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Outright Games and PlayStack complete GamesIndustry.biz Investment Summit line-up

30 companies and 200 indie developers now on-board

Outright Games and PlayStack are the next two games investors and publishers to join this year's huge GamesIndustry.biz Investment Summit.

Taking place during EGX on Thursday, September 20th, the Investment Summit will include talks from leading investors and publishers - including Fig, Humble Bundle, Jagex, London Venture Partners, Take-Two's Private Division and loads more.

That is followed by a networking lunch, and then meetings will take place in the afternoon between publishers and indie creators.

Indie developers that have signed up to the event, you have just one day to complete your meeting request forms (deadline is Friday, September 7th). Meetings are not guaranteed and are at the discretion of the publishers.

Tickets for the event are £99 + fees, and include all of the above and an Industry Pass ticket to the EGX consumer show for all four days. You can buy tickets here.

The line-up of attending investors and publishers include: All 4 Games, Amazon App Store, BBC Studios, BFI, CI Games, Creative Europe, EA Originals, Fig, Green Man Gaming, Humble Bundle, ID@Xbox, Jagex Partners, LivingBridge, London Venture Partners, Makers Fund, Miniclip, Moonshot Capital, Outright Games, Nintendo of Europe, PlayStack, Private Division (Take-Two), Sega, SIE XDEV Studio Europe (Sony), Supernova, Team17, Thunderful, UK Games Fund, Wales Interactive and Wicked Sick.

Almost 200 indie developers have signed up for the event. There are still meeting rooms and tables available for investors and publishers looking to attend the event. Simply contact Jamie Sefton here.

The event is sponsored by Jagex Partners and Harbottle & Lewis.

Here is the full speaker schedule:
09.30 - 10.00: Sign-in and refreshments
10.00 - 10.05: Introduction by Jamie Sefton, Organiser
10.05 - 10.20: John Polson, Humble Bundle
10.20 - 10.35: Francesca Walker, Creative Europe
10.35 - 10.55: Jon Bellamy, London Venture Partners
10.55 - 11.10: Alex Amsel, Fig
11.10 - 11.25: Markus Wilding, Private Division
11.25 - 11.45: Networking break
11.45 - 11.50: Jagex (speaker TBC)
11.50 - 12.30: The Games Investment Panel hosted by Chris Dring (GamesIndustry.biz) featuring Saad Choudri (Miniclip), Debbie Bestwick (Team17), Rob Letts (EA Originals), Kirsty Gibson (UK Games Fund), Alan Moss (Harbottle & Lewis LLP)
12.30 - 1.30: Networking Lunch
1.30 - 6.00: Formal meetings between games companies and investors

To join the Investment Summit as a sponsor, contact Charlotte Nangle.

For more information about the Investment Summit, check out our special website.

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