5 - 7 April 2016 GAMES FINANCE MARKET: CONTENTS CONTENTS 04 Welcome & General Information 07 Studios 23 Investors 03 GAMES FINANCE MARKET: WELCOME & GENERAL INFORMATION WELCOME EVENT INFORMATION The Games Finance Market is the VENUE INFORMATION culmination of important behind the The Grange City Hotel, 8-14 Cooper’s Row, scenes work by Film London, Ukie and London EC3N 2BQ the Mayor of London to establish a new programme that supports games and PHONE: +44 (0)20 7863 3700 interactive entertainment in the UK. While the city-wide London Games Festival sees the capital host over 30 events, it’s WEBSITE here at the GFM where the business will www.grangehotels.com/hotels-london/grange-city be done as we partner exciting, talented developers with global finance. TUESDAY 5 APRIL DELEGATE ACCREDITATION This capitalises on Film London’s Reception Desk, 6pm onwards expertise connecting films to finance Delegates will be able to collect their through the annual Production Finance Market – a ‘speed dating’ environment badges and meeting schedule from the with an incredible record for forging new reception desk on the first floor of the relationships, creating new networks hotel. and encouraging major investment in new ideas. It also, of course, draws on EVENING RECEPTION Ukie’s extensive knowledge and Wakefield Suite, 6pm relationships within the games industry Join us for our welcome drinks, a great and skill for connecting companies opportunity to meet company locally and globally. representatives ahead of meetings over The event would not be possible without the next few days. the support of the Mayor of London, or our sponsors Pollen VC and UK Games WEDNESDAY 6 APRIL Fund – we are all united by the firm belief KEYNOTE ADDRESS that London can grow its position further Crown Suite, 9.30am to become a global games capital. Thank The Games Finance Market will open with you for joining us on this first step welcome remarks followed by an on-stage towards that goal, and best wishes for a keynote interview with Dan Pinchbeck, productive and profitable time at the Games Finance Market. co-founder of The Chinese Room. Adrian Wootton, CEO, Film London and GAMES FINANCE MARKET MEETINGS the British Film Commission Lion Suite, 11am Dr Jo Twist, CEO, Ukie One-to-one meetings take place. Lunch 04 GAMES FINANCE MARKET: WELCOME & GENERAL INFORMATION is served at 12.30pm for one hour. Tea ABOUT GAMES FINANCE MARKET and coffee is served mid-afternoon. The Games Finance Market is part of the new London Games Festival which runs BAFTA NOMINEES PARTY 1 to 10 April. London Games Festival is ME Hotel, 7pm to 9pm organised by Games London, an initiative All delegates are invited to attend the delivered by Film London, the capital’s BAFTA Games Awards Nominees Party screen industries agency, and games as our guests. If attending please meet trade body Ukie. Backed by the at The Grange City Hotel reception at Mayor of London, with funding worth 6pm for coaches to the venue (ME £1.2m from the London Enterprise Hotel, 336-337 Strand, London WC2R Panel, Games London is a new three- 1HA). Guests are free to stay on after year programme to promote the UK’s the party, but please note there is no wider games sector and make London return coach. the games capital of the world. www.games.london THURSDAY 7 APRIL GAMES FINANCE MEETINGS OUR SPONSORS Lion Suite, 9.30am POLLEN VC: Pollen VC gives app Meetings resume until mid-afternoon. developers faster access to revenues Lunch is served at midday. they’ve earned from app stores. Revenue can be channelled back into user EGX REZZED TOUR acquisition, meaning that the app or Tobacco Dock, 10.30am onwards game is funding its own user growth, and Delegates have the optional choice of developers are less reliant on self-funding touring Rezzed at nearby Tobacco or venture capital to grow user numbers. Dock. Delegates will have been asked www.pollen.vc to pre-register by Monday 4 April. UK GAMES FUND: UK Games Talent KEY CONTACTS and Finance CIC is a newly-formed If you have any queries during the community interest company that has Games Finance Market please contact been established to help develop the UK the following staff: games development sector, particularly Roz Tuplin at the early stage. This includes the +44 (0)7988 842 769 Video Games Prototype Fund and talent Michael French development initiatives. +44 (0)7464 544 220 www.ukgamesfund.com 05 STUDIOS 08 4PM 15 Janeious 08 Atom Republic 15 Masters of Pie 09 Atomicom 16 National Insecurities 09 BELOUDEST 16 Nerd Monkeys 10 The Chinese Room 17 Outsider Studios 10 Digicub 17 PaperSeven 11 Dream Reality Interactive 18 Prospect Games 11 eLearning Studios 18 RIE Studios 12 ETT Solutions 19 Roll7 12 Fat Fish Games 19 Sensible Object 13 Firecast 20 Skara: The Blade Remains 13 FOAM London 20 Small Jelly 14 Fourth State 21 