Matt Spall
Pitchify
With over four decades in the games industry, Matt Spall has held leadership roles across development, publishing, and digital innovation. As the co-founder of Pitchify, Branching Narrative, Playora and Morpheme Game Studios, he has been at the forefront of game development, interactive storytelling, mobile gaming, and now digital marketplaces. His extensive experience spans product management, business development, and consultancy for major studios, including Take-Two Interactive, Psygnosis, Virgin Interactive, and Eidos Interactive. A specialist in emerging technologies, Matt continues to drive innovation in production techniques, video game design methodology, and more recently, game sourcing and funding.
Matt Spall is speaking at the following session/s
The Funding Gap: What Developers & Funders Need to Know
Access to funding is possibly the biggest challenge to the games industry now, join the Pitchify team to discuss the key issues from both the perspective of developers, and funders. What does, or could, or even should, the future of funding look like?
Session Takeaway
- Challenges in accessing funding in the games industry
- Perspectives on funding from both developers and funders
- Current issues surrounding game funding such as missing data, market analysis
- Future of funding in the games industry — what it does, could, or should look like
- Role of platforms (like Pitchify) in bridging developers and funders
- Equity and accessibility in funding—who gets left out and why
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