2016 5 - 7 April
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
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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
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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]
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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]
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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.
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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.
ELEARNING STUDIOS eLearning Studios provides Virtual Reality COMPANY DETAILS Training, an immersive and engaging learning Address: tool. The studio can recreate any environment Office 2.3, Design Hub or product in a 3D virtual world that learners Coventry Technology Park Puma Way can interact with. eLearning Studios has Coventry CV1 2TT produced and sold VR off-the-shelf for training Contact: and wants to expand on a licence basis. www.e-learningstudios.com +44 (0)2476 525 550
Goals at the Finance Market Delegate(s) Securing funding to build its catalogue of present at Games Finance Market: Virtual Reality Training apps. Nitin Thakrar [email protected]
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ETT SOLUTIONS
Award-winning ETT is a global consultancy COMPANY DETAILS focused on technological innovation and Address: digital storytelling. Its applications include 81 Rivington Street immersive projections, virtual and augmented London EC2A 3AY reality, tablet and smartphone applications and Contact: interactive multi-touch gaming. ETT creates www.ettsolutions.com [email protected] new, visually-dynamic, participatory, +44 (0)20 3367 1930 immersive ways to engage key audiences Delegate(s) worldwide, serving cultural, academic present at Games research, commercial and institutional clients. Finance Market: Valerio Rossi [email protected] Goals at the Finance Market Federico Fasce [email protected] Meeting potential investors.
FAT FISH GAMES
Fat Fish Games, founded in 2013, is an COMPANY DETAILS independent games studio based in Brighton. Address: Fat Fish Games has built a portfolio of Sussex Innovation Centre high-quality games supported by social Science Park Square Brighton BN1 9SB experiences and won Best Indie Game Developer at Apps World 2015. The team Contact: www.fatfishgames.com believes real-time multiplayer gaming hello@fatfishgames.com experiences are the future. +44 (0)1273 704 400 Delegate(s) Goals at the Finance Market present at Games Finance Market: Secure investment to grow the studio and find David Lane publishing partners for future game releases. david@fatfishgames.com
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FIRECAST
Firecast is passionate about creating games COMPANY DETAILS which blend engaging stories, rich arts and Address: challenging missions. It started developing a Rua Lúcia de Castro Silva rich universe, then unfolded into multiple but 110/104 Recreio Rio de Janeiro 22975-865 complementary transmedia IPs; games, Brazil television and VOD series, comic books and Contact: mobile apps. Before Firecast, the studio’s www.firecaststudios.com founders developed custom advergames, +55 21 99540 4542 educational games and mobile apps. Delegate(s) present at Games Finance Market: Goals at the Finance Market Claudio Dipolitto Securing publishing and equity partners for cdipolitto@firecaststudio.com new single-player online TBS RPG Sword Legacy – Omen and possibly for its transmedia companion products.
FOAM LONDON
FOAM is a disruptive interactive entertainment COMPANY DETAILS company based in London and founded in 2013 Address: by ex-Sony Music creative directors Steve 18 Broadwick Street Milbourne and Phil Clandillon (twice winners of London W1F 8HS the Media Guardian Award for Innovation). The Contact: company currently has music racing game Drive www.foamentertainment.com [email protected] Any Track generating revenue and a 94% user +44 (0)20 3565 7769 rating in Steam Early Access, based on their Delegate(s) innovative MEGA engine technology. present at Games Finance Market: Steve Milbourne Goals at the Finance Market [email protected] Raising finance (EIS cleared) for the company, in order to full release a first product and produce another title based on FOAM’s technology.
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FOURTH STATE
Fourth State is a startup staffed by a team with COMPANY DETAILS over 30 years’ experience in the games Address: industry from titles such as Fable 2, Harry 2 Homefield Potter and the Order of the Phoenix and Rise Capel St Mary Ipswich IP9 2XE of the Tomb Raider. The studio is currently developing its first game, The Last Word, Contact: www.lastwordgame.com which recently won three awards for Best +44 (0)7738 713 531 Story, Most Creative & Original and Best Indie Delegate(s) Game at the 2016 Game Connection awards present at Games in San Francisco. Finance Market: Mark Backler [email protected] Goals at the Finance Market Sidonie Maria Šakālis [email protected] Securing further funding and a publisher for in-development title The Last Word.
