Runway to the Future of Funding
summary
Quebec credits return 37.5% of salaries to studios and helps Ubisoft grow from a few dozen hires to ~3,500 over 23 years, sparking a pipeline of talent that fuels indie spin‑offs and acquisitions. Finland channels ~150m→15bn over 20 years into mobile success. Germany pledges 50m/year for four years. Canada’s Canada Media Fund funds up to 75% of project costs to $1.5m. Proven levers are tax credits, generous grants, immigration pathways and partnerships that turn AAA studios into training schools and repeatable IP businesses.
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chapters (15)
- 0:00Panel introduction
- 5:00UK games success drivers
- 8:10Canada’s tax incentives
- 12:02Scandinavia’s funding approaches
- 15:09Australia’s funding race
- 19:28Talent and resilience
- 23:44AAA supporting indies
- 27:16Passion vs business
- 30:28Pitching to VCs
- 34:23Government investment readiness
- 37:08Diversity in funding
- 42:45Long-term indie thinking
- 44:11Immigration advantage
- 45:39Government openness
- 46:42Closing and next steps
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