Global Top Round is hosting their annual investment conference with GamingMalta, to support with publishing, business strategy and investments on a global basis.
Overview
SILICON VALLEY – January 13th, 2021. Global Top Round (GTR),an interactive acceleration devoted to supporting early-stage studios from around the world, has today announced the virtual location of its GTR 2020 Conference.
The conference, dedicated to investing and supporting 10+ studios and fostering a healthier ecosystem, is now coming to fruition, in collaboration with GamingMalta. Malta was a natural choice for GTR given its ever-growing reputation as an international hub for game development including the plans to develop an accelerator office space which will provide 700sqm studio/office space for startups in the video game and esports sectors.
Thanks to its years of experience and close network of proven partners, GTR strives to create sustainable futures for game studios, supporting them with development, publishing, and fundraising.
Every year, throughout its invite-only annual conference, GTR hand picks ten of the most promising game studios from around the world. Rogue Snail (Relic Hunters) from Brazil, Point Blank Games (Stray Blade) from Germany, 21c Ducks (Chrono Sword) from Korea, and Big Moxi Games (Wardens) from the US & Brazil are some of the awesome GTR studios to keep an eye on.
Details
The event will run from January 16-17, 2021, respectively with the Top 20 studios GTR hand-picked throughout 2020. Considering the current global health scenario, GTR and GamingMalta would like to communicate that this Conference has been shifted to an online platform, to ensure both safety and compliance. A physical related event held in Malta is scheduled for a later date.
The Top 10 studios of the Conference will be eligible to receive funding starting at $40,000 as an initial investment and the opportunity to participate in GTR’s 6-9-month acceleration program which offers: support for game and business model development, introductions to global publishers and much more. Chosen studios may also receive further investments of up to $360,000 through GTR and its angel network, to further aid company growth.
With the help of Gaming Malta, a local studio by the name of YouRun Ltd, developing the game Warshmallows was able to get introduced to GTR and will now participate in the GTR x GamingMalta annual conference, being eligible for a Top 10 slot and investment.
The conference represents a unique opportunity to meet and network with promising studios from around the world, GTR partner publishers, investors, as well as distinguished figures from the gaming industry. The Top 10 studios shall be announced at the end of the conference.
More information can be found at – www.globaltopround.com.
Quotes:
“We couldn’t be more excited to partner up with GamingMalta, a Foundation dedicated to develop Malta as the hub for the Gaming Industry. We look forward to seeing the best independent developers across the world in one central place “, said Pontus Mahler, Director of Business Development at Global Top Round
“Welcoming 2021 by hosting the very best global up-and-coming companies in game development is a clear indication that Malta intends on starting the calendar year as it means to go on. We are pleased to announce our partnership with GTR via this Conference and we are keen to open the door to our home of gaming excellence to its participants.”, said Ivan Filletti, Chief of Operations at GamingMalta.
About Global Top Round
Global Top Round is a Global game startup accelerator whose mission is to support small studios from all over the world with development, publishing and fundraising. Since 2015 Global Top Round has supported over 50 game studios worldwide via their GTR Accelerator program, which sees 10 new games added every year.
Global Top Round works with worldwide partners for Publishing (NetEase, Nexon, Gameforge, Gamigo, Deep Silver amongst others) and Investors (NCsoft, Neowiz, Line Games, Colopl Next amongst others).
GameingMalta
GTR has partnered with GamingMalta, an independent non-profit foundation set up by the Government of Malta and the Malta Gaming Authority (MGA). Tasked with the remit of promoting Malta as a centre of excellence in the digital and remote gaming sector globally, it is also responsible for liaising with the local relevant authorities to improve Malta’s attractiveness as a jurisdiction and enhance the ecosystem surrounding the gaming industry.
Success Cases
GTR is an ever-growing company and in 2020 we are happy to announce we have recently supported the team at Big Moxi Games to support their upcoming title, Wardens, with a funding round of $250,000+, after they were selected as part of the 2019 cohort. The company also recently invested over €300,000 in Point Blank Games to support their title Stray Blade, also part of the 2019 cohort.