FRACTURE GAMES
Fracture is a Brighton-based games COMPANY DETAILS development studio, founded in January 2016 Address by Mark Knowles-Lee and Rob Minson, former The Skiff heads of Mind Candy’s Candy Labs and 127 Gloucester Road Brighton BN1 4AF veterans of the growing Brighton games hub. Fracture is building on an existing talent and Contact: www.fracturegames.co.uk technology base previously responsible for the [email protected] hit mobile game World of Warriors (AppStore +44 (0)7710 583 814 Global Editor’s Choice, November 2014) to Delegate(s) build a new generation of core RPG-strategy present at Games Finance Market: games for mobile platforms. Mark Knowles-Lee [email protected] Rob Minson Goals at the Finance Market [email protected] Raising a seed round to fund 18 months of development.
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JANEIOUS
Janeious has a vision to change how mobile COMPANY DETAILS games are developed and promoted. Address: Janeious was born from a 4,000+ member Coliemore House strong affluent gaming community with top Coliemore Road Dalkey players spending over $50,000 USD on mobile Co. Dublin games. Janeious is supported by leading Contact: German game developers and former www.janeious.com Demonware CEO Tony Kelly. [email protected] +353 1 443 3018
Goals at the Finance Market Delegate(s) present at Games Establishing a first relationship with prospective Finance Market: investors who share the company’s long-term Romain Schneider [email protected] vision for a new approach in mobile game development and marketing.
MASTERS OF PIE
Masters of Pie is one of the UK’s leading virtual COMPANY DETAILS reality studios, specialising in creating tools to Address: help people work and play smarter in VR. It 6 Penrose Way partners with some of the world’s largest North Greenwich London SE10 OEW companies to explore, prototype and deliver groundbreaking new VR applications that Contact: www.mastersofpie.com improve productivity and user experience [email protected] for all. +44 (0)7851 530 712 Delegate(s) Goals at the Finance Market present at Games Finance Market: Securing finance for production of proprietary Karl Maddix virtual reality content-creation platform [email protected] Matt Ratcliffe Geppetto VR. [email protected]
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NATIONAL INSECURITIES
National Insecurities is a new company COMPANY DETAILS comprised of five team members dedicated to Address: telling dark, thoughtful and humorous stories 54b Oakfield Street through video games. The studio is currently Cardiff CF24 3RF working on The Old Gods Are Dead, a didactic Contact: exploration of morality set during the Cuban national-insecurities.tumblr.com [email protected] Missile Crisis. +44 (0)7950 643 910
Delegate(s) Goals at the Finance Market present at Games To secure completion funding for The Old Finance Market: Gary Kings Gods Are Dead. [email protected] Robert Pearce [email protected]
NERD MONKEYS
Nerd Monkeys was founded in 2014 by two COMPANY DETAILS Portuguese entrepreneurs experienced in the Address: video games industry. In just two years, Nerd International House Monkeys produced six client game projects 24 Holborn Viaduct London EC1A 2BN and released two in-house games – always on time, always on budget. Contact: www.nerdmonkeys.co.uk [email protected] Goals at the Finance Market +44 (0)20 8144 4263 To secure production funds through revenue Delegate(s) share and/or equity partnership for new and present at Games Finance Market: innovative video games. Diogo Stuart Vasconcelos Resende [email protected]
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OUTSIDER STUDIOS
Outsider Studios is a game development COMPANY DETAILS studio established in 2011, run by Stephen Address: Downey and Scott Grandison. Outsider 763 Lisburn Road Studios develops original properties and has Belfast BT9 7GW undertaken commissions from high-profile Contact: clients. Work to date has included projects for www.outsidergames.com www.wailingheights.com the BBC and Lionsgate Films. +44 (0)7793 211 205
Delegate(s) Goals at the Finance Market present at Games Securing funding and distribution partners for Finance Market: Stephen Downey console and mobile expansion of finished [email protected] game.
