Trends in mobile game funding
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Panel reports that small Canadian teams raise early rounds of $0.5–5M seed deals but competing in top-100 free‑to‑play now needs $5–7M development plus as much as $20–40M UA in year one. Examples: a Montreal studio ships Shop Heroes (launched Sept 2015) after five months of “make it fun” design then adds KPIs; a Vancouver re‑team wins a $5M reinvestment and later partners with a publisher; PEI/Quebec/B.C. tax credits (one cited as 50% labour rebate) materially de‑risk projects.
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