Investment & Performance| 23 September 2024
Gaming business legend Sir Ian Livingstone on the power of interactive entertainment
Watch our exclusive interview with the former Eidos Chairman and Hiro Capital partner on why the $250 billion interactive entertainment industry is building major investor gravity.
Hiro Capital General Partner Sir Ian Livingstone has been instrumental in the development of the gaming and interactive entertainment sector in the UK. Having founded Games Workshop and launched Lara Croft Tomb Raider and Championship Manager as Chairman of Eidos Plc, he reflects on what’s driving the industry today and how key financial partners such as Coutts are helping bring new ventures to market.
“Coutts, for example, have really made a big effort to engage with this community. At this event today we have all the movers and shakers from the global industry, doing incredible networking and understanding the importance of supporting companies.”
Sir Ian Livingstone
As Sir Ian mentions, Coutts are able to support firms through bridging loans, access to tax relief, further third-party investment and in connecting individuals and businesses through our networks (criteria apply).
Sir Ian also discusses –
- How Coutts have onboarded venture capital firm Hiro Capital to give clients the opportunity to invest in the $250 billion interactive entertainment sector
- Why the UK is “amazing at making games” and monetising a global audience
- How games are the interactive medium of choice for the next generation
- The importance of the metaverse and AI in connecting people and experiences worldwide
- How the risk profile has changed within a more coherent digital offering
- How finance is valuing and empowering intellectual property
- His favourites games to play…
Sir Ian was speaking at the launch of the London Games Festival 2024.
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