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18 October 2023 12:30Biblioteket Live

Welcome

Welcome to the 12th edition of Invest in Games – a yearly event by the Swedish Game Industry Trade Association and the international law firm Bird & Bird. 

We offer the latest analyses from the game industry and present the annual report from the Swedish Game Industry, the Game Developer Index. 

We have invited some knowledgeable guests to speak on a few of the most interesting topics in the game investing world today. Check out the speakers and the schedule in detail below. 

The day rounds off with a pitch competition we like to call "Dragon's Den (The Game Industry Version)" where young game companies pitch their ideas to an expert panel. 

  • Keynote talks
  • Panel Talks 
  • Showcase area (play the games that are pitched on stage and more)
  • Mingle

Welcome to Invest in Games 2023!

All you need to know

The event takes place in the heart of Södermalm in Stockholm, and is free to attend. Registration is open! 

Address: Biblioteket Live, Medborgarplatsen 2 in Stockholm 

When: October 18th from 13.00 until late afternoon. Registration open from 12.30. 

Questions: Email Anna at anna.ingler@dataspelsbranschen.se.

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12:30

Registration Open!

Find your badge, grab a coffee and check out the showcase area before you take a seat.

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13:00

Opening Speech


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Main Stage
Karin Svanborg-Sjövall
State Secretary to Minister of Culture Parisa Liljestrand
13:15

Brave New World: A Game Developer Becomes a Game Investor

Main Stage
Sigurlína Ingvarsdóttir
Founding Partner, Behold Ventures
13:45

Launch of Game Industry Report 2023

Main Stage
Johanna Nylander
Head of Policy and Analytics, Swedish Games Industry
14:15

Coffee Break

Grab a coffee and check out the showcase area. 

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14:45

Panel Talk: Handling Hard Times – Buy Cheap Or Lay Low?

Main Stage
Daniela Sjunnesson
Partner, Node VC
Dennis Fagerros
IPO Director Nordics, NASDAQ
Erik Sprinchorn
Fund Manager, TIN Fonder
15:15

New EU rules for scrutiny of public funding – major consolidation facing a new game plan?


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Main Stage
Hans Svensson
Partner, Bird & Bird
15:30

Coffee Break

Grab some fika and check out the showcase area. 

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16:00

Dragon's Den 🐲 (The Game Industry Version)

Game developers pitch their business ideas to an expert panel. The winner gets a scholarship to attend the Game Developer Conference (GDC) in San Francisco 2024.

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Main Stage
Patrick Liu
Head of Publishing, Fast Travel Games
Sigurlína Ingvarsdóttir
Founding Partner, Behold Ventures
Thomas Otterbeck
Head of Equity Research, Redeye
Maeva Sponbergs
CMO / Head of Publishing, Beyond Frames
16:45

Let's grab a beer

Join us at the bar for a beer or glass of wine to ease off the day. 

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Bar Area

About The Speakers

Karin Svanborg-Sjövall
State Secretary to Minister of Culture Parisa Liljestrand

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Opening Speech

Main Stage

Sigurlína Ingvarsdóttir
Founding Partner, Behold Ventures

Sigurlína Ingvarsdóttir is an Icelandic video games expert, with experience from some of the most successful games in the world. 

Sigurlína grew up in Iceland, spending most of her early days horse riding, reading fantasy and science fiction, as well as playing all sorts of games. 

She graduated with a degree in industrial engineering from the University of Iceland in 2002 and later started her game career by joining CCP Games where she worked on EVE Online. 

After that, she spent one year at Ubisoft, then moved on to join DICE in 2012 to work on Star Wars Battlefront that later became a massive success. 

After shipping Battlefront she relocated to Vancouver to become the Senior Producer on Strategy for FIFA, the best selling sports video game in the world and then moved on to California to work at Bonfire Studios, a venture backed game studio. 

After relocating to her native Iceland in 2020 due to covid she turned her focus towards board roles and early stage investments and quickly joined up with KM Troedsson and Magnus Kenneby to form Behold Ventures, an early stage VC fund with a focus on the Nordic region, a global game development hotspot.

Sigurlína sits on the boards of multiple companies in the games industry and is the Vice Chairman of Festi, one of the largest listed companies in Iceland.

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Dragon's Den 🐲 (The Game Industry Version)

Main Stage

Game developers pitch their business ideas to an expert panel. The winner gets a scholarship to attend the Game Developer Conference (GDC) in San Francisco 2024.

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Johanna Nylander
Head of Policy and Analytics, Swedish Games Industry

Johanna will present the annual report of the Swedish Games Industry, its current growth, trends and data. 

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Launch of Game Industry Report 2023

Main Stage

Dennis Fagerros
IPO Director Nordics, NASDAQ

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Erik Sprinchorn
Fund Manager, TIN Fonder

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Daniela Sjunnesson
Partner, Node VC

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Patrick Liu
Head of Publishing, Fast Travel Games

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Dragon's Den 🐲 (The Game Industry Version)

Main Stage

Game developers pitch their business ideas to an expert panel. The winner gets a scholarship to attend the Game Developer Conference (GDC) in San Francisco 2024.

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Thomas Otterbeck
Head of Equity Research, Redeye

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Dragon's Den 🐲 (The Game Industry Version)

Main Stage

Game developers pitch their business ideas to an expert panel. The winner gets a scholarship to attend the Game Developer Conference (GDC) in San Francisco 2024.

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Maeva Sponbergs
CMO / Head of Publishing, Beyond Frames

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Dragon's Den 🐲 (The Game Industry Version)

Main Stage

Game developers pitch their business ideas to an expert panel. The winner gets a scholarship to attend the Game Developer Conference (GDC) in San Francisco 2024.

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Per Strömbäck
Head of Secretariat, Swedish Games Industry

Our moderator of the day!

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Swedish Games Industry (Dataspelsbranschen)


Bird & Bird