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Jiri is the founder of Shark Punch, a transatlantic game development company working on a game about bank robberies in the 70s.
He was the CEO and a founder of the cross-platform gaming pioneer Rocket Pack, which was acquired by Disney in 2011.
He has been part of the Finnish games industry for almost 14 years, but currently resides in San Francisco because the weather in Helsinki sucks.
Articles featuring Jiri Kupiainen
Articles featuring Jiri Kupiainen
10 Weeks To Save The Games Industry with Sybo CEO Mathias Gredal Nørvig
The journey continues with gaming and eco-insight from the makers of the legendary Subway Surfers
10 Weeks To Save The Games Industry – Week 7
Matchmade CEO Jiri Kupiainen and GamesForest.Club's Maria Wagner's quest reaches Prague
10 Weeks To Save The Games Industry – Week 6
Matchmade CEO Jiri Kupiainen and GamesForest.Club's Maria Wagner's quest reaches Lisbon
10 Weeks To Save The Games Industry – Week 5
Matchmade CEO Jiri Kupiainen and GamesForest.Club's Maria Wagner's quest hits Barcelona
10 Weeks To Save The Games Industry – Week 4
Matchmade CEO Jiri Kupiainen and GamesForest.Club's Maria Wagner's quest continues
10 Weeks To Save The Games Industry – Week 3
Matchmade CEO Jiri Kupiainen and GamesForest.Club's Maria Wagner's quest continues
Top Stories
Honor of Kings garners 3 million pre-registrations ahead of global launch
PocketGamer.biz Podcast Week in Mobile Games E14 -Supercell's Squad Busters goes global and why Steam does discoverability better than mobile
Hot Five: Squad Busters launches globally, AFK Journey gets innovative, and Juicy Button Games has big plans for 4X strategy genre
Week in Views - Squad Busters goes global, broken app stores, and Hill Climb Racing gets the LEGO treatment
Mobile Movers: All the latest appointments and job moves from around the industry
Events
Games Mental Health Summit 2024 | Europe | Jun 3rd |
Dev Play Conference 2024 | Europe | Jun 3rd |
Gotland Game Conference 2024 | Nordic | Jun 3rd |
Tribeca Games Festival 2024 | North America | Jun 5th |
Guerrilla Collective 2024 | North America | Jun 6th |
Angles 24 Freeplay Conference | Australasia | Jun 6th |
Israel Mobile Summit 2024 | Middle East | Jun 6th |
PitchYaGame Live 2024 | Jun 7th |