PAPERSEVEN
PaperSeven is an independent studio in COMPANY DETAILS Brighton. Established in 2011 by three senior Address: figures from console developer Black Rock Regent House Studio, PaperSeven has graduated from Hove Street Hove BN3 2DW work-for-hire developments to developing its own IP. The studio’s future lies in the Contact: www.paperseven.com interactive narrative space, building on their [email protected] first console/PC title released this autumn. +44 (0)1273 773 446 Delegate(s) Goals at the Finance Market present at Games Finance Market: Looking to meet with potential investors and Alice Guy publishers to finance a new title. [email protected]
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PROSPECT GAMES
Prospect Games is a Manchester-based game COMPANY DETAILS developer that is set to release the physics Address: platformer Unbox on PS4, Xbox One and PC Orbit House in Q3 2016. Prospect staff have experience in Albert Street Eccles M30 0BL developing for mobile, triple-A and indie products. Contact: www.prospectgames.co.uk +44 (0)161 707 0399 Goals at the Finance Market Delegate(s) Connecting with equity partners to enable present at Games Prospect Games to turn their upcoming title Finance Market: Andrew Bennison Unbox into a franchise of products. [email protected]
RIE STUDIOS
RIE Studios is a creative studio established in COMPANY DETAILS April 2009. The studio’s ambition is to create Address: groundbreaking, fun and inclusive games with 4th Floor global appeal. They are a liberal, agile team 86–90 Paul Street London EC2A 4NE committed to excellence. Past JVs included working with Samsung, Chillingo and Arika. Contact: www.riestudios.com [email protected] Goals at the Finance Market +44 (0)20 8133 5135 Securing funding for new Gen-Y targeted Delegate(s) multiplayer eSports title and equity partners present at Games Finance Market: for growth. Shan Blackwood [email protected] Tarik Bensaria [email protected]
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ROLL7
Roll7 is a BAFTA and Develop Award winning COMPANY DETAILS studio based in London. The studio Address: developed the cult hit OlliOlli skateboarding 5 Franklin Place series and 2D shooter Not A Hero. Roll7 is Lewisham London SE13 7ES currently working on an unannounced new property. Contact: www.roll7.co.uk +44 (0)7886 914 887 Goals at the Finance Market Delegate(s) A publishing deal or investment and present at Games marketing budget. Finance Market: Simon Bennett [email protected] Thomas Hegarty [email protected]
SENSIBLE OBJECT
A tabletop tech pioneer, Sensible Object’s COMPANY DETAILS first game Fabulous Beasts recently Address: successfully Kickstarted with 2,000+ Vault 9 pre-orders representing over £160,000 in Makerversity Strand sales. It is securing earlier than expected London WC2R 1LA retail orders and will be completing a seed Contact: round this summer in order to grow more www.playfabulousbeasts.com aggressively in the face of such [email protected] +44 (0)7900 692 150 opportunities. Delegate(s) present at Games Goals at the Finance Market Finance Market: Discover interest in funding tabletop tech Alex Fleetwood [email protected] and secure a potential investor to join the seed round.
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SKARA: THE BLADE REMAINS
Skara: The Blade Remains is a London-based COMPANY DETAILS indie video games studio creating innovative Address: entertainment experiences focused on Flat 4 empowering gameplay and powerful 3–5 Bateman Street London W1D 4AG narratives. The result is a flagship multiplayer fighting game, internationally recognised Contact: www.skarathebladeremains.com with the Indie Prize for Game Design and [email protected] Best Audio, DevGamm’s Best PC Game and +44 (0)7900 983 348 MMOGames’ Best Beta 2015. Delegate(s) present at Games Finance Market: Goals at the Finance Market Cesar Ortega-Domene Looking for equity investors for the company. [email protected]
SMALL JELLY
Small Jelly is a brand-new company founded COMPANY DETAILS by industry veterans focused on making Address: casual games for core gamers. 16 Woodlands Road London E11 4RW
Goals at the Finance Market Contact: Looking for equity partners for new company www.smalljelly.com [email protected] and/or publishing partners for new F2P +44 (0)7792 663 457 strategy game. Delegate(s) present at Games Finance Market: Ben Geliher [email protected]
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SPLASH DAMAGE
Splash Damage creates competitive action COMPANY DETAILS games with high production values, which it Address: operates via a proprietary online services Royal Court platform called Fireteam. To support this 81 Tweedy Road Bromley BR1 1TG investment, Splash Damage create number-one hits and online services for Contact: www.splashdamage.com publishers using world-famous IPs. www.fireteam.net +44 (0)20 8313 0538
