovation Review (WIRE) #47

Headline Developments: As has been widely expected, China has moved to greatly reduce the time under-18s spend playing computer games. Under the...

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The Transcript 05.10.21: Pent-up Demand

The economy is booming and everyone should enjoy it. The American economy is benefitting from tremendous amounts of pent-up demand and in some of...

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Small Cap Growth: Cyber Security Cloud (4493) –Another Strong Quarter

Cyber Security Cloud is a high growth web security company that provides WAF security to Japanese companies. MRQ sales growth was 44%, with strong...

Mark Chadwick

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