About Speaker
Johanna NylanderHead of Analytics & Deputy CEO, Swedish Games Industry
Johanna will present the annual report of the Swedish Games Industry, its current growth, trends and data.
Martin FolkePartner, Bird & Bird
Martin is a Partner in Bird & Bird’s International Corporate Group, based in Stockholm, and co-head of the firm’s Stockholm office. He primarily assists start-ups and growth companies seeking Venture Capital financing as well as Venture Capital funds investing in and financing start-ups.
With more than twelve years' experience assisting a range of corporate clients, his work primarily consists of representing emerging start-ups and other growth companies in national and cross-border fundraisings and transactions, including equity investments, growth or venture debt, fund formation and corporate venturing. He also offers clients a broad spectrum of experience on corporate transactions and legal matters, ranging from private acquisitions and divestments of companies, businesses and assets to corporate governance matters, capital injections and other venture-related matters on the Swedish market.In line with Bird & Bird’s unique ability to assist technology-driven clients, he specialises in working with companies at the forefront of digitalisation and disruptive technologies.
Ludomir BiedeckiPartner, Bird & Bird
Ludomir is a Partner in Bird & Bird’s International Corporate Group, based in Warsaw. He advises clients on share and asset transactions, mergers, and other forms of corporate combinations either domestic or cross-border, both regarding listed and private companies, on the buy-side and sell-side.
He has advised on numerous IPOs, SPOs, management stock options programmes, public takeovers, squeeze-outs, de-listings and issuances of bonds, whether assisting issuers or banks. He is also well-versed in financing (including securitisation and sub-participation) and business restructurings.
He works with clients from different sectors, with an emphasis on the financial services, retail & consumer, and food industries, and significant experience on transactions in the IT and TMT space.
He has been recognized as a leading Corporate/M&A lawyer by international legal directories such as The Legal 500, Chambers & Partners, and IFLR 1000.
Daniela SjunnessonPartner, Node VC
Alongside co-founding node.vc, a Nordic early-stage investment firm focused on supporting tech and gaming startups, Daniela is a board member, advisor, and angel investor with an operator background from the games industry. Her previous operational roles include CMO at Paradox Interactive and various roles at Avalanche Studios Group.
Thierry BaujardCo-Founder, Spielfabrique/ Managing Director, Media Deals
Thierry is an expert in financing the creative industry with 25 years experience in film, music and games. He is co-founder of European video game ecosystem catalyst Spielfabrique and Managing Director of Media Deals, a pan European Investment Network focused on the creative industries, both companies based in Berlin. He holds an MBA from Bocconi and UCLA.
Bibbi WikmanFounder of PlayCap & Head of Brand & Business at Aurora Punks
Bibbi Wikman is the founder of PlayCap, an international angel network of women from the industry investing funding and expertise in early-stage game studios and game tech. She is also Head of Brand & Business at Aurora Punks, a co-developer and investor in games.
Karl Magnus TroedssonFounder, Behold Ventures
Karl Magnus Troedsson is a veteran game developer, entrepreneur, and studio leader turned investor. After two decades of building and leading award-winning AAA teams (e.g. Battlefield, Star Wars: Battlefront) he switched track to making angel investments in smaller start-ups, which led to founding Behold Ventures in 2021, a Nordic- and European focused, early-stage venture capital fund focused on video games.
Sigurlína IngvarsdóttirFounding 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.
Parisa Liljestrand Sweden's Minister of Culture
Sweden's Minister of Culture will give opening remarks at Invest in Games 2025
Shum SinghManaging Director and Founder, Agnitio Capital
Shum founded Agnitio Capital in 2003 and has over 25 years of technology mergers and acquisitions expertise with 17 years focused solely on the video games industry. The firm has advised on over $3 billion worth of M&A deals and fundraisings.
Shum is an early stage investor and board director of Heroic Labs Ltd, Pretty Soon SA, Windwalk Games Inc, and Torpor Games AG. He is also an early-stage investor in ScoreSpace Inc and Scriptic Ltd. Shum was also a seed investor in Sviper GmbH, Hutch Games Ltd and Innova Intellectual Properties prior to their respective exits
Binni ErlingssonPrincipal, Behold Ventures
I've been playing games since 1982, which II ater turned into a long career in The Video Game Industry. Been working with data and analytics for 25 years and did the same for gaming companies where I started and led analytics and research departments for 5 of the top 10 (in revenue) gaming companies in Sweden. These are Mojang, DICE, Paradox, Avalanche and Toca Boca. Also started out working on EVE-Online in my native Iceland.
Seen the rise of the Swedish Gaming Industry from the inside and am now working with Behold Ventures finding interesting companies and opportunities to invest in within this space.
Ariana SohrabiCounsel, Bird & Bird
Ariana is a Counsel in Bird & Bird’s Commercial group in Stockholm, where she solves business challenges from a legal perspective with her deep understanding of commercial, corporate, and regulatory law. She advises both Swedish and international clients during the whole process of negotiating, structuring, and closing corporate and commercial partnership agreements. She also advises on corporate, regulatory and data privacy challenges.
Ariana has a deep interest in sustainability and responsible business and enjoys proactively being involved in integrating material ESG risks and opportunities within business organisations.
Karolina KjellbergSenior Associate, Bird & Bird
Karolina is a senior associate in Bird & Bird’s Commercial Group in Stockholm, specialising in IT-related and contractual law primarily within the firm's Tech Transactions practice.
She has significant experience in drafting and negotiating key IT and technology agreements, as well as related commercial contracts, including software licence, SaaS, cloud services, purchase, consultancy, outsourcing, and service level agreements.
She also advises clients on the strategic aspects of complex IT and technology transactions, as well as broader issues relating to information security and data protection.
Rob EdgarCEO, Studio Capital Management
With over 20 years of experience in video game deal-making, Rob Edgar is a highly trusted leader in the industry that has built a reputation for helping some of gaming’s top studios navigate complex deals and achieve long-term success. Since the founding of Studio Capital Management (SCM) in 2010, a premier video game agency, Rob has been instrumental in structuring hundreds of high-impact deals, collectively generating nearly $1 billion in revenue.
His expertise spans securing publisher funding for original IPs, facilitating co-development agreements for some of the world’s most iconic gaming franchises, leading clients through successful M&A transactions, curating new studio founders, and redefining what it means to be an agent in games. He continues to be a trusted advisor to leading game studios and his work focuses on creating meaningful partnerships that unlock growth, amplify creativity, and ensure strategic alignment for all stakeholders involved.
