Inside the Dragons Den - How to Talk to Investors
summary
Venture firms name concrete targets: $500M fund, mandates for 10x exit opportunities and minimum tickets (STV ~$5M); a financing house mainly lends for UA and marketing, not equity. Investors fund studio acquisitions, loans, and early pre-revenue bets if teams show trajectory. Useful signals: a playable prototype, clear metrics and a lead investor; expect diligence from a few weeks to well over a year—fast deals in 3–5 weeks, many candidates languish in a 128-company pipeline with only eight investment-ready.
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chapters (8)
- 0:00Start
- 6:46Examples of the Kinds of Investments We Make at Wargaming
- 22:43What Support Does Issf Offers for Female Game Developers
- 24:35Enhanced Entrepreneurship Development Program
- 25:52If I Provided Everything That You Needed for Me To Invest or Have Me as an Investment How Long Would that Take To Get the Approval or To Stop the Actual Investment
- 26:37The Steps of Vc Funding
- 31:28Is It Okay To Approach Multiple Investors at the Same Time
- 39:02How Can We Turn Something That We'Re Good at into a Business
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