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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
Fortis team boosted by top ex-King, PopCap EA, Microsoft and Warner Bros. Games talent
UK skills crisis prompts call for games industry-led body to tackle key challenges
AI joins the team at King: "Our challenge is to create the right amount of challenge"
Speaker Spotlight: Xsolla's Chris Meredith on making the most of D2C and today's revenue opportunities
Chart Climbers: Brawl Stars, Legend of Mushroom, Sea of Conquest and more rise up the mobile game revenue rankings
Monopoly GO! celebrates its first birthday and shares its behind-the-scenes story
Events
HIT Games Conference Istanbul 2024 | Apr 18th | |
Game Job Fair – Spring Edition 2024 | Nordic | Apr 18th |
Arts DAO Fest 2.0 | Middle East | Apr 20th |
App Promotion Summit London | Europe | Apr 25th |
Esports Future Summit | Middle East | Apr 27th |
Dubai GameExpo Summit 2024 | Middle East | May 1st |
The MENA Games Industry Awards 2024 | Middle East | May 2nd |
GameDev Atlantic 2024 | May 4th |