Join Zoom Meeting with IGDA Lahti and game industry experts for talks and conversation about starting a games company! You can download Zoom to your desktop, phone or join in via browser -> https://lut.zoom.us/j/670307142 | Meeting ID: 670 307 142

We have three game industry professional joining us in this online event! They will provide you with helpful tips on funding, networks, marketing and they might even tell their own stories from their days as an entrepreneur!

Speakers:
Suvi Kiviniemi
Suvi is the Network Admin of Living Game Intelligence Network, a non-profit support network for young game companies. She's been in the industry for 7 years, most of it running her own game company, and now on a mission to help fresh game entrepreneurs succeed.

Sampo Games
We are a year-old company led by Jyri Partanen, that aims to help companies in the process of seeking public funding by adding to their own assets with decades of senior experience in the game industry. In addition to our own team of consultants, our network can reach the expert Your company needs; (when seeking funding, most importantly in accounting, or even legal expertise.) Was our customer a game company or some other innovative new venture of 2020’s technology, each is an individual we are dedicated to coach towards the best funding solutions to fit each case. We also stay with the customer from the planning of the project to the reporting stage of the application.

Johanna Mäkeläinen
Johanna Mäkeläinen is a branding and marketing professional with 20 years of experience in digital media. She is currently working as a Senior Lecturer at Haaga-Helia, where she coaches marketing students, startups and game teams. Before this, Johanna worked as a Copywriter in leading advertising agencies. In games her expertise includes branding, community management, publishing, marketing and pitching.