Empower your gaming startup to excel by staying up-to-date on industry breakthroughs, capitalizing on emerging market opportunities, and navigating key obstacles to drive growth.
The gaming industry is experiencing a transformative shift powered by cutting-edge technologies and evolving consumer preferences. Virtual and augmented reality, cloud gaming, and AI-driven storytelling drive growth in the gaming market, resulting in more immersive, diverse, and accessible gaming experiences. As the gaming sector adapts to these advancements, new opportunities for innovation and disruption emerge. Waveup excels in revealing untapped opportunities in fast-growing sectors, including gaming, by harnessing market insights to enable our clients to develop and execute proven growth strategies. Our services are grounded in thorough industry analysis, offering all-encompassing assistance in planning and carrying out growth initiatives – from raising capital to identifying M&A opportunities and devising market entry strategies. No matter if you’re in search of industry knowledge or looking for personalized support, we are at your service to help you confidently navigate the ever-evolving Gaming arena.
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Active gamers account for more than a third of the world’s population.
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The global Esports viewership is projected to surpass 500 million by 2024.
The global esports audience is estimated to have grown to 474 million in 2021 and is expected to increase to 577 million by 2024.
Half of the total revenue of the global gaming market comes from mobile games.
VR games are played by 63% of gamers aged between 25 and 34.
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Despite the exceptional growth and transformative potential of the gaming industry, industry actors must stay alert to possible risks and specific challenges to flourish in this rapidly evolving landscape, especially when it comes to raising investments.
The rapid development and diverse player engagement metrics in the gaming industry can make decision-making complex, especially for prospective investors. Amid a multitude of startups, distinguishing those that truly excel in player retention and offer high potential becomes a difficult task.
In the constantly evolving fundraising landscape, it’s crucial to understand how to construct an engaging business narrative addressing the shifting investment realities, select the most appropriate funding sources, and devise a tailored gaming pitch deck that can convincingly market the business opportunity to potential investors.
Gaming companies must stay ahead of the curve in terms of delivering the product to the market. While there are a variety of proven go-to-market tactics and growth frameworks available, businesses often grapple with identifying the most suitable approach and answering two vital questions – when to scale and how?
From diligent business analysis to storytelling and financial forecasts, we’re helping founders crystallize and structure key business fundamentals and translate them into a compelling investment opportunity wrapped in a winning gaming startup pitch deck.
Evaluating potential investments, conducting thorough due diligence, and supporting portfolio companies on their new fundraising rounds.
Discovering market opportunities and developing execution strategies to build actionable and scalable blueprints for growth.
WHO WE ARE
Market intelligence
Fundraising support
Pitch decks
Financial models
Investor research
Growth consulting
Go-to-market strategies
Marketing/sales materials
Design support
One of our unique advantages lies in our constant exposure to the new & emerging industries and sectors, thus giving us an unparalleled expertise in the areas of innovative business models, disruptive technologies and the latest industry trends.