Chris Hewish, president of Xsolla, spoke at GDC 2021.
Chris Hewish, president of Xsolla, spoke at GDC 2021.
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Xsolla launches investment platform for indie games with up to $40M

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Xsolla is launching a game investment platform for indie games, and the payments platform will invest as much as $40 million alongside other accredited investors.

A lot of money is out there, with as many as 100 game-focused venture funds operating around the world. But those funds are often targeting the bigger fish — not the indie game makers who really need both the money and the control of their own destinies, said Xsolla president Chris Hewish in an interview with GamesBeat.

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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.