Splash Damage 14 Fracture Games GAMES FINANCE MARKET: STUDIOS 4PM 4PM was set up to create unique narrative COMPANY DETAILS games with a cinematic style. Over the last Address: two years the studio has released titles for iOS 86a Stroud Green Road and Steam, becoming a Unity Awards Finalist London N4 3EN and winning a Develop People’s Choice Contact: Award. www.4pmgames.com +44 (0)7741 741 630 Goals at the Finance Market Delegate(s) present at Games Finding funding and securing co-production Finance Market: partners. Bojan Brbora [email protected] ATOM REPUBLIC Atom Republic has made virtual world content COMPANY DETAILS since 2012. It is now working on Atom Address: Universe, its own virtual world. The game is Seaton live on Steam Early Access, and will soon be Kingfield Road Woking GU22 9AA on PS4. It hopes to scale up and create further content. Contact: www.atomrepublic.com [email protected] Goals at the Finance Market +44 (0)1483 728 499 Finding a partner to invest in the company for Delegate(s) equity to grow the team and the scale of the present at Games Finance Market: game, as well as secure more users. Tanguy Dewavrin [email protected] Alex Grona [email protected] 08 GAMES FINANCE MARKET: STUDIOS ATOMICOM Formed in 2010, Atomicom recently launched COMPANY DETAILS the award-winning Switch Galaxy Ultra on Address: PlayStation and PC. The game is based on 59 Jordan Street number-one mobile franchise, Switch. Since Liverpool L1 0BW expanding with some high-profile team Contact: members, the studio is currently working with www.atomicom.co.uk +44 (0)7990 541 801 Pinewood Studios to deliver a new F2P title that is its largest video game development yet. Delegate(s) present at Games Finance Market: Goals at the Finance Market Gary Nichols [email protected] Atomicom has secured prototype funding for a new free-to-play roleplaying game and is now looking to secure co-production or project finance partners to bring the game to market. BELOUDEST Following early forays into rhythm and quiz COMPANY DETAILS games for mobile devices, BELOUDEST is now Address: a multi-disciplinary team of 13 working on its 1 Haling Road breakthrough desktop/console title Exo Exit. South Croydon Surrey CR2 6HS This broad range of skills positions the studio perfectly for optimising the use of virtual Contact: www.beloudest.com reality technology in immersive action, [email protected] adventure and simulation games. +44 (0)20 8686 0789 Delegate(s) Goals at the Finance Market present at Games Finance Market: Seeking investors who share BELOUDEST’s Stuart Spencer ambition and believe in their concept. [email protected] Tom Hall [email protected] 09 GAMES FINANCE MARKET: STUDIOS THE CHINESE ROOM The Chinese Room is an award-winning studio COMPANY DETAILS based in Brighton. Its first game, Dear Esther Address: (2012), gathered critical acclaim and is widely Unison Building regarded as a genre-defining title. This was 179 Preston Road Brighton BN1 6AG followed by Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs (2013), and this year’s Everybody’s Gone to the Contact: www.thechineseroom.co.uk Rapture, another critical smash and currently [email protected] nominated for ten BAFTA awards. +44 (0)1273 506 595 Delegate(s) Goals at the Finance Market present at Games Finance Market: Explore options for alternative funding Dan Pinchbeck partnerships for future games. [email protected] DIGICUB Founded in 2011, Digicub has released several COMPANY DETAILS titles in the virtual dating genre, amassing over Address: three million downloads and over 12,000 Linear House five-star ratings. Founder Michael Othen has Peyton Place London SE10 8RS over ten years’ industry experience as a designer, programmer and producer. Current Contact: www.digicub.com project Meet Play Love brings life to online +44 (0)7960 589 917 virtual relationships. Delegate(s) present at Games Goals at the Finance Market Finance Market: Michael Othen Secure completion funding and find a [email protected] publisher for Meet Play Love, with an additional goal of growth investment for the studio. 10 GAMES FINANCE MARKET: STUDIOS DREAM REALITY INTERACTIVE Co-founder Dave Ranyard recently left COMPANY DETAILS PlayStation’s London Studio, where he was Address: studio head, to form Dream Reality Interactive. 5 Priory Hill He has worked in VR for three years and Sudbury London HA0 2QF created some of the best PlayStation VR experiences currently available, including The Contact: [email protected] London Heist, The Deep and Street Luge. He +44 (0)20 8908 3897 has also produced numerous innovative Delegate(s) products, including SingStar, Wonderbook and present at Games VR experiences. Finance Market: Dave Ranyard [email protected] Goals at the Finance Market Kumar Jacob [email protected] Securing funding and publishing for first studio product.