**Title: Current Investment Environment for Gaming Studios | Trends, Opportunities, and Future Outlook**
**Description:**
Welcome to our YouTube video where we discuss the current investment environment for gaming studios, with a focus on the mobile gaming industry. We will also touch upon opportunities in the PC/console space. In this video, we will address the following topics:
– #1. What are investors currently investing in?
– #2. Identifying the biggest problems and opportunities for gaming studios.
– #3. Investing during the pandemic and shelter-in-place measures.
– #4. How defensible are gaming companies?
– #5. Understanding controversies in the games industry today.
– #6. Exploring future trends in gaming.
Our guest speakers for this discussion are industry experts with extensive knowledge and experience in gaming investments:
– Jason Chapman, Managing Partner of Konvoy Ventures: [LinkedIn Profile](https://www.linkedin.com/in/jasondchapman/)
– David Gardner, General Partner, London Venture Partners (LVP): [LinkedIn Profile](https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-gardner-7395662/)
– Graham Gockley, Principal at Transcend Fund: [LinkedIn Profile](https://www.linkedin.com/in/grahamgockley/)
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**Keywords/Tags:**
Venture Capital, investing in games, video game venture capital, video game startups, London Venture Partners, David Gardner, Konvoy Ventures, Jason Chapman, Transcend Fund, future trends in gaming, controversies in the games industry
**Transcript:**
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Welcome, everybody! We’re here today to talk about the current investment environment for gaming studios. We’ll focus more on the mobile side, but we’ll also touch upon opportunities in the PC and console space. Specifically, we’ll address six key areas:
– Firstly, we’ll discuss what investors are currently investing in.
– Then, we’ll look at the biggest problems and opportunities for gaming studios.
– We’ll examine how the pandemic and shelter-in-place measures affect investments.
– We’ll analyze the defensibility of gaming companies.
– Next, we’ll explore the controversies in the games industry today.
– Lastly, we’ll discuss the big future trends in gaming.
We are thrilled to have our esteemed guests today who will shed light on these topics and more:
– Jason Chapman, Managing Partner of Konvoy Ventures: [View LinkedIn Profile](https://www.linkedin.com/in/jasondchapman/)
– David Gardner, General Partner, London Venture Partners (LVP): [View LinkedIn Profile](https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-gardner-7395662/)
– Graham Gockley, Principal at Transcend Fund: [View LinkedIn Profile](https://www.linkedin.com/in/grahamgockley/)
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**Sources and Authority Links:**
– Jason Chapman, Linkedin: [https://www.linkedin.com/in/jasondchapman/](https://www.linkedin.com/in/jasondchapman/)
– David Gardner, Linkedin: [https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-gardner-7395662/](https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-gardner-7395662/)
– Graham Gockley, Linkedin: [https://www.linkedin.com/in/grahamgockley/](https://www.linkedin.com/in/grahamgockley/)
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We’re here today to talk about the current investment environment for gaming studios. We’ll be more focused on mobile but certainly can try to speak a bit more to PC/console opportunities as well.
Specifically we’ll speak to:
– #1. What are investors investing in right now?
– #2. What’s missing (from an opportunities perspective)? What are the biggest problems that need to be solved?
– #3. Investing in the current environment of pandemic and shelter in place?
– #4. How defensible are gaming companies?
– #5. What’s controversial in the games industry today?
– #6. What are big future trends in gaming?
And with us today to speak to all of these issues and more are:
– #1. Jason Chapman, Managing Partner of Konvoy Ventures: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jasondchapman/
– #2. David Gardner, General Partner, London Venture Partners (LVP): https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-gardner-7395662/
– #3. Graham Gockley, Principal at Transcend Fund: https://www.linkedin.com/in/grahamgockley/
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Brilliant Panel and amazing questions by you. Top quality content
Great content. For VR game developer, it's hard to be invested…
Great discussion Joe. Thanks and keep em coming!
Hey Joe this really helpful content. it was amazing topic as well. As you always do.