Goals at the Finance Market Delegate(s) Looking to find investment partners to work present at Games Finance Market: with, to achieve the long-term strategy on Ross Farrow their own IP and platform. [email protected]
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¾ www.ukgamesfund.com a @ukgamesfund INVESTORS 24 11Bit Studios 30 Huace 24 Alisports 30 London Venture Partners 25 All 4 Games 31 Mode 7 Games 25 Bank Leumi 31 Nibiru 26 Coutts & Co 32 Perfect World Entertainment 26 Creative England 32 Pixelbomb Games 27 Curve Digital 33 Raytoon 27 Deep Silver FISHLABS 33 The Slitherine Group 28 DSK Ventures 34 Team17 28 East2West 34 WarChest 29 Edge Investment Management 35 Wellcome Trust 29 Head Gear 35 Xbox GAMES FINANCE MARKET: INVESTORS
11BIT STUDIOS
11Bit Studios is a game developer and COMPANY DETAILS publisher based in Warsaw, Poland. The Address: company is mostly known for its sleeper hit ul. Modlińska 6 This War of Mine, one of the most successful Warsaw 03-216 Poland indie titles of 2014, which won over 100 awards. 11Bit Studios is currently looking for Contact: www.11bitstudios.com premium mid and hardcore third party games [email protected] to publish. +48 222 502 910 Delegate(s) present at Games Finance Market: Paweł Feldman [email protected] Marek Ziemak [email protected]
ALISPORTS
Part of Alibaba Group, Alisports focuses on COMPANY DETAILS sports, media, VR, mobile and eSports. Address: Longchang Road Yangpu District Shanghai No 640 China
Contact: www.alibabagroup.com
Delegate(s) present at Games Finance Market: Yunhao Min [email protected]
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ALL 4 GAMES
All 4 Games is Channel 4’s games publishing COMPANY DETAILS arm set up to support creative talent within the Address: mobile games sector, helping games 227 West George Street developers launch successful and critically Glasgow G2 2ND acclaimed mobile games globally. The Contact: company is looking to market indie mobile www.all4games.co.uk [email protected] games. +44 (0)141 568 7168
Delegate(s) present at Games Finance Market: Colin Macdonald [email protected]
BANK LEUMI
Bank Leumi has a long history of supporting COMPANY DETAILS the global entertainment industry. Loan Address: facilities are typically in excess of £5m to film 20 Stratford Place and television producers, film distributors, London W1C 1BG music publishers and video game developers. Contact: Bank Leumi can also manage foreign www.bankleumi.co.uk exchange and collection accounts and Delegate(s) provide specialised treasury services within present at Games Finance Market: larger syndicated facilities. The Leumi Media Elisa Alvares and Entertainment Finance Team operates [email protected] globally, with head offices in London and Los Angeles.
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COUTTS & CO
Coutts & Co is an award-winning private and COMPANY DETAILS commercial bank based in the UK. For over Address: 300 years the bank has looked after the needs 440 Strand of leading figures across several sectors. With London WC2R 0QS professional backgrounds in their clients’ Contact: business worlds, Coutts Commercial www.coutts.com [email protected] specialists have a shared passion for the +44 (0)20 7753 1824 industry you move in. Coutts & Co offers Delegate(s) UK-based independent studio banking, tax present at Games credit bridging and senior bank funding. Finance Market: Judith Chan [email protected] Paul Franks [email protected]
CREATIVE ENGLAND
Not-for-profit organisation Creative England COMPANY DETAILS invests in and supports creative ideas, talent Address: and businesses in film, television, games and 1st Floor digital media. Creative England’s games College House 32–36 College Green programme was born from a recognition of Bristol BS1 5SP the burgeoning regional games industry in Contact: England, which needed support and www.creativeengland.co.uk investment in order to thrive. Since the [email protected] programme’s inception the organisation has Delegate(s) invested over £2.5m into the sector and present at Games Finance Market: works with partners such as Microsoft and Ella Waving Disney to grow and develop their diverse [email protected] Laura Cole programme of activity. [email protected]
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CURVE DIGITAL
A leading publisher of indie video games on PC COMPANY DETAILS and console, Curve was founded in 2005 and Address: has since worked with some of the biggest 3rd Floor names in the business, creating original content 63 Gee Street London EC1V 3RS and enhanced versions of games for PlayStation, Wii, iOS and PC. Curve has also worked with Contact: www.curve-studios.com some of the biggest names in the indie scene, [email protected] including Mike Bithell (Thomas Was Alone), +44 (0)20 7556 0424 Jasper Byrne (Lone Survivor) and Ed Key Delegate(s) (Proteus), as well as working with creative studios present at Games Finance Market: like Brighton-based Futurlab. Curve Digital is Simon Byron looking to sign a full publishing deal for an [email protected] independent game.
