Thursday 22nd September 2011, 10am-6pm

Eurogamer Expo, Earls Court Brompton Hall entrance,
Meeting Room 3, London SW5 9TA

Eurogamer and GamesIndustry.biz are again hosting Games Invest as part of the Eurogamer Expo on Thursday 22nd September. Games Invest 2011 is an opportunity for small-to-medium-sized games and tech companies to find out more about public and private games investment, and also have an opportunity to network and pitch informally and formally to investors including SCEE XDev, London Venture Partners, We R Interactive and SEGA.

“Games Invest is a great opportunity for London Venture Partners to meet with games and technology companies seeking investment. Both investors and games companies benefit from the informal networking and structured meeting schedule.”

Phil Harrison, General Partner of London Venture Partners

Every ticket purchase for Games Invest 2011 includes:

- a morning of sessions presented by key investors/sponsors

- a networking lunch

- full access to the Eurogamer Expo and GamesIndustry.biz Career Fair

- an application form for games companies to apply for formal pitch meetings with games investors

The formal meetings application form process has now CLOSED.

Games Invest 2011 will inform all the games companies who sent in application forms if they have investor meetings on the day by Monday 19th September. All attendees will still have an opportunity to set up informal and formal meetings with investors during the networking lunch and on the day itself.

Investors, sponsors and speakers confirmed for 2011:

SEGA

London Venture Partners

SCEE XDev

GAMESbrief

NESTA

We R Interactive

Sheridans

Octopus Investments

Digi-Capital

Schedule:

9.45-10.30:   Sign-in/Coffee

10.30-10.35: Introduction by Jamie Sefton, Games Invest

10.35-11.10: Phil Harrison, London Venture Partners

11.10-11.30: Nicholas Lovell, GAMESbrief: “Raising money for games: pitching  
                     your company, not your product”

11.30-12.00: Tim Merel, Digi-Capital: "Global Games Investment and M&A
                     (Mergers & Acquisitions) - what investors/acquirers are looking for
                      and how to sell it to them"

12.00-12.25: Alex Chapman, Sheridans: “New business models and the
                     importance of IP”

12.25-12.30: Closing comments

12.30-2.00:   Lunch/networking

1.30-6.00:     Half-hour meetings between games companies and investors in investor-branded rooms on the Expo show floor

At any time during/after lunch, attendees can get onto the Eurogamer Expo show floor to check out the GamesIndustry.biz Career Fair and also play the latest games from Sony, SEGA, Microsoft and more.

Follow @gibiz on Twitter for updates and information on Games Invest 2011.

Please note: while any ticket-purchaser can pitch to investors via the Games Invest 2011 application form, this does not guarantee a private meeting on the day. Any formal meetings will be at the discretion of the investors. Also, Eurogamer and GamesIndustry.biz cannot guarantee that any meetings with investors will result in investment for your company. Tickets are non-refundable.