EGD News #183 — The Promise & The Proven
It's Joakim here. This is yet another brilliant piece from Kim Nordström, who wrote his previous piece in
Market possibilities and risk mitigation
This past week I talked to several founders, who were pitching to me, about two things.
1) Understanding where the
Gaming's Innovation Frontier
Joakim Achren — May 19, 2023
In Q1 of 2023, Konvoy Ventures did a great piece on the state of gaming.
EGD News #180 — My thoughts on secondary rounds
Let me explain what secondaries are.
The secondary provides liquidity to existing shareholders looking to sell some of their shares.
The 5 principles of an advisor
Hi, it’s Joakim here. This is the first guest post on EGD News, and I’m proud to have
PMF or Bust: The New Reality of Fundraising
Founders are hearing this a lot in 2023: A down-round is a terrible idea.
But it needs clarity.
A down-round
Creating Forever Games: The Dream of Hybrid Casual Developers
Joakim Achren — Mar 24, 2023
Hybrid casual comes from the Venn diagram of hyper-casual and casual mobile games, meaning the
10 lessons from my gaming angel syndicate
I’ve been angel investing in gaming since 2019. In 2020, I started an angel syndicate, EGD Angel Syndicate, focusing
Questions from an investor to a founder
Note: Next week there will be no newsletter as I will be at the Deconstructor of Fun Gaming Summit event
How to survive to 2025
In early January, I wrote my predictions for 2023. There I pointed out that startup fundraising will be challenging, or