DEEP SILVER FISHLABS
With more than ten years of experience in COMPANY DETAILS bringing console-quality gaming experiences Address: to mobile, Deep Silver FISHLABS has been Deep Silver FISHLABS spearheading one of the most exciting Koch Media GmbH Ludwig-Erhard-Straße 1 branches of the entertainment industry for no 20459 Hamburg less than a decade. Its award-winning portfolio Germany of best-selling mobile games has generated Contact: 120m+ downloads on iOS and Android. Deep www.dsfishlabs.com business@dsfishlabs.com Silver FISHLABS is looking for experienced +40 8888 00142 mobile teams and offering full publishing Delegate(s) deals. present at Games Finance Market: Daniel Hericks d.hericks@dsfishlabs.com
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DSK VENTURES
DSK Ventures is a company set up by the COMPANY DETAILS heads of Film Finances, the world leader in Address: completion guarantees, and producer Deepak 99 Kenton Road Nayar. DSK Ventures provides cash flowing Kenton Middlesex HA3 0AN facilities against tax credit in the area of films, television and theatre in the UK and abroad, Contact: [email protected] and is looking to provide tax financing for +44 (0)7515 186 512 upcoming games projects. Delegate(s) present at Games Finance Market: Emmanuelle Valade [email protected]
EAST2WEST
East2West specialises in publishing Western COMPANY DETAILS mobile games in China and focuses on Address: top-quality casual and mid-core games. It Rm 902, Building E offers developers a one-stop service. Kerry Tower No. 12 Fengcheng Road Published titles include Give It Up!, The Weiyang District Sandbox, Machinarium and Another Case Xi’an, Shaanxi China Solved. East2West is looking for high-quality casual and mid-core mobile games for the Contact: www.east2west.cn Chinese market. [email protected] +86 29 8929 8317
Delegate(s) present at Games Finance Market: Raymond Qiang [email protected]
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EDGE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT
Edge Investment is the specialist investment COMPANY DETAILS house focused on the creative industries Address: sector. Edge has raised nearly £200m for 1 Marylebone High Street investment in the creative industries, including London W1U 4LZ video games and businesses that support that Contact: market. Edge is looking for a team with a www.edge.uk.com [email protected] repeatable business model; the company +44 (0)20 7317 1300 tends to avoid investments that rely on a Delegate(s) single hit title. present at Games Finance Market: Dan Tubb [email protected]
HEAD GEAR
Head Gear is a major international financier of COMPANY DETAILS feature films and television programmes (such Address: as Black Mass and War on Everyone), 5th Floor deploying more than $35m a year in over 30 12 Great Portland Street London W1W 8QN projects worldwide. It is now starting to explore the video games market. Head Gear is Contact: www.headgearfilms.com looking for tax credit financing and other tom@headgearfilms.com collaterialised debt financing opportunities. +44 (0)20 7636 6085 Delegate(s) present at Games Finance Market: Phil Hunt phil@headgearfilms.com Tom Harberd tom@headgearfilms.com
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HUACE
Zhejiang Huace Film and TV is a COMPANY DETAILS comprehensive film and television media Address: group focused on investment, production and 683 West Road distribution of film and television. The Hangzhou Xixi Creative Industry Zone C company was established in 2005 in Zheijang Province Hangzhou, China and listed on a Chinese China growth enterprise board in October 2010. Contact: Huace is looking for VR games content. www.en.huacemedia.com [email protected]
Delegate(s) present at Games Finance Market: Zhiwen Tang [email protected]
LONDON VENTURE PARTNERS
London Venture Partners is a venture capital COMPANY DETAILS seed fund with a difference. It has operating Address: experts in the online, social, mobile and tablet Foresters Hall games world, and only ever invests in those 25-27 Westow Street London SE19 3RY sectors. The team has been seed investors in games companies that have created approx Contact: www.londonvp.com $6.5bn in value since November 2009 through [email protected] full exits between Supercell, Playfish, Applifier Delegate(s) and NaturalMotion. present at Games Finance Market: Julia Palatovska [email protected]
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MODE 7 GAMES
Mode 7 is an indie game developer and COMPANY DETAILS publisher based in Oxford, best known for its Contact: award-winning 2011 strategy title Frozen www.mode7games.com Synapse, and its follow-up, Frozen Cortex. It is Delegate(s) primarily interested in deep, innovative, present at Games systems-oriented strategy games which offer Finance Market: Paul Kilduff-Taylor the player a large degree of freedom. [email protected]
NIBIRU
