Where game investors are putting their money

Investing in games has often been an occasional preoccupation for venture capitalists, who are wary of trying to pick the hits in a hit-driven business. But at our GamesBeat Summit 2018 event, we had a panel of seasoned game investors who are charging into game investments.

Eric Goldberg, managing director at Crossover Technologies and a 35-year veteran of games, moderated our session, entitled, “Skating to Where the Puck is Going to Be: The games VC forecast for the next 12 months. The panelists — all of whom have multiple investments in games — included Nabeel Hyatt, general partner at Spark Capital; Greg Milken, managing director at March Capital Partners; and Gordon Rubenstein, managing partner at Raine Ventures.