The Hive

Pollen VC

Welcome to Pollen VC’s The Hive — our podcast series where we zero in on growth, UA, and monetization with the help of founders driving gaming companies. Learn what it takes to make a great game and grow your audience in a changing UA landscape.

Episodes

  1. 11/03/2021

    Ep 08. The Road to Self Publishing and Hyper Casual Games

    In this episode of The Hive, we hear from Riley Andersen, CEO and Founder of Umami Games, about rocketing up the charts with hyper casual titles and gearing up to self-publish.   —  Pollen VC is the market leader in capital-efficient funding for mobile app developers and digital publishers. They provide lines of credit to app publishers allowing them to unlock their unpaid revenues and eliminate payout delays of up to 60+ days.

    Ep 08. The Road to Self Publishing and Hyper Casual Games

  2. 08/11/2021

    Ep 07. Leveraging AI to Automate Mobile Media Buying

    Data used to be the single source of truth for marketers, but this has changed; the bigger question is what do we know and how do we know it? We also want to understand how automation can give us answers and drive better results. We direct these questions to our guest, Athar Zia ‘Z’ — Founder and CEO of BLKBOX.ai.

    Ep 07. Leveraging AI to Automate Mobile Media Buying

  3. 07/20/2021

    Ep 06. The Latest Trends & Fundamentals of Building a Brand

    In our sixth episode of The Hive, we hear from Peter Fodor - Founder & CEO of AppAgent - about growth hacks, trends, and the path to brand and brand equity. — Pollen VC provides flexible lines of credit to mobile app and game developers, enabling you to borrow up to 4x your monthly revenues on a simple, transparent interest rate basis. We enable you to unlock the value trapped in your platform receivables (AR) and also in your existing marketing cohorts, giving you an elastic line of credit that flexes in line with your business growth. Capital can be rapidly reinvested back into user acquisition to help growth without solely relying on dilutive venture capital funding

  4. 06/16/2021

    Ep 05. Blockbuster IPs and How to Finance Them

    Viker is a London-based indie mobile studio that designs, develops, and publishes free-to-play games. Dan Beasley, Co-Founder of Viker, talks to host Peggy Anne Salz on Viker’s approach to funding and growing IPs, including their latest title and household name — Who Wants to Be a Millionaire.

  5. 05/13/2021

    Ep 04. The Emerging Gaming VC Landscape

    In this episode of Pollen VC's The Hive, Marvin Liao — Board Member & Partner of Game Groove Capital — explores the surge in mobile gaming in Eastern Europe and the outlook for the global gaming VC landscape.

  6. 03/08/2021

    Ep 03. Leveraging Social Media Influencers for Games

    How influential are content creators in shaping the landscape of the gaming industry? Brandon Byrne, CEO of Opera Event, explores the influencer effect in the latest episode of The Hive and how this trend is changing the way media is consumed. — Pollen VC is the market leader in capital-efficient funding for mobile app and game publishers. We provide flexible lines of credit unlocking unpaid revenues from the app stores and leading ad networks and eliminating payout delays of up to 60+ days, enabling you to reinvest rapidly into user acquisition without relying on dilutive venture capital. www.pollen.vc

  7. 02/11/2021

    Ep 02. The Gateway to Growing Great Games

    Wargaming. Goodgame Studios. Nanobit. What do each of these companies have in common? Božo Janković, Business Development Manager working at GameBiz Consulting, who also happens to be the guest on the latest episode of The Hive — our podcast series where we zero in on growth, UA, and monetization with the help of founders driving gaming companies. Learn what it takes to make a great game and grow your audience in a changing UA landscape. — Pollen VC is the market leader in capital-efficient funding for mobile app and game publishers. We provide flexible lines of credit unlocking unpaid revenues from the app stores and leading ad networks and eliminating payout delays of up to 60+ days, enabling you to reinvest rapidly into user acquisition without relying on dilutive venture capital. www.pollen.vc

  8. 10/06/2020

    Ep 01. Mobile Gaming CFO Insights

    In the first episode of Pollen VC's The Hive, host Peggy Anne Salz talks to Viker's Adam Banks on the changing role of the CFO and the key metrics that fuel sustainable success. — Pollen VC is the market leader in capital-efficient funding for mobile app and game publishers. We provide flexible lines of credit unlocking unpaid revenues from the app stores and leading ad networks and eliminating payout delays of up to 60+ days, enabling you to reinvest rapidly into user acquisition without relying on dilutive venture capital. www.pollen.vc

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Welcome to Pollen VC’s The Hive — our podcast series where we zero in on growth, UA, and monetization with the help of founders driving gaming companies. Learn what it takes to make a great game and grow your audience in a changing UA landscape.

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  • Creator
    Pollen VC
  • Years Active
    2021
  • Episodes
    8
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Pollen VC