Kowloon Nights
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Kowloon Nights is a video gaming investment fund established in 2017. It was founded by chief executive officer Alexis Garavaryan, who is also CEO of partner publisher Kepler Interactive, and Jay Chi.
History[edit]
Alexis Garavaryan, formerly of Ubisoft, ID@Xbox and Tencent, and Jay Chi, a consultant working for games publishers and Makers Fund founding partner, started Kowloon Nights as they felt value in their "knowledge of and access to Asian markets" in October 2017.[1] The fund's investors are said to be "based in Asia" and "from the game industry". The name references Kowloon City and is meant to reflect "Asian roots".[1]
On 17 March 2022, Kowloon announced a "revenue milestone" of US$150m and partnership with Kepler Interactive, a games publisher Garavaryan spearheaded.[2][3]
References[edit]
- ^ a b Leone, Matt (13 September 2018). "Meet Kowloon Nights, the group funding Fumito Ueda's next game". Polygon.
- ^ Shoemaker, Richie (1 April 2022). "Kowloon Nights celebrate revenue milestone by announcing new partnerships". MCV.
- ^ Partis, Danielle (14 October 2021). "Introducing Kepler Interactive, a publisher run by independent developers". GamesIndustry.biz.
Further reading[edit]
- Brightman, James (January 28, 2020). "Kowloon Nights: 'We need to realign the power dynamic between developers and publishers'". GameDaily.biz.
- Dring, Christopher (28 August 2019). ""I spent 300 days on the road last year meeting developers"". GamesIndustry.biz.