Yohei Ishii

Yohei is NY based and manages investments, portfolio support and partner relations across North America and Europe. He has an extensive 20-year career in video games, spanning the spectrum of publishing, infrastructure, entrepreneurship and investing. Prior to joining Makers, Yohei was an investment partner at a16z dedicated to games, after having founded 4 games ventures and establishing AWS, Amazon's games BD startup team. Additionally, for a decade he led NA business development and strategy for Square Enix, the publisher of the Final Fantasy & Tomb Raider franchises, as well as CCP, the creators of the seminal MMO, Eve Online. 

Lessons From Successful Indie and Triple I Studio Funding

The recent success of notable indie and triple-I games has validated the potential for venture capital to fuel the growth of the indie studios behind these games and the indie game market. What are the important touchpoints that other studios and companies can learn from these indie game successes? How has early stage investing changed from past examples to these indie and triple I game launches? This roundtable, moderated by Yohei Ishii (Makers Fund) will examine and discuss these recent trends as well as exploring the current landscape of funding.