MY.GAMES continues to explore the mobile games market. Information about the results of the second season of Game Drive, a joint program of MY.GAMES Venture Capital (MGVC) and Google, has appeared. Within its framework, MGVC received more than 80 applications from novice developers from 15 countries around the world.
The finalist studio, the developer of mobile games Game Mavericks, will receive investments from MGVC in the amount of 15 million rubles. As part of the deal, MGVC acquires a minority stake in Game Mavericks with a control option.
In the first stage of the program, applications for participation were sent by developers from Europe, Africa, the Middle East and the CIS. Of these, 10 finalists were selected, including teams from Germany, Poland, Estonia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Belarus, Turkey and Russia. The finalists were invited to the Game Drive Demo Day closed conference. During the conference, participants received advice on product improvement from MGVC and Google experts.
Elena GrigoryanDirector of Marketing and Advertising MY.GAMES
“We try to make Game Drive software as useful as possible for development teams by practicing a personalized approach to everyone. In the second season, we received a very large number of applications for participation from 15 countries of the world, which indicates that our accelerator is in demand and useful, which means that we are moving in the right direction. We also noted the high level of team preparation in Game Drive 2.0 and invested in the finalist of the program. In the new season, we will maintain the volume of the investment fund allocated to MGVC as part of the project — it will amount to about $30 million.”
One of these studios was the Novosibirsk Game Mavericks, formed in 2016. The studio has released mobile games such as Tank Battle 3D, Russian Trucks, Monster Truck Rally and Sawmill Truck Driver. She is currently working on a new casual game.
Maxim Braverman, Sales Director, Google Russia.
“We are pleased that Game Drive is helping us develop the international gaming community and support talented developers in Russia and beyond. In the second season, we strengthened the educational component of the program, which allowed us to improve the quality of applications, increase their number and expand the geography of participants. This opens up even more prospects for the further development of Game Drive.”
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