Kowloon Nights is a video gaming investment fund established in 2017. It was founded by chief executive officer Alexis Garavaryan, who is also CEO of partner publisher Kepler Interactive, and Jay Chi.
History edit
Alexis Garavaryan, formerly of Ubisoft, ID@Xbox and Tencent, and Jay Chi, a consultant working for games publishers and Makers Fund founding partner, started Kowloon Nights as they felt value in their "knowledge of and access to Asian markets" in October 2017.[1] The fund's investors are said to be "based in Asia" and "from the game industry". The name references Kowloon City and is meant to reflect "Asian roots".[1]
On 17 March 2022, Kowloon announced a "revenue milestone" of US$150m and partnership with Kepler Interactive, a games publisher Garavaryan spearheaded.[2][3]
References edit
- ^ a b Leone, Matt (13 September 2018). "Meet Kowloon Nights, the group funding Fumito Ueda's next game". Polygon.
- ^ Shoemaker, Richie (1 April 2022). "Kowloon Nights celebrate revenue milestone by announcing new partnerships". MCV.
- ^ Partis, Danielle (14 October 2021). "Introducing Kepler Interactive, a publisher run by independent developers". GamesIndustry.biz.
Further reading edit
- Brightman, James (January 28, 2020). "Kowloon Nights: 'We need to realign the power dynamic between developers and publishers'". GameDaily.biz.
- Dring, Christopher (28 August 2019). ""I spent 300 days on the road last year meeting developers"". GamesIndustry.biz.