Upper left and counter-clockwise: David Chang of Juno Capital, David Gardner of LVP, Gregory Milken of March Capital Partners, and Shanti Bergel of Transcend Fund.

Early-stage investors tackle the coronavirus’ effect on game investing

The impact of the coronavirus on the world economy and investments in gaming isn’t yet known. But some expert discussion grappled with the subject in a panel of early-stage game investors during GamesBeat Summit 2020.

The panel included David Gardner of London Venture Partners (investor in Supercell and Unity); Gregory Milken of March Capital Partners (Genvid, Immortals Gaming Club, and Nifty Games); and Shanti Bergel of Transcend Fund (investor in Nifty Games). It was moderated by David Chang of Juno Capital, which is raising a fund now.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.