Joyme Capital

08/18/2017

Chinese tech giants are finally getting recognition in Western media.

While the strong growth and domestic dominance of Chinese tech titans Alibaba and Tencent is no surprise to watchers of the Chinese market, these companies haven’t always received the attention they might deserve in the Western media. But that looks to be changing. On the heels of strong earnings an...

07/21/2017

Joyme Capital will be in Shanghai next week for . Want to connect? Let us know.

07/21/2017

Is hi-fi the future of mobile gaming? In China, hi-fi games already make up more than 42% of the market.

http://www.joymecapital.com/news/future-mobile-gaming/

A new report from Newzoo (as reported by VentureBeat) shows the extreme growth of “hi-fi” mobile games. Unlike many earlier and contemporary titles, these games feature high quality graphics and sound, and are stretching the technical boundaries of mobile game development. According to the study, “I...

07/12/2017

Just how dominant is King of Glory among MOBA titles in China? We take a look.

http://www.joymecapital.com/news/king-glory-top-moba-china/

Recently, we highlighted the top game genres in China. As part of our discussion, we noted that looking only at the most popular genres by number of games on the top grossing lists can mask the dominance of individual titles in genres where network effects or marketing challenges can offer near mono...

07/06/2017

Our look at the top mobile game genres in China.

http://www.joymecapital.com/news/top-game-genres-china/

With China poised to become the world’s top games market this year, our publishing team there took a look at China’s top grossing game genres. Our goal was to identify “red ocean” and “blue ocean” opportunities for game developers looking to gain traction in the Chinese market. All data is from Appl...

06/23/2017

We take a quick look at recent games M&A activity on our blog.

http://www.joymecapital.com/news/mobile-gaming-ma-news-roundup-june-23/

After a busy first half of 2017, mobile gaming M&A activity has moved from too-hot-to-touch to a still very warm simmer. Here’s our summary of recent mobile gaming M&A activity.

06/21/2017

Our thoughts on last week's E3, from our perspective in the Chinese gaming industry.

http://www.joymecapital.com/news/e3-our-perspective-from-china/

06/09/2017

New on our blog: a look at acquisitions of mobile game companies, 2015 to present.

http://www.joymecapital.com/news/list-of-acquisitions-of-mobile-game-companies-in-the-west/

With the recent flurry of M&A activity around mobile gaming companies, we thought it might be interesting to take a look at our list of notable mobile games-related transactions from 2015 through June 2017.

05/15/2017

Our take on a frenetic couple of weeks in the games investment landscape.

http://www.joymecapital.com/news/games-ma-heats-up-whats-driving-recent-activity/

, plus a host of other investments and publishing deals, game companies are starting to feel even hotter as investment targets.

05/05/2017

Interesting article in gamesindustry.biz on the differences in today's M&A climate vs. previous industry eras. Link to the article, and our comments, on our blog.

http://www.joymecapital.com/news/game-industry-consolidation-what-it-means-for-the-chinese-market/

The last couple of years have seen a wave of M&A activity in the games space. And, unlike the previous wave that happened in the early days of mobile gaming, this one is driven less by gaming incumbents trying to ensure they don’t get left out of a sea change in gaming tastes, and more by strategic…

03/06/2017

We're excited to announce our new video game investment fund.

http://venturebeat.com/2017/03/06/joyme-capital-and-kee-ever-bright-launch-360-million-video-game-investment-fund/

02/23/2017

http://www.dealstreetasia.com/stories/iqiyi-raises-5-1b-convertible-notes-offering-65616/

Zhaomi Group and Kee Ever Bright Decorative Technology are jointly launching a $360 million M&A fund targeting the video game sector.