Nibiru is a Chinese company which intends to COMPANY DETAILS build bridges between the digital and physical Address: world. It has a VR middleware solution and is Jiangsu Yuhuatai District currently looking for VR content. Ender Gate Avenue Chuqiao City China
Contact: www.inibiru.com [email protected]
Delegate(s) present at Games Finance Market: Tao Jia [email protected]
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PERFECT WORLD ENTERTAINMENT
Perfect World Entertainment is a leading COMPANY DETAILS international online games publisher Address: specialising in immersive free-to-play 101 Redwood Shores Parkway MMORPGs. Founded in 2008, Perfect World Redwood City, CA USA has published ten popular titles, including Blacklight Retribution, Forsaken World, Perfect Contact: www.perfectworld.com World International and Star Trek Online. It is looking for collaboration and investment on all Delegate(s) present at Games platforms. Finance Market: Bill Wang [email protected]
PIXELBOMB GAMES
Pixelbomb Games is a ‘triple-I’ games COMPANY DETAILS developer and digital publisher working in Address: Manchester with big ambitions. Pixelbomb 5th Floor was founded in the UK’s second city back in St. George’s House 56 Peter Street 2011 as a collective of developers looking to Manchester M2 3NQ do one thing: make awesome games. Since Contact: then it has grown into a strong team of www.pixelbombgames.com developers, driven by beautiful visuals, [email protected] +44 (0)161 838 6273 challenging mechanics and adrenaline- inducing experiences. Delegate(s) present at Games Finance Market: John Kavanagh [email protected]
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RAYTOON
Raytoon is a Chinese company focusing on COMPANY DETAILS web game and social game development and Address: publishing. It is looking for mobile games for China Tenth Street, Court No. 1 publishing and distribution. Building 12, Room 1503 15th floor, Haidian District Beijing China
Contact: www.raytoon.com [email protected] +86 8258 5506
Delegate(s) present at Games Finance Market: Rui Hou [email protected] Ying Liu [email protected]
THE SLITHERINE GROUP
The Slitherine Group is the world’s leading COMPANY DETAILS producer and publisher of digital wargames Address: and strategy games. Under the Slitherine, 45 Church Street Matrix Games and Ageod brands it has Epsom Surrey KT17 4PW published hundreds of games, with many award-winning titles in its portfolio and Contact: www.slitherine.com spanning all digital platforms, from home [email protected] consoles to modern smartphones and tablets. +44 (0)1372 898 025 Slitherine is looking for developers willing to Delegate(s) join its roster of strategy games developers. present at Games Finance Market: Marco A. Minoli [email protected]
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TEAM17
Team17 is a leading international games label COMPANY DETAILS that supports amazing games creators to bring Address: their games to market across console, PC and Castleview House mobile marketplaces. IPs include the Worms Calder Island Way Calder Island franchise, Yooka-Laylee, Allison Road, The Wakefield WF2 7AW Escapists, Beyond Eyes, Sheltered, Way To The Contact: Woods and many more from studios around www.team17.com the world. Team17 is looking at new gaming [email protected] +44 (0)1924 267 776 content for partnership opportunities. Delegate(s) present at Games Finance Market: Harley Homewood [email protected]
WARCHEST
WarChest is a brand-new publisher of digitally COMPANY DETAILS distributed games with high production values Address: for all leading platforms. Founded by industry Royal Court veterans Paul Wedgwood and Richard Jolly, 81 Tweedy Road Bromley WarChest create triple-A titles for all leading Kent BR1 1TG platforms and deliver them directly to you, the Contact: gamer. WarChest is looking to publish and www.warchest.com invest in new games. [email protected] Delegate(s) present at Games Finance Market: Ross Farrow [email protected] Mark Morris [email protected]
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WELLCOME TRUST
Wellcome Trust is an independent global COMPANY DETAILS charitable foundation dedicated to improving Address: health. The Wellcome Trust works with people 215 Euston Road from across the games industry, looking for London NW1 2BE studios developing games that draw on – in Contact: whole or part – ideas from the biosciences www.wellcome.ac.uk [email protected] and health. Games supported by Wellcome +44 (0)20 7611 8888 include Ninja Theory’s Hellblade. It is Delegate(s) interested in all genres, platforms and present at Games audiences. Finance Market: Iain Dodgeon [email protected]
XBOX
ID@Xbox enables qualified game developers COMPANY DETAILS to unleash their creativity by self-publishing Address: digital games on Xbox One and Windows 10 Microsoft Campus with Xbox Live. Thames Valley Park Reading RG6 1WG
Contact: www.xbox.com/en-GB/Developers/id +44 (0)344 800 2400
Delegate(s) present at Games Finance Market: Agostino Simonetta [email protected]
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