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Watch now: fourth event of the Ukie Hub Crawl 2022 all about financing for growth

The Hub Crawl 2022 continued this week with our fourth event in the eight-session virtual programme, "Financing for growth." Our speakers focused on how games companies can access funding pots, appeal to investors and secure the financial support they need for their ambitions and growth

Access to the recording is here: Ukie Hub Crawl 2022 – Financing for Growth. Please use the following timings to help you navigate through the video –

  • Sam Collins, Ukie (sam@ukie.org.uk) – welcome (0.27 – 2.18)
  • Gavin Smith, Barclays – introduction from Barclays (3.24 – 10.15)
  • George Nianias, Factor Tech – tax credits and equity for early stage (10.15- 20.40)
  • Spike Laurie, Hiro Capital (hello@hiro.capital) – view from the investor (20.40 – 38.16)
  • Edward Lane, Harbottle and Lewis - the legal aspect of obtaining investment, GOV funding and SEIS / EIS (edward.lane@harbottle.com) (38.16 – 1.04.17)
  • Jay Shin, Arrogant Pixel; Dave Ranyard, DRI; Barry Hudson, Bad Fox Studios; Matt Knox, Nequinox –  panel on shared experiences (1.04.17 – 1.41.15)

On Tuesday 15th February at 4pm we'll look at how the games industry can leverage the opportunity of blockchain technology and NFT.

Please join us by registering here.

Here are the registration pages for the 8 virtual events –

Tuesday 18 January – Games staff of the Future games-staff-of-the-future-tickets

Tuesday 25 January – Retaining staff for the long term retaining-your-team-for-the-long-term

Tuesday 1 February – New technology for games technology-for-games-tickets-228895100407

Tuesday 8 February – Finance for Growth finance-for-growth

Tuesday 15 February – The how and the what for Blockchain & NFT and the games industry blockchain nft

Tuesday 22 February – Reaching and building a relationship with consumers reaching and building

Tuesday 1 March – The latest trends in data analytics in games trends-in-data-analytics

Tuesday 8 March – the future of esports the-future-